Friday 4th March

So, this was our final lesson on reading the book and we focused on the ending of the play. Hamlet goes through the play very idle and doesn't do much. It's only at the end of the play where he takes action when he about to die. I began to think that as a result of this, does it show he is a weak character? Or is he infact a strong character because he has reached his ultimate goal, that of to get revenge on Claudius. It is debatable whether or not Fortinbras is more successful in acheving his revenge compared to Hamlet because he did gain the throne by the end of the play, but he did this by chance really. It was all down to Hamlet's actions. Also I think it's a bit weird how Hamlet just won't die when the Queen seemed to instantly, it was a bit annoying. To me this highlights the importance of Hamlet in the play. For example the Queen wasn't that important, no one really cared when she died. Oh and at the end of the lesson we re-wrote the play, which I thought was quite funny, I think we should do this all the time maybe? :)