Blog Post #13: Hamlet Blog 1: What's The Deal With Denmark?

This is just truly absurd. Ghosts at midnight, guards questioning guards, young Fortinbras planning to invade, the incestuous marriage of Claudius and Gertrude following the death of Hamlet Sr...these are the times that try men's souls, I guess. I can only imagine the affect all of this is having on poor Hamlet. It seems to be driving him crazy. I overheard him talking to himself in the castle yesterday, going on and on about "how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable" (1.2.133). My best friend, if I do say so myself, is going nuts. But who can blame him? Polonius recently shared me his thoughts about Hamlet and Ophelia regarding how "when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows" (1.2.116-117), all of which he is correct about. Ah, young love! Passionate, but fleeting.