در الگوى "سفر قهرمان" كه جوزف كمبل ادعا مى كند در تمام اسطوره ها تكرار مى شود، آخرين مرحله از سلوك جسمانى-روحانى قهرمان اسطوره تبديل شدن به "ارباب دو جهان" است، كه بر خلاف ظاهر اسمش، به معناى به دست آوردن همه چيز نيست، بلكه درست برعكس، به معناى دست شستن از همه چيز است: قهرمان به نوعى خلسه مى رسد كه ديگر هيچ چيز برايش مهم نيست، و خود را به دست تقدير مى سپرد تا هر چه مى خواهد با او بكند. با رها كردن همه چيز است كه قهرمان به مرحله نهايى سفر خود مى رسد، سفرى كه با قصد به دست آوردن همه چيز شروع شده بود. در عرفان ما، اين مرحله را "فنا" مى نامند.

هملت، نماد اراده معطوف به انتقام، در طول نمايشنامه درگير است، با خود و با ديگران به يك اندازه، افكار مختلفى كه به سرش هجوم مى آورند و نمى گذارند دستش به خون برود. پيوسته با حرارت و شور عهد مى بندد كه ديگر كار عمويش را يكسره خواهد كرد، و پيوسته قدم سست مى كند و تعلل مى ورزد. انگار هنوز رشته اى ناپيدا او را به دنيايى پيوند زده كه نمى خواهد با قتل، از آن دنيا ببرد.

اما درست پس از آن كه ناگاه مى فهمد معشوقش، اوفيليا خود را غرق كرده است، پس از آن كه در كمال حيرت در برابر چشمانش او را بدون اجراى مراسم مذهبى چون فردى ناپاك به خاك مى سپرند، انگار آن تنها رشته پاره مى شود. ناگهان رفتارش تغيير مى كند؛ ديگرى خبرى از خشم ها و مسخرگى ها شور و حرارت نيست، ديگر همه چيز برايش يكسان مى شود. وقتى او را وادار مى كنند در دوئلى شركت كند كه هم خود و هم دوستش هوراشيو مطمئنند به منظور كشتنش طراحى شده، با آرامش كسى كه دست از همه چيز شسته خود را به دست جريان مى سپرد و مى گويد: «حتى سقوط يك گنجشك هم در دفتر قضا ثبت است. اگر قرار باشد مرگ برسد، مى رسد، و اگر الان هم نرسد، بالاخره خواهد رسيد. وقتى كسى نمى داند چه چیز از خود به جا می گذارد، دیگر زود مردن معنایی ندارد. بگذار هر چه مى خواهد بشود.»
و وقتى از همه چيز دست مى شويد، وقتى ديگر برايش اهميتى ندارد، به همه چيز دست مى يابد: عمويش را مى كشد و خود هم در سكوت مرگ كه اين همه خواهان آن است فرو مى رود.

This play made me wish that I had drowned in a river instead of Ophelia.

hamlet x horatio
that's it.
that's my review.

Engrossing, witty at times and intelligent. I have reread it many times and will do so again.
It has to be my favourite of all Shakespeare’s plays.

‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so’

Are you hesitant to read Hamlet. .you will regret it then !!
We all hate choices. .and try hard to leave it for others ..choose this colour or that?..sleep or work?Read Hamlet or postpone it ?

Revenge or forgive?
The most important thing is to follow this bright path ... or that dark path?
to be or not to be?

*That I, the son of a dear father murder'd,
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell*
Well, and those of us did not buzz these words in his ear. . over and over and we blame ourselves for our letdown.
About taking our rights..or the rights of those we love
Unfortunately, Hamlet will remain YOU and I, and everyone who possesses the seed of goodness and justice in oneself

By the age of thirty, each of us will choose ...
Will it be? And those are lucky
Or not HE be?
And those are lucky
Or not to BE?
And in the case of Not Being will place himself on the status of the famous automatic pilot "Ayesh and not Ayesh" zombi mode ... until God decides on his matter..and then Hamlet question will not Nag him again ... nor will he be required to take any decision


My art will remain immortal .. As long as there are eyes to see and ears to hear, "Shakespeare really believed ..
Heavy language may frighten us ... We may have fear old principles ... but it will attract us
A young man, noble; Question the virtue ... despair of the people
But he remained demanding the rebellion of those who killed his father .. in order to achieve the justice that he believed in .. and the virtue to which he aspires, even against his will


But he is hesitating
Hesitation .. Hamlet's curse that "thinking a lot about the possibilities of the situation.. leads to a paralysis in the behavior" and so he summarized for us Hamlet his tragedy in one line
Isn't it our modern tragedy?
And who among us today does not feel Hamlet confusion and his pessimism?
... his anxiety and suppression
WHo?
So you will definitely find yourself reading it or watching it someday

Updated review February 2017:
This is my third time reading Hamlet and, like a fine wine... you know the rest. I read the same copy I've had lying around for years with one page of notes on the left and the play on the right. This time I was able to read most of the play without notes which was pretty awesome. Just had to glance over to figure out what some of the words meant, but I actually got the story this time. It's taken me three tries with a book that helps me cheat, but boy oh boy I finally got this down.

It's beautiful! I loved it! It really hits a variety of genres and kept me turning the pages. It was weird... I read it pretty slowly to breathe in the language and take my time with it, even reading it out loud at times until my wife made me shut up. I tried to get her to play the female parts, but she wasn't feeling it. I guess she really just had the Queen of Ophelia so her options were limited. But yeah, I read it slowly but it also seemed to fly by at the same time.

