#it's also very clear that hamlet was hamming it up (pun intended)

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controversial hamlet opinion several hundred years late but guys let's face it: hamlet adores the sound of his own voice. so much he breaks the fourth wall to ramble. he fully commits to the visual presentation of grief. head to toe black. his own mother, wife of the dead man, asks hamlet to tone it down. he refuses. hamlet pretends to go insane so he can investigate his dad's suspected murder out in the open. he sets up a play WITHIN HIS OWN PLAY to give his shitty uncle the heebie-jeebies.

guys. hamlet is having fun. oh he's in agony, unequivocally: he grows numb to his friends as he realizes he cannot trust anyone. he loses his grip on his identity, his truth -- maybe he is truly mad after all, no act. he falls prey to the same murderous betrayal he set out to solve in the first place. his own story eats him.

but GUYS. hamlet had fun. despite everything.

#this is harsh criticism of a young man who is experiencing familial betrayal and grieving a death simultaneously #hamlet missed his dad very much. i don't doubt that. getting so into figuring out what happened to his dad is also evidence of how strong #their father-son bond was #it's also very clear that hamlet was hamming it up (pun intended) #he's so complex. my favorite silly wet cat of a man. my little meow meow. #hamlet #shakespeare #snowswords #it's just like fall out boy said. the best of us CAN find happiness in misery #cannibalism #the triangle of cannibalism #bc you know. you KNOW i had to do it to him. god. everything is about eating and being eaten