Hamlet Essay

Hamlet's character is compulsively smart and cunning. He does not seem so articulate during your first prognosis of his character. The way he was able to get Polonius to do his bidding without him knowing is brilliant! He puts all of his actions, thoughts and beliefs out into the world which is a locutionary force. Hamlet's acting and speech has made most question his sanity. It  is a given that one would assume that Hamlet is suicidal, quite despaired and frankly all over the place. But in fact he is quite the opposite, his character is quite developed as an individual. He may not seem able to collect his thoughts and actions well, but he is able to put everything together for his personal satisfaction. His scheming against each character is well thought out and works in his favor.

With each soliloquy has its own distinct characteristic depending on whom Hamlet is around. Each character has had ambiguous opinions of Hamlet's well-being, but none have yet figured out that they are all a player in his game. When he is around other characters he puts on this facade so that they believe what he wants them to believe. Hamlet can portray a composed and rational person when around those he trusts or someone who has completely lost his marbles for those who are out to get him. He plays the role of being mad quite successfully. Rather when he is alone he is not composed and lets his vulnerable side show. The debate in his head on whether or not he should act to correct an injustice or give up is perlocutionary. Though he may be just a character of many in this play, Hamlet portrays real human qualities.

As an individual one experiences their own internal/external struggles, thoughts and events. It does not matter what walk of life we are from, just that we are human. I for one can be too much of a human. Everything I do, think, or experience seems to be magnified on a much larger scale. I self-overhear more than I am supposed to. I probably spend more time over thinking and saying that I will act upon something rather than actually experiencing it. But I am quite aware that it is there, hanging right over head daunting on me. More than likely I will act upon it sooner later or forget about it completely. I feel as if no matter what I accomplish that it is not good enough and further fuels my need to be better/do better for myself. Other times I lack the confidence, will power, strength, or however one may put it, to actually change. I should not have to live this way and yet I do, some days are fine and others are not. Everyday I face a new challenge, big and small and I attempt to do all that I can to make it more gratifying than the last.

Hamlet is much more capably human than all the other characters. Polonius, Ophelia, the Queen, Claudius are outrageous, for their characters are not typically human. These other characters are morbidly self-serving and conniving that they do not act for others. There are people whom their characters relate to, but are not humanly sincere.  Their characters magnify Hamlet's persona so one is able to understand his innermost thoughts and why he acts the way he does. While all  the other characters are just bits and pieces of a whole human.