Fault? – Victims of Death

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The Inevitability of Human Decay – Yorick’s Skull

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The Ultimate Leveler

The Ulitmate Leveler

“All are equal in the eyes of death.  Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust”

KC-Senpai

Denmark- Bruised and Bleeding…

King Claudius is dead, so are Queen Gertrude and Prince Hamlet… However, King Claudius was the only victim who deserved to die. I don’t think anyone truly liked King Claudius- he never got his work done. He liked to throw parties in order to have the people in the court and the people of Denmark forget about the deceased King Hamlet. King Claudius should have been more worried about his country and how to organize his plans for war. Instead, he decided to spend most of his time living in fear. He teased and mocked young Hamlet and attempted to turn Ophelia against her former love. Instead, she commits suicide and the king succeeds in winning Laertes as an ally, but in the end, Laertes gives away the king’s secret.After plotting for both King and Prince Hamlet, King Claudius deserved his downfall. On the other hand, the queen had nothing to do with any of the plans, but she died as well. She never plotted to kill her son, nor did she plan to harm any other human in the court. She was stuck between a conflict amongst two men and because of that, she suffered greatly. The devastation of the royal court was a painful sight to behold. Horatio was dumbstruck; his eyes wide, and hurt. He could only promise not to kill himself and follow Prince Hamlet into the next life.
The prince did nothing wrong. He only followed his father’s wishes. Even though, listening to a spirit is what some people would call a bit insane…speaking ill of his dear Ophelia was the only thing he did wrong. His insults were neccesary in order to protect himself from being hurt. Without telling her harsh words, Ophelia was going to reconsider her love because of her father. Either way, on both ends, there was no way to stop the pain of harsh words and death. Now… Fortinbras has taken over Denmark… I pray our troubles have stopped. Hail to our new leader!

- M. Writer in the Dark

Horatio: A Loyal Friend

While alive, Prince Hamlet had the best friend a man could possibly ask for: Horatio. He, unlike Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, never betrayed his confidence or divulged his most guarded secrets. Horatio respected and admired Hamlet. It may not be far from the truth to say that Horatio may have thought of Hamlet as a brother. It was a pity Hamlet never told Horatio more often how much he appreciated him. There is no doubt, however, that Hamlet did appreciate him because in the end, Hamlet asked Horatio not to commit suicide. Many have said Horatio was always the wise, mature, and inherently good half of Hamlet. Oddly enough that half stayed alive to watch Denmark rise to greatness under the leadership of Fortinbras.

dr. segoviano

Who is the Victor…Good or Evil?

By now, anyone knows that good ends up winning. According to what people say, the King of Denmark was terrible. Far from being the perfect ruler. An individual named Hamlet was one person he did not admire very much. ”Unable to understand Prince Hamlet’s madness, King Claudius sends the young prince to England to be killed; however, his plans utterly fail as Hamlet tricks the English into killing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern instead. Even though King Claudius is Hamlet’s father, the relations between the two are far from close. After Claudius attempts to send Hamlet to his death in England, he tries once again with the help of Laertes. During the assassination, King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Laertes, and Hamlet fall victim to death. People are shocked of such thing. Many people asked themselves what went wrong. Laertes tried to kill Hamlet with a poisoned sword; people were disappointed after watching such great man like Laertes sink to such a level. Hamlet, hurt from a scratch of the sword, tries getting back at this cruel man known to be “The King of Denmark”. Hamlet speaking loudly, “the point envenomed too! Then, venom, to thy work….Here thou incestuous, murd’rous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion. Follow my mother.” Claudius ends up dead, and finally accomplishes what he wants, Hamlet dead! There are questions people still are asking…Was he to blame for, or was he just trying to do the right thing for Denmark???
J.Z.

Such Bad Fortune…

I recall Laertes and Prince Hamlet challenging each other to a fencing battle. It was one of those prominent battles that changed the course of Denmark. The King makes a toast to Hamlet and offers him a drink. Hamlet refuses and I assumed that he had an enormous amount of adrenaline to continue dueling. A few minutes after the dueling began; Prince Hamlet was hit by Laretes’ sword! I gasped in horror and I saw that Queen Gertrude did not possess a healthy look on her face. Laertes told Hamlet that he was poisoned by the sword, and Hamlet therefore kills Laertes. Then I turned to the Queen and I was shocked when she suddenly fell down. I did not hear the words that were exchanged between them, but Hamlet was in a fury. Later on, I asked the nurse what words were exchanged and she told me the Queen warned Hamlet that the drink was poisoned! I could not believe that the King, our ruler, would ever attempt poison someone, let alone his own nephew/son! However, I did not know how to react at the moment since I was not informed about anything. All I saw was Hamlet furiously running with the sword to our King. Hamlet stabbed the King with the sword and drowned the dying body with the foul drink. I soon realized that the king indeed was to blame for everything since the beginning. Horatio, Hamlet’s close friend, told me everything. The King killed Lord Hamlet and the only reason why he didn’t kill Hamlet sooner was because he did not want to lose his love, Queen Gertrude. After that day, it was announced that the new King of Denmark was now Fortinbras. Denmark is still in shock by such an event, but maybe time will heal us.

A. NG

Alas…Poor Yorick…

Alas...Poor Yorick

“Before his untimely death, according to some source, people saw the Lord Hamlet holding the skull of the late king’s court jester, Sir Yorick.  Could Lord Hamlet’s recent encounter of death before his own downfall be foreshadowed by this event?”

KC-Senpai

The Unexpected Death of Ophelia…How Did She Die?

A week ago, the priest was at the churchyard with Ophelia’s family on the day of her funeral; I was also present to pay my respects for Ophelia. Laertes was furious because the priest would not give Ophelia the proper burial she “deserved.” He claimed that her death was very suspicious and sounded suicidal, thus why he could not give her a proper Christian burial. I do think that she took her own life to relieve herself of the distress occurring within her loved ones. As many people have said before “people act differently behind closed doors.” The royal family has many difficulties, everyone knows that, but to what extreme? Was it so numerous and so horrid that the young Ophelia could no longer stand? Did she die due to the chaos and pandemonium occurring within the royal family?

A. NG

Prince Hamlet: A Raving Lunatic!

His death is certainly the best thing that has happened to Denmark in a long time! Just hours before he died after his duel with late Polonius’ son Laertes, he was marveling about Yorick’s skull outside the castle gates in the old graveyard. God bless his mad soul; I witnessed it myself from afar. He passionately jested and conversed with the crude gravedigger as young Lady Ophelia’s grave, who was once his lover, was being prepared after she committed suicide, or so they say. The manner in which he expressed his fascination with the physical decomposition of the human body after death left my skin with chills and made my heart stop cold. Such luck Denmark had when he died, albeit his incestuous uncle was no better at ruling. Nevertheless, once the procession to lay Lady Ofelia to rest began he remarked “forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love make up my sum” of love. His hypocrisy was revolting, for I had heard a rumor that he had brazenly told her to go to a “nunnery” just before her father died. Denmark is much better off without any members of that crazed family at the throne.

dr. segoviano