This play truly had a profound impact on me. It made me experience a range of emotions that I had never felt before. The story was so powerful and tragic that it left me with a sense of emptiness and despair.

Ophelia's character was especially heart-wrenching. Her descent into madness and ultimate death were both beautiful and tragic. It made me think about the fragility of life and how easily things can go wrong.

In fact, this play made me wish that I had drowned in a river instead of Ophelia. I know it sounds extreme, but that's how strongly I felt about her situation. I felt a sense of empathy for her that I had never felt for a fictional character before.

Overall, this play was an unforgettable experience that will stay with me for a long time. It made me appreciate the power of theater and the ability of a good story to touch our hearts and souls.

Is it possible that I had only read the first 4 scenes and Hamlet already became one of my favorite male characters ever? YES!

Why?

He’s constantly wearing black, which gives him an air of mystery and melancholy. His monologues, in which he rants about how literally everything is hard and makes everything more dramatic than it is, are so relatable to me. It's as if he's expressing all the frustrations and inner turmoil that I often feel myself.

And this play is considered a tragedy, which in some ways it is. But I found it so funny, probably because I have a dark soul that appreciates the irony and absurdity in life. I will definitely reread this play at any given moment of peace, as it always manages to draw me in and keep me entertained.

I absolutely loved this play, and I’m so happy that now I can say that I have read Shakespeare! It feels like a significant achievement, and it makes me feel more cultured and well-read. I can't wait to explore more of his works and discover the many treasures that lie within.

I’m a cultured woman now y’all.

I absolutely adored the plot of this book. Hamlet was truly amazing and had such a sassy charm. Reading about him was a delight. However, it was extremely challenging to read. Obviously, this is because it is Shakespeare. His language and writing style can be quite complex and difficult to understand. If I had attempted to read this book without the help of SparkNotes and my teacher, I most definitely would not have grasped its meaning. It requires a great deal of effort and careful analysis to fully appreciate the depth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. But despite the difficulties, the story of Hamlet is truly captivating and well worth the effort.

This is just one big episode of the office.

It's a place filled with unique characters and their daily antics. There's the boss who tries to maintain order but often gets caught up in the chaos. The employees, each with their own personalities and quirks, bring a sense of humor and drama to the workplace.

From the office pranks to the serious work discussions, every moment is a part of this big episode. There are the friendships that form, the rivalries that develop, and the teamwork that emerges when it's needed.

The office is like a stage, and the people in it are the actors, playing out their roles in this ongoing story. It's a place where memories are made, and where the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Whether it's a hilarious moment that has everyone in stitches or a touching moment that brings out the best in people, this one big episode of the office is always full of surprises and entertainment.

Jesus Christ, what a year it has been!

There is no way this could get any worse. Now they're hacking away at each other with their swords, and I'm supposed to look interested. Oh, well done, Hamlet. Despite everything, he's still my son. That was a lovely feint. I'm pretty worried about Laertes, though. He looks so crazy. First his dad and then his sister. I wish I could do something to help. Oh, come on, who am I kidding? It's Hamlet I'm worried about, of course. God, what am I going to do? That poor kid is totally fucked, and he thinks it's all my fault. I told Claudius it wasn't smart to hush up what happened to Kingy. They'd only believe he'd done it. Was I right or was I right? Of course, with the two of us carrying on, it did look suspicious. I don't blame people for jumping to conclusions. I wish he hadn't broken up with Ophelia. She seemed like such a nice girl. Everything just got worse after that. He was so mean to her. Takes after his father that way. I know how she felt. There were moments I could have jumped in the river myself. And then lecturing me on my sex life. I couldn't believe it. Honestly, teenagers all think they've invented sex. They can't imagine anyone over twenty still does it. I'm only thirty-six, for crying out loud. I'm in my sexual prime. Not that I was getting much before Claudius noticed me. Poor old Kingy was completely hopeless in bed. Have to hand it to Claudius. Even if he is a bastard, he's the first man who's ever given me an orgasm. I can't imagine what Hamlet would say if I told him that. It's bad enough as it is. Oh, for Christ's sake, Laertes. What do you think you're doing? That's not a real sword, you know. Sweet Mary, mother of God, I need a drink. But if Claudius sees me, he'll start going on again about my alcohol consumption. I'll wait until his back is turned and grab a quick one before he notices. Right, here's my chance. One glass won't kill me.

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PEOPLE

Oğuz - Alive.

Oğuz's deceased form - What will come.

My grandmother - She is already dead.

My grandfather - He is already dead.

Hamlet - The son of the former king.

The joy of living - What all of us want.

Death - What all of us approach.

Fate - What all of us are bound to.

Purpose - What all of us lack.

The father's sperm - Where all of us come from.

The mother's womb - Where all of us are born.