Hamlet is a very complex guy who goes through a range of emotions as the story unfolds. His monologues are just really great poetry that I wish I could memorize and just belt out randomly on a street corner or while I'm in the grocery store contemplating another unhealthy snack. To be or not to be... I loved the monologues. I loved when things just went nuts at times. The ending was just crazy and awesome. It's just a daggum fantastic story, and you should give it a shot if you haven't already. Find a copy that helps you and breaks down the language and all that. It's good.

I've got Macbeth on the shelf, too. Might be time to revisit it and then tackle more Shakespeare. I've gotta be in the right mindset though. Can't just be reading all this nonsense all the time. I have real books waiting to be read, too. Books with real words and stuff.



Previous review:
I once asked a friend of mine if he liked Shakespeare to which he responded, "I don't dislike Shakespeare". That's exactly how I feel about him, too.

In high school I was forced to read Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. My thoughts on Shakespeare haven't really changed much in the past 15 years. His stories are great, but they were written so long ago that it's not always fun to read. I appreciate the hell out of the guy, but he will never be my first choice (or second or third) when I'm looking for something new to read.

That being said, this was my favorite play to read through. Maybe I'm older now and find it easier and more enjoyable to read this stuff for pleasure rather than because I may have a pop quiz over the third act. I thought the story was fantastic and was surprised by how many lines I recognized from just being a human and dabbling in a little bit of culture every now and then.

Would I have ever read this if it wasn't being read in a group to prepare for Infinite Jest? Nope. But, I did and I'm glad I took the time to do it.

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

... and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural
shocks
That flesh is heir to ...

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the
rub ... what dreams may come ...
Must give us pause:

To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

Act III, Scene I

Una de las piezas más importantes de la literatura inglesa nos fue legada por la aclamada e inimitable pluma de William Shakespeare. El que es considerado como el más influyente autor anglosajón, construyó en Hamlet una oda de la venganza pero también de la duda. Una tragedia emocional y moralmente compleja que se apoya no tanto en la brutalidad de sus hechos sino en el tormento espiritual de su protagonista.

Dividida en cinco actos, esta obra concebida en 1603 y que no logró ser representada hasta 1609, nos expone la historia de Hamlet, un joven príncipe que tras la muerte de su padre se ve sumido en una honda melancolía. Este letargo del espíritu cobra, sin embargo, un cambio abrupto cuando tras verse en presencia del espectro del padre muerto y tras revelarle éste las fatídicas circunstancias de su deceso, alteran irremediablemente el corazón de Hamlet volcándolo de la tristeza al rencor.

Nuestro protagonista ve su moral comprometida cuando comienzan a gestarse en su corazón ansias de venganza y devastación. Su tío, hermano de su padre, fue capaz de matarle para quedarse con su reino y su esposa. Lo vicioso y perverso de tales actos dejan a Hamlet corroído, desestabilizado y lleno de rabia. En su recorrido por desnudar la verdad y reclamar justicia, inicia un trayecto con la locura como arma para acabar sometido ante ella arrastrando consigo a inocentes y culpables.

Shakespeare crea una pieza capaz de capturar las disputas gubernamentales, los conflictos entre reinos, la ambición y mezquindad humanas y la frágil línea entre la cordura y la demencia cuando juegan agentes capaces de perturbar los corazones y amedrentar las conciencias. Y lo hace, por supuesto, con un dominio exquisito de la palabra.

متردد في قراءة هاملت..ستندم اذن!ا
كلنا نكره الاختيارات..و نجاهد احيانا لنلقي بها على غيرنا
نختار هذا اللون..ام ذاك؛ننام ام نعمل ..نقرأ هاملت و لا نؤجلها؟
ننتقم ام نسامح ؟
و الاهم☀ نسلك هذا الطريق المضيء..ام ذاك الطريق المعتم؟
نكون او لا نكون؟

ا"غاية ما دافعت به عن اب و ملك عزيز نكب أشد النكبات.. .هو ان اهذي هذيان الحالم. .مع ان شاغل الانتقام ملأ نفسي
..جبان انا"؟؟
حسنا و من منا لم تطن في أذنه هذه الكلمات..لمرات و مرات و نحن نلوم أنفسنا على تخاذلنا
عن أخذ حقوقنا..او حقوق من نحب
للاسف سيظل هاملت هو انا و انت و كل من يمتلك بذرة الخير و العدل في نفسه
و بحلول سن الثلاثين سيختار كل منا
هل سيكون؟و هؤلاء محظوظون
او لا يكون ؟..
و ساعتها سيضع نفسه على وضع الطيار الآلى الشهير "عايش و مش عايش "..حتى يقضي الله في أمره..و حينها لن يلح عليه سؤال هاملت ...و لن يكون مطالبا باتخاذ اي قرار


ا"سيظل فني خالدا ..ما دامت هناك عيون ترى و اذان تسمع "صدقت شكسبير بالفعل..قد تخيفنا اللغة الثقيلة. ..قد تصدنا مبادىء قديمة..و لكنه سيجذبنا هو
شاب نبيل ؛قلبه كبير قست عليه الحياة فثار عليها. .تشكك في الفضيلة..يأس من الناس
لكنه ظل مطالبا بالثار ممن قتل والده..احقاقا للعدل الذي ظل يؤمن به..و الفضيلة التي يطمح إليها و لو رغما عنه