ok, yes i'm writing again
on a rant about hamlet lately. and, just found a way to connect it all.
My interpretation: he's paranoid-delusional and schizophrenic. Ever watch The Secret Window? (stephen king movie, johnny depp) Hamlets like that. Horatio doesn't really exist. Havent decided whether or not the ghost exists, but whatever it said, Hamlet imagined. Horatio is Hamlet's "John Shooter". Kinda.
So anyway, Hamlet has this idea that everyone's corrupt, he must kill them. Not exactly that but you get the drift. Horatio doesnt exist. The only interaction that Horatio has with others (to my best memory) is at the end, when Hamlet is dead, and he's talking to Fortinbras. To that effect, Horatio is not a figment of Hamlet's imagination, but a part of him. Hamlet -- that portion of his psyche -- dies, but the body, and Horatio's personality, goes on. Either Horatio is Hamlet's ghost, or Horatio's identity/personality becomes the dominant one for Hamlet's body.
I know there are flaws, but I have to go do my chinese homework and study for the quiz tomorrow.
on a rant about hamlet lately. and, just found a way to connect it all.
My interpretation: he's paranoid-delusional and schizophrenic. Ever watch The Secret Window? (stephen king movie, johnny depp) Hamlets like that. Horatio doesn't really exist. Havent decided whether or not the ghost exists, but whatever it said, Hamlet imagined. Horatio is Hamlet's "John Shooter". Kinda.
So anyway, Hamlet has this idea that everyone's corrupt, he must kill them. Not exactly that but you get the drift. Horatio doesnt exist. The only interaction that Horatio has with others (to my best memory) is at the end, when Hamlet is dead, and he's talking to Fortinbras. To that effect, Horatio is not a figment of Hamlet's imagination, but a part of him. Hamlet -- that portion of his psyche -- dies, but the body, and Horatio's personality, goes on. Either Horatio is Hamlet's ghost, or Horatio's identity/personality becomes the dominant one for Hamlet's body.
I know there are flaws, but I have to go do my chinese homework and study for the quiz tomorrow.