ACT I
SCENE I

(Hamlet and Oğuz enter the stage.)

Hamlet: Who is there?

Oğuz: You speak first, tell me who you are.

Hamlet: It's me. Known by the line \\"To be or not to be, that is the question.\\" Walking with my soliloquies. Fighting with death. Unable to get my father's death out of my mind.

Oğuz: Okay, I recognized you. What are you doing here? What are you looking for in my library?

Hamlet: I should ask you this question, Oğuz. After all, you have read so many Shakespeare books. Logically, you must have realized how similar the civil war between powers in Shakespeare's historical plays is to the civil war between my soul and body.

Oğuz: You're right, Hamlet. You're also fighting with death like me. You like the possibility of fighting with death. Death is not an escape for you; on the contrary, it is an experience that must be lived when the time comes. Just like the character Laertes rebels and wants to overthrow you, what the author tells in his historical plays is similar to the rebellions in the internal mechanisms of powers, the rebellions in people's hearts, and being suppressed by the control mechanism called the brain. But what is this?

(Oğuz's deceased form enters.)

Oğuz's deceased form: You will return to me, Oğuz. There is no escape from this. You will die. I will take my revenge on you for all those beautiful days. I will lie you in a grave, cold and with your eyes closed. I'm already coming from there. You can't escape me, Oğuz, for I am already yours and the present time of the future.

Oğuz: Oh my God! What is this, Hamlet?

Hamlet: Look at him carefully, he is your future. What none of us can escape. My father also appeared to me like this. Later, I understood that I had to take revenge from death. What do you think about death, Oğuz?

Oğuz: Death, I want to kill it, Hamlet.

Hamlet: Well, if you killed death, wouldn't there still be a death?

SCENE II

(In a battlefield called Life, the joy of living and death are clashing.)

The joy of living: How beautiful life is! I have no troubles. My stomach is so full that I am in a state where I can do everything I want with my body and energy. I love life!

Death: How cold life is. I am naked, and the thing that binds me to both worlds is myself again. I will close people's eyes. I will take their souls.

The joy of living: Everyone wants to see me!

Death: No one wants to see me.

The joy of living: I am the source of hope for tomorrows!

Death: Every passing day is my approach.

The joy of living: I am what makes life worth living!

Death: If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have any existence!

Fate: Hop, hop, hop... Stop and see, what is this thing that you can't give and take? I determine both of you, what is it that you desire?

Death: He started it first.

Fate: You both make sense with your opposites. I tell the joy of living to make this person happy, he will be happy and hold on to life. I tell death to kill this person, he will die. Remember... Weren't you also in Hamlet's soliloquies? Didn't you want to take revenge on his father's death? Isn't a person's identity also an archaeology, and aren't you the archaeologists of that identity?

SCENE III

(After talking with Hamlet, Oğuz learns to live with the joy of living and death.)

Oğuz: Come on, let's see. There is room for both of you here. Both of you have held my hand until now. One of you said, how beautiful life is, there are no troubles. The other said, how cold life is, everywhere is naked. Where do I come from and who am I? Why did I come to the world with you? Why was I thrown here without asking my choice? What is this desire for success of every person without ever getting tired? I still see people who haven't read Hamlet. But I say that before reading Hamlet, it is also necessary to read Shakespeare's historical plays and books with magical realist elements like A Midsummer Night's Dream. What made me read Shakespeare? What is it that weaves the thread of these fate goddesses for me?

(Grandmother and grandfather enter the stage.)

Grandmother: We are.

Grandfather: We are.

Oğuz: I have never seen you until now. You weren't there when I was born. Or is birth the enemy of death? Well, at what stage is death in this part of life?

Grandmother: If we didn't exist, your mother and father wouldn't exist either, dear grandson. We are the reason for your existence. But there is also a God above us who reaches you from beginning to end. Look, if you want, talk to the place where you came from. They say that in order to learn where a person goes, he must know where he came from...

(The mother's womb and the father's sperm enter the stage.)

The mother's womb: Here! We are the reason for your existence.

The father's sperm: Here! We are the reason for your existence.

Oğuz: What is this chaos? What is all this that is not asked of me? Hamlet, what is it that the choices I couldn't make later come to me as a choice? Oh death, you who equalize our inequalities, you tell. What are the options in my hand? To want never to have been born, you tell, is it just to be able to say a \\"Thank goodness I was born\\" sentence against the sentence \\"I wish I had never been born\\" that I watched the movie Magnificent Life? Give me an ax, let me cut the way of this sperm and let everything fly away! Show me a way, let me understand with the rifle called fate and let me accumulate my debts that will never be. Is it possible to solve the life conflict by saying \\"To be or not to be, that is the question\\" and Hamlet? Well, is your name Hamlet because the name of the one who created you is Hamnet and because of the pain of his death?

