Hamlet's soliloquy
Act 1.2.129-159, by Gabial Chen
Hopeless
I chose this picture because it represents the hopeless atmosphere. At this point, Hamlet feels completely hopeless. "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable. Seem to me all the uses of this world!" (1.2.133-134) Hamlet couldn't find any meaning of life. There are no point for him to live. He feels tired, and helpless with everything that happened at the same time. He is still mourning about his father who was such a great king. Yet, the Queen, his mother, remarried and everyone feels joyful and celebrate about it. He is shocked with how his mother marry to his uncle shortly after his father's death.
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Time
I chose this image because it seems to Hamlet that time is an important issue. Suppose the more you love someone, the longer time it would take you to mourn about him/her after his/her death. However, within two months, the joy, the happiness for Gertrude and Claudius marriage have already overtaken the sadness of old Hamlet's death. "by what it fed on, and yet, within a month--Let me not think on't." (145-146) He doesn't even want to think about it. She was there crying like crazy in the funeral but everything changed so fast that make Hamlet doubt did she really love the King, his father once. For everyone, they think this is more than enough time to mourn about the previous king. However, to Hamlet, this is not enough, at least not for a new marriage.
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memories
For this image, all the pictures represent the memories. "So excellent a king, that was to this hyperion to a satyr. So loving to my mother."(139-140) We see that in Hamlet's memories, his father was like a role model who he always look up to. He thinks he was a great king as well as someone who was loving his mother so much. "Heaven and earth, must I remember?"(142-143) Memories about them living together rush into him. All these have proven they have loved each other so much. He doesn't understand how his mother can turn to Claudius so quick. It seems to Gertrude all those times that was with Old Hamlet has far gone from her mind already.
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silence
broken heart
I chose this broken heart because it represents how Hamlet feels for everything that have happened in such an unexpected way. The very first thing that upset him, certainly is his mother remarried shortly after his father's death. This leads Hamlet to think that Gertrude has already forgotten his father. " O must wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!"(156-157) this shows his anger and the hateful towards Claudius. "But break, my heart"(159) his heart is broken and yet, no one understand him. The bandage on the heart represents Hamlet try his best comfort himself in the silence since no one will do anything about it and he has no one to talk to. There's no one he can fully trust.
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relationship
I chose this image because it represents the relationships. They were made in paper, representing how relationship can be easily destroyed and recreated just like the relationship between Old Hamlet, Gertrude and Gertrude with Claudius. Hamlet feels really disgust about his uncle become the king and his new father. He doesn't understand how can his mother remarry his uncle, the brother of the king. "It is not nor it cannot come to good"(158) Hamlet clearly thinks this is not a good thing and it wouldn't come out with anything good in the future either. To Hamlet, this is the relationship shouldn't exist.
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