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So at work there is this one guy who comes into the gym and he never says hi, never really does anything. It doesn't help that he's kind of scary looking too. Anyway instead of just saying hi and having him glare like he usually does before he heads off to some other part of the gym like normal I asked him how he was and tried to start a ocnversation. It didn't work all that well, he gave me one word anwsers like, "fine" and "sure" the whole time and still did not smile. I'm begining to think he looks scary because he is anti-social. I don't know, but it was kind of weird andawkward. I got the feeling he just wanted to run away as i asked him about his day.

Echoes

The Echoes are significant because they happen when R & G are not needed and therefore don't really seem to matter to the other characters. When R& G are noticed is when they are needed and have been sent for because that's all they are good for. It's when they are talking amongst themselves and no one cares that the echoes take place as if telling the world that they still are there. It seems that everyone forgets them and then they echo and then everyone else is reminded that they do exist and therefore can use them.

Approval

I think that when Horatio says, "So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to 't", he approves of their deaths and what is to come. After all they were taking Hamlet to his death. Whether or not they knew what was going on they never really seemed to care and went along with everything Claudious said and yet they are suppose to be really good friends of Hamlet. Besides Rosencrantz and guildenstern are such minor characters that I doubt Horatio really cares what happens to them. Horatio knows that they were Hamlet's friends from school, but ever since they arrived in Denmark they have done nothing to show that this is the case, instead they spend their time doing Claudious' dirty work. From everything that Horatio knows they have done nothing to show that they really care about Hamlet, but instead they act as if Claudious' opinion is all that matters.

bating

The use of bating in Hamlet takes place all over. Reynaldo is used to bate Laertes in France, Rozencranz and Guildenstern are used to bate Hamlet, Ophelia and Gertrude are also used to bate hamlet. Hamlet used the play to bate King Claudious. Basically the bating becomes a themes that doesn't end well. Reynaldo, well it doesn't matter what he discovered because Polonious is dead before he ever finds out what his son was doing in France. The reason Polonious is dead is because when Gertrude was bating Hamlet Polonious was behind a curtain and well Hamlet stabbed him. Ophelia get's yelled at and called a whore when she is used for bating and in the end she dies and it never mattered if Hamlet loved her or not. Whem Hamlet used the play to bate the king, claudious became determined to get rid of his nephew and in the end they all die, rosencranz and guildenstern included. Bating doesn't end well, spying and the use of deciet end in death or at least so it seems in Hamlet.

The World Views of Hamlet

Hamlet has alot to deal with when it comes to his family; not only was his father murdered, but the murderer married his mother. On top of that he grew up thinking that he was going to become king someday, but when he finally is suppose to assume that position his uncle takes that from him. He has to deal with everyone, inlcuding his parents thinking that it's alright to get drunk and be drunk whenever they please. He lives in a state of capture because there is all this stuff going on around him and he doesn't agree with it all and it seems as if he has no control. He supposedly had no choice about becoming king, yet he doesn't get to. His mother and uncle seem to think incest is okay and avengeing murder is expected. There is alot to take in and handle.

Claudius's assumptions

I believe that Claudius may think that Hamlet is faking or at least knows something. First of all as soon as the play ends he tells Rosecranz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England as soon as possible at the begining of act 3.3. Another issue that points to Claudius's awareness is that he is so concerned with why Hamlet is mad. He sends for Hamlet's friends to spy on him, he agrees to test Polonius's theory and continue to use him just to figure out why his nephew/ son is acting insane all through Act 2.2. He does all this when as Gertrude has a perfectly reasonable explanation, that his father had just died and she re-married rather fast. I guess I think that Claudius just acts as if he has somthing to worry about where Hamlet's madness is concerned. I think that Claudius thinks that if Hamlet knows what he did he could either have gone insane or that he would do whatever it takes to get revenge. Claudius is smart, he managed to kill his brother and marry his wife and Hamlet has made a few connections from conversations his Uncle has had in his own insane speeches, if Claudius ever picked up on any of those, he could think that Hamlet is faking.

Questions...? Hamlet 3:3

My first question is Does King Claudius think that Hamlet is on to him? Cause as soon as the play ends he wants Hamlet taken away to England. The second question is why didn't Hamlet just kill his uncle? He was right there, he has putting on this madness act so can figure out if the ghost is lieing and then kill Claudius, why is his consciense getting in the way, especially if it was expected to revenge murders?