(Oğuz's deceased form enters.)

Oğuz's deceased form: Leave Hamlet alone now, what does Hamlet have to do with you! You are you, and I am yours. When I'm in the grave, Hamlet won't be with me. Only I will be. Look at grandmother, she is already with me. Look at grandfather, he is already with me. Everyone will be here one day. Look at death! How it is giggling behind you, how it is turning you inside out while you are full of the joy of living. Look at Hamlet, how he is teaching you himself with all the words inside him. He is the one who teaches you to be at peace with a ghost. He is the one who introduces you to the civil wars inside you. Let Hamlet himself come and tell you why all this is...

Hamlet: I'm not the one who makes me. My only desire is revenge. When revenge is taken, my identity is also completed and I leave this stage called life. Life is a stage, and both women and men are its actors, as Jaques said in As You Like It. Where is the building where this stage is located? Why and why am I taking revenge?

SCENE IV

(Purpose enters the stage.)

Purpose: Heheyyt, get out of my way all of you! I am the reason for all of you. What makes my death meaningful. What makes my joy of living happy. What makes Oğuz reach the consciousness of being able to talk to his grandmother and grandfather. What tells him that he should read Shakespeare and brings Hamlet to him. I work on this path with my friends of fate, who are both cunning and necessary. Oğuz wanted to kill death at the beginning of the game. But killing death is also a death, as Hamlet said.

Oh people, I am the void of all of you and must be filled! I am the reason for the existence of this stage called life! Dostoyevsky was right when he said that no one can live without me and the desire for me in it! Montaigne was right when he said that a soul that does not attach to me loses its way, to be everywhere is to be nowhere! Hamlet is with them now. The one who wants to be nowhere and is everywhere, the one who takes revenge with me and writes these to Oğuz.

(Everyone exits, only Oğuz remains.)

One of the most important pieces of English literature was bequeathed to us by the acclaimed and inimitable pen of William Shakespeare. Considered the most influential Anglo-Saxon author, he constructed in Hamlet an ode to vengeance but also to doubt. A tragic and morally complex work that is based not so much on the brutality of its events but on the spiritual torment of its protagonist.

Divided into five acts, this work conceived in 1603 and which was not staged until 1609, exposes us to the story of Hamlet, a young prince who, after the death of his father, is plunged into deep melancholy. However, this spiritual lethargy undergoes an abrupt change when, after seeing the specter of his dead father and after the latter reveals to him the fateful circumstances of his death, Hamlet's heart is irremediably altered, turning from sadness to rancor.

Our protagonist sees his morality compromised when desires for vengeance and destruction begin to gestate in his heart. His uncle, his father's brother, was capable of killing him to take his kingdom and his wife. The vicious and perverse nature of such acts leaves Hamlet corroded, destabilized, and full of rage. In his journey to uncover the truth and claim justice, he embarks on a path using madness as a weapon, only to end up屈服于 it, dragging with him both the innocent and the guilty.

Shakespeare creates a piece capable of capturing government disputes, conflicts between kingdoms, human ambition and meanness, and the fragile line between sanity and insanity when there are agents capable of disturbing hearts and terrifying consciences. And he does so, of course, with an exquisite mastery of the word.

I don't think I can rate this right away.

I will need to sit on it for a while and really think about it.

What I will say though is that Hamlet is definitely queer.

There are many aspects of his character and actions that suggest a non-traditional sexual orientation or gender identity.

For example, his intense relationship with Horatio seems to go beyond friendship.

Their conversations and interactions have a level of intimacy and emotional depth that is quite remarkable.

Additionally, Hamlet's behavior towards Ophelia is rather ambiguous.

He seems to toy with her emotions and his actions towards her are not what one would expect from a heterosexual man in love.

These and other elements of the play lead me to believe that Hamlet is indeed a queer character.

"What does mercy mean if it doesn't have the courage to stand in the face of truth, so that we turn away from evil if we know it, and are deterred from it if we discover it?"

Hamlet... one of the masterpieces of world classics...

It was written by William Shakespeare, the wealthy without a definite definition. He is the most famous playwright known in history, and among his most famous works are The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear...

Hamlet is the longest of the plays written by Shakespeare, and its performance time reached five hours in the original version. It is also considered one of the most powerful and influential literary works in the world and was one of his most famous works during his lifetime.

The play consists of four acts in addition to a long introduction at the beginning of the book with an important introduction that helped me a lot in understanding the events. I read it in the translation of Khalil Matran and it was excellent.

The events of the play revolve around the story of Prince Hamlet's revenge on his uncle Claudius, who killed his brother and then married his widow (Hamlet's mother) and ascended the throne.

Despite the difficulty of some words, the dialogues were wonderful and full of existential and philosophical questions.

