The Main Or Not The Main
It's a very interesting fact that "Hamlet" often called as the main play of humanity. Most significant play. Have you ever thought about it?
Look, there needs to be a lot of absolutely universal things and events to consider it in this way. I mean universal for everyone. But what do we see?!
First, we encounter a real ghost who complains to his son about his brother's crime and forces him to take revenge. Do you really come across often with such an ordinary request?
Then, we understand that a queen, mother of that poor prince, got married with the brother of her recently gone husband soon after her lost. Sure, it's a fact from the daily life.
Moreover, Hamlet does not choose a straight way to fulfil his father's request; at least it would be similar to the detective story. Not at all. He preteds to be insane and starts killing people around him, keeping the villain alive. His bride really got insane seeing what he does.
Finally he kills his uncle and his brother-in-law; his mother dies; his fiancee drowns... Hamlet perishes as well. True story.
Of course, following by the outer line of the events we will never figure out why this play is considered as the most significant play of our civilization. Perhaps this text is trying to measure something that lies beyond the plot. What's this? What is your opinion about it?
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The Main Or Not The Main
It's a very interesting fact that Hamlet is often
called as the greatest play of
humanity. The most significant play. Have you ever
thought about it?
Consider. There needs to be a lot
of absolutely universal things and events to consider it in this way.
I mean universal for everyone. But what do we see?
First,
we encounter a real ghost who complains to his son about his
brother's crime, and forces him to take revenge. Do you really
come across often with such an ordinary [1]
request often?
Then we understand that a queen, the
mother of that poor prince, got married
with the brother of her recently deceased
husband, soon after her loss. Of course, it's
a fact from the daily life. [1]
Moreover,
Hamlet does not choose a straighfoward way to fulfill his
father's ghost's request; if he did, at least it
would be similar to a detective story. But he didn't do that at all. Instead, he pretends
to be insane and starts killing people around him, but keeping
the villain alive. His bride becomes insane seeing what he
does.
Finally he kills his uncle and his brother-in-law; his
mother dies; his fiancee drowns... Hamlet perishes as well. True
story.
Of course, following by the outline of
the events, we will never figure out why this play is
considered as the most significant play of our civilization. Perhaps
this text is trying to measure something that lies beyond the plot.
What is this? What is your opinion about it?
[1] Good sarcasm.
Of course, it was Macbeth who, upon seeing a ghost, alluded to a Russian bear:
What man dare, I dare.
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear.
(Act 3, Scene 4)
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The Main Or Not The Main
It's a very interesting fact that "Hamlet" is often called "the main play of humanity", i.e the most significant play. Have you ever thought about it?Look, there needs to be a lot of absolutely universal things and events to consider it in this way. I mean universal for everyone. But what do we see?
First, we encounter a real ghost who complains to his son about his brother's crime and forces him to take revenge. Do we really come across such an extraordinary request often?
Then, we understand that a queen, mother of that poor prince, got married to the brother of her recently deceased husband soon after he died. Sure enough, it's a fact from daily life.
Moreover, Hamlet does not choose a straight way to fulfil his father's request; at least, one that would be similar to a detective story. Not at all. He pretends to be insane and starts killing people around him, keeping the villain alive. His fiancee truly became insane seeing what he did.
Finally, he kills his uncle and his brother-in-law; his mother dies; his fiancee drowns by suicide... Hamlet perishes as well. True story.
Of course, by following the outline of the events we will never figure out why this play is considered as the most significant play of our civilization. Perhaps this text is trying to measure something that lies beyond the plot. What's this? What is your opinion about it?
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