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 he
at fault was 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
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