Shakespeare shed light on an important aspect of Hamlet's personality, which is hesitation or confusion, when he said his famous line...

"To be or not to be? That is the question, which of the two states is better for the soul? To endure the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles..."

Each of us, depending on the circumstances, thinks a lot like Hamlet... to be or not to be... to speak or to remain silent... to take a stand in life or not to surrender...

A wonderful play, and although I read it a long time ago and we all studied it in school, I think that each of Shakespeare's plays deserves a second reading and with pleasure, because it is truly enjoyable.

"It is one of the misfortunes of this life that virtue sometimes has to seek forgiveness from vice."

Isn't it always a delight to delve into one of Shakespeare's world-famous plays?

Like many others, I was once forced to read Shakespeare in school. In my case, it was Romeo & Juliet. Back then, being unfamiliar with all the important literary classics, I had a great deal of trouble with the rather outmoded language. However, after finally finishing that play, not only was I relieved to have conquered it successfully, but it also piqued my interest in other Shakespearian plays. Macbeth, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream - all of them are fantastic plays and an intriguing choice to spend some hours with. But none of them left me as enthralled, shocked, and intrigued as Hamlet did.

Everyone is probably familiar with the basic storyline of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, and his tale of revenge. You might question Hamlet's intelligence in the execution of his revenge, but this doesn't overshadow the fact that Shakespeare has masterfully crafted one of his most renowned plays, captivating both readers of the original text and viewers of the stage performances. The play has been discussed and analyzed countless times already, and perhaps it doesn't require yet another review, especially since I don't consider myself capable of elaborately judging or even criticizing the sophisticated language or the engaging storyline.

I would highly recommend this tale to everyone, even (or especially) if you're not yet familiar with Shakespeare or have had negative experiences with his other plays and don't wish to read anything else by him. Hamlet can be regarded as a classic thriller at its core, but it's also an exploration of themes such as humanity and the appropriateness of revenge as a response to certain actions. Read it and form your own judgment, but do read it. Until now, I've been reading Shakespeare's plays mainly because I thought it was something everyone had to do at some point. But Hamlet has proven to be a captivating reading adventure, even if you're already acquainted with the basic concept of the story.

**"The Indecisive Hamlet"**

Hamlet is a play that has been widely read and studied. We often face choices in life, just like Hamlet does. Do we choose this color or that one? Do we sleep or work? Do we read Hamlet now or put it off?

Hamlet is a complex character. He wants to avenge his father's death, but he is also hesitant. He is a noble youth with a big heart, but life has tested him. He doubts virtue and despairs of people, yet he still insists on seeking justice and virtue.

The indecision of Hamlet is his curse. Thinking too much about the possibilities of a situation leads to hesitation in action. This sums up Hamlet's tragedy in one line. Don't we all have our own tragedies?

Today, who among us doesn't feel the confusion and hesitation of Hamlet? His worry and depression are relatable. For sure, you will find yourself reading or watching this play one day. It is a classic that will always attract us with its profound themes and beautiful language.

Oh, how much ink has been spilled on this excellent Shakespeare work!

And how many tears will have been shed for it? I dare not imagine.

Also, I will not pretend to do a review that you would not have read probably dozens of times or even bring new elements you would not already know. I only know this piece. Admittedly, this is a tragedy (therefore, as the name suggests, nothing very encouraging), but what poetry is there in these verses! What beauty lies in this bittersweet madness that the Prince of Denmark, the young Hamlet, believes he has reached.

Is he mad? I don't think so. He saw a specter, that of his father murdered by his uncle. But who has never felt the presence by their side of a loved one who had recently disappeared, and what's more, in more than questionable conditions? I cannot say that I have never experienced this feeling or at least wanted to believe it. The specter, therefore, reveals to his son how his brother assassinated him and demands revenge!

So Hamlet's mind is tortured, it is true, but who wouldn't be after such a revelation? So what does he have to do? Take the sword and spill the blood again? For his part, the King, Claudius, sensing the danger, does everything to remove Hamlet from the kingdom of Denmark to preserve his place on the throne.

Hamlet, therefore, finds himself alone in the face of his fate. Because, although the presence of this specter at the castle has been revealed to him by three guards and by his friend Horatio, on whom else can he count? Who will believe it? He will be taken for granted, which will well arrange the affairs of his uncle or others who would be just as greedy for power as he and who have dedicated their cause to Claudius. Because, as everyone knows, the Prime Minister (to name nothing but him) must be faithful to the one he serves and devote his most remarkable devotion to him.

I will not say more about the plot because I think once again that I will only repeat what has already been said many and many times. But I insist on the point that this work, although it is a drama in which a lot of blood will flow, is a thing of beauty. It must be read and reread without fail!