This is something I wrote when I was about 17 years old. And ultimately is how I really feel about Shakespeare. It was written in 2009. For a teacher named Mr. Brazzel. Shakespeare is a grand poet/writer/author still to this day; but at another point I absolutely despise him. For he created or popularized just about every idea that writing uses today in all different forms of drama, including revenge. Thus making a lot of modern productions seem repetitive, boring , and annoying. Since no one even thinks of new and different incidents of drama; but instead continues to exaggerate, extend and rip off Shakespeare's work. I actually believe that if he only wrote a little or never wrote anything at all we would either have much more creative types of writing in revenge and in other types of drama today Or perhaps there would be nothing at all..?
Such as in the story ‘Hamlet’ which is completely and utterly filled with many different forms of drama. But I’m only going to go on about the classification of revenge. For example Shakespeare’s Main character Hamlet is obsessed with it. Some people even to this day call them both mad. Given that hamlet constantly states his hate and goes on about his revenge to all who will listen by saying all of this; “if thou dost mally I’ll give thee this plague for thy dowry. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as show. Thou shalt not escape calumny! Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool for wise men know well enough, what monsters you make of them. I have heard of your paintings well enough. God hath given you on face and you make yourself another. You jig and ambre, and your lips you nickname god’s creatures.” Then hamlet goes on about his suicidal thoughts in just a few pages later, and then quotes this; “to die… to sleep no more. And by a sleep to say we end the heartache…and the thousand natural shocks that flesh its heir to… tis a consummation…devoutly to be wished. To die…to sleep.” (Shakespeare). For Hamlet is filled with disappointment, misery, and depression, but is still loved by all. These quotes reflect on many dramas of today that haven't changed. Again with this one simple unique character (Hamlet). Shakespeare has topped most shows, movies, and writings still to this day; in not just revenge but the entire category of drama. Since this character is betrayed by many of his once close friends throughout the entire story; who basically all try and kill him, usually in the name of their fake king (Claudius). While hamlet suffers through the marriage of that man with his mother; who acts as if hamlets father never even existed. Hatred and heartache is also placed upon Hamlets shoulders when he learns that his father could have been murdered, and endures the constant fights with his pregnant love. Which then who commits suicide and hamlet of course is blamed for his loves grief before her death. Then of course him being labeled as mad, while deciphering if the ghost that he has been seeing is actually real or not. So do you think Shakespeare’s character, hamlet is the only one who might be mad; if at all? Think about it while we continue on about some other characters, that I mentioned before and some roles that they play in the theme of revenge. Like Claudius (fake king) who is hamlets uncle, who wants vengeance on hamlet for embarrassing him, killing a friend (Polonius), and basically causing chaos with the people. Then there’s even Ophelia who tries to take revenge out on hamlet for all the things that he does to her. But right before her death she states that “there’s rue for you.” Addressing Claudius that he should kill himself, for she blames him for what has been happing to hamlet. Even Gertrude (hamlets mother) shows a bit of revenge against hamlet by ratting on him to others about what he did and that he tried to kill the new king. Of course there’s Laertes (a friend of hamlet) who swears on his life that he will defeat hamlet in any way possible in order to avenge his father’s death, and his sister’s. So now I leave you with these thoughts, and some basic ideas of the story ‘hamlet’. A bit about the theme of revenge, and how I believe that Shakespeare’s words simply made clones. Which of course are now just always being rip off, thus making them into more boring, and repetitive stories that you hear today. Perhaps with just more sound effects and production value. |
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