Reading through the ending of Hamlet was a pretty intense experience. It seems all the action that Hamlet had been building up to finally exploded in one very incredible scene. I thought it was sad that nearly everyone had to die in some horrible way. I'm the sort of person who would definitely not mind if the main characters lived at the end. But I thought each of the deaths were not just random and uneeded, I thought they all worked great for the play.
In this section of the play, Shakespeare used with great execution, suspense to intensify the climax of the story. The entire scene was filled with suspense. As I read through it, my eyes zipped through the words in the excitement that Shakespeare created. Although nearly all the words that were part of this scene were intense, in the very last scene and act, right before Hamlet killed Claudius, Laertes said, "the foul practise Hath turn'd itself on me lo, here I lie, Never to rise again: thy mother's poison'd: I can no more: the king, the king's to blame".
As Laertes said that I could only imagine the rage that Hamlet was feeling, that fueled his actions for the final kill.
I was wondering if anyone else thought the last scene didn't quite fulfill their expectations of this great classic. Did you want a different ending?
I really enjoyed this ending. I agree that it was sad that so many died but I think it was a great ending and one that packed a lot of punch. I actually think that Gertrude was confessing all her sins in the end. She had known about everything and she drank the poison because she needed to get away from it all. It was a great scene with lots of emotion and excitement.
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ReplyDeleteYou described the scene well when you noted that it is intense. I really enjoyed reading Hamlet for the first time. I thought the ending was well done, but I would have liked to see at least one of the main characters survive.
I agree that there seemed to be a lot of people dying at the end of this play. I was surprised to read that everyone was dying. I did not really know what to expect at the end of the play so I was not really disappointed. I think that the ending did not solve any problems except that now everyone is dead so there is no one left to have any problems. I think that the ending was neither disappointing nor was it excitng.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, I got use to the fact that they all died. My compensation was that if Hamlet had to die, then they should all go with him. Even so, I felt like it was good that Shakespeare allowed Horatio and Fortinbras to walk away from the ending. I guess that is the reason it is called a tragedy, because everyone dies.
ReplyDeleteI did want a different ending, but don't know how it should have ended. I was glad to see everyone dead at the end so the family could end their grief, but just wonder if it were to end another way, how would the story be. I enjoyed the story very much.
ReplyDeleteYes, I would agree with you I am a person who enjoys a happy ending, at least a main character. I've never read a story where all the characters, or at least a lot of them, died. I thought it was fitting of an ending for a Shakespeare play. I figured before I read it since it was a Tragedy, the hero would not survive.
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