I have taken every liberty with my time, and stress relief to write, and think of the tale's next direction although I was adapting one here.
And I just concluded Act 2 of Hamlet at 38K words since 15/12/22; recovering from COVID (long haul version; the fingers could still type) and madness in the mind.
I am about to continue onto Act 3 and then 4 and the final 5 to finish the tale before I stopped to re-read what I wrote.
I felt then the need to explain my first two Acts and how much they may differ from the original. And why. So the footnote idea came up. Here is the print of it as per my draft of the end of Act 2.
Dinna worry if it's baffling, for I am presenting it as what was written by me. When I publish the finished tale, it may make sense then....hopefully, if madness does not take me as its shadow.
Another footnote to my current predicament. My neighborly office resident is blasting away at the stereo speakers with God-less music, and it's only 1528 hours....invoking the ghosts to rise early may be their call but someone tells them please...others need the afternoon to do work here.
Act Two
A footnote.
I am writing this note to lend my voice to the
writings here, that may be seen as deviating from the original, and to some a
delightful read. I hope the latter for while having read Hamlet in perusing the
notes and analysis; I was not prepared for the plot of the tale to be what it
was as read here.
Initially, Hamlet to me
was a play of vengeance; the son told by the dead father’s soul who appeared as
a ghost told him that his death was unforetold but done by murder. That drove
me to work on the adaption.
And of course, the theme
of madness formed a cloud on Hamlet as a character. As was quoted; In Hamlet,
Shakespeare wrote madness because of devastating losses in the characters'
lives, meaning that trauma, shock, or mischance might affect their sanity. In
addition to this, he also wrote about the madness of excessive or unrequited
love. (https://cansuyagsiz.medium.com/the-concept-of-madness-in-hamlet-by-shakespeare-f7464ec6f47b#:~:text=In%20Hamlet%2C%20Shakespeare%20wrote%20madness,of%20excessive%20or%20unrequited%20love.)
I had kept the focus on madness
when I begin my writing, I have many thoughts of mine exploring the concept of madness
to the other characters. I explore them from Hamlet to Polonius, Hamlet’s friends,
and Even Ophelia. What may be read as minor roles were expanded to relate them to
the topic of madness as in how madness may rule in them.
Who are they? And how do
they relate to Hamlet and his coming vengeance? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and
the Lenten players are all given a new lease of buildup.
So were Polonius, Laertes,
and Ophelia, the family caught in this madness, and how they were affected by
Hamlet. I also explore the castle in its background, and like most castles, maybe
there was more to tell than just describing its towers and gates. Yes, I did
the moving of the location from the ramparts to the walls for reasons I will
explain later.
Denmark, an estate instead
of a state, and the royals were celebrities; both are adored by the audience,
hence my setting for Hamlet to be an actor. Did I draw from another King in my
writing as the icon here? Not there at all. The King here was more set to the original
actor of the tale.
Why the ‘sexually’
driven content? Well, for one, sex sells in the current reads. It drove me at
times the content to maddening urges but that is another tale. Sex, as seen
here, was added in as an interlude but it does serve the main play.
For one, the King
was murdered as an act to take the widow as the lover; yet to be explored later.
Hamlet was seen to desire (Love was uncertain) yet he held back feigning every
excuse even madness was said to one of them.
Ophelia the lady
of desire was seen as pure in the backdrop of free loving as seen in the Lenten
players. There was the scene where I placed Hamlet unable to perform with Ophelia
to drive the tension on their needs caused by other factors that they were not
privileged to act upon.
Yet Hamlet voyeur on
the former as an object of desire. Ever felt that when you looked at the centerfold
and were all excited but felt guilty for the physical lover lying next to you?
Hamlet to me could not do the physical for he viewed her as his mother. I stand
to say not that he favored his mother as per the oedipal complex; ( hence my
references to Hamlet’s reading. He was questioning his feelings.) He fears what
his mother did may be what Ophekai will do to him. That will be explained more
ahead.
The interludes
served a purpose besides the ‘body lustful’ feel. (I have to admit while writing
this here, my WHATSAPP received a ‘fashionable’ (My word for it) image that drew
my attention to the hidden treasures of the lady. Oops! The vice of man stands
the length of his age although he could only fantasize about the deed.
In summary, if you
could understand my footnote here. the first two Acts were to set the foundation
of the madness and now will move to the later parts of the acts on the vengeance,
tapering perhaps the madness infliction.
Interludes? It
will always be there. For that made sense of the madness here.
23/12/22
No comments:
Post a Comment