Saturday, March 9, 2019
Behind the curtain
Behind the curtain, who is there? Naturally, it is Polonius. His mysterious spying on Hamlet undoubtedly left him with a sword through his stomach. But what exactly does his death contribute to this play? Ultimately, this scene captures several emotions throughout the banter between the Queen and Hamlet. It is evident that Hamlet is desperately trying to enlighten the queen on her mischievous new husband. His temper and attitude toward exposing the King's connection to his father's murder have his mind spinning. The killing of Polonius is the climax of this show because Hamlet believed/ wish it had been the King behind the curtain, spying on this conversation. All his rage and fury regarding this very disjointed murder had been taking out during this time as though he spilled out everything he possibly could to the audience. I am interested to see how Hamlet will conspire again to try and expose the King for the murder of his father. I am also curious to see how and if the Queen will react to the news when this does happen. It is fascinating how naive a mature woman can be, especially a woman of such high ranking. Hopefully, she will come to terms with what Hamlet explains to her during this scene and that she will work with Hamlet to banish the King.
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Indeed, this scene is the point of no return for Hamlet, as we finally see that, after all his deliberation, he is prepared to take action to avenge his father's murder. Something I wonder about this scene is why he so easily and hastily killed someone behind a curtain, but could not kill his confirmed uncle when he was so vulnerable earlier in the play. Perhaps Hamlet regrets that he missed his original opportunity and acted so hastily so as not t make the same mistake twice.
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