tuckergegr1′s Blog

This is already a thrilling play. The king’s ghost wants revenge, Hamlet takes an oath of vengance to kill his uncle, Norway may attack Denmark, and Hamlet is flirting with Ophelia. There is so much action foreshadowed in Hamlet that I’m going to take an honest guess toward future events. I have never seen this play or read it, so I have practically no idea what there is to come (I could be completely wrong, so nobody tell me until I’m done reading).

First thing’s first, Fortinbras has threatened to take back his stolen Norwegian land. Personally, I think this is an empty threat, but who knows. My best guess is that the Norwegians will be nothing more than bandits. The true king will control Fortinbras. Personally if I were Fortinbras I would give up and move on with my life.

Later there is the grand speech by the new king. The king gives his speech about how Denmark is a shaky land, but it will stand strong. Then he states he will marry the queen. We already know Hamlet is not going to like this, but I think Hamlet will do more than groan. He took to heart what the ghost king said, so he will kill the uncle. Then I think the queen is going to do something tragic (maybe marry the man next to her). She may perform suicide if the uncle dies also. She can’t get over two husband deaths (unless she loved neither, in which case maybe she’ll marry the man next to her). This will be the main action of the play, finding out how and when Hamlet decides to kill.

Already I sense Romeo and Juliet with Hamlet and Ophelia. From Second City, I already know Ophelia kills herself. So it isn’t difficult to guess that she doesn’t follow Laertes or Polonius’s advice. Instead, she’s going to see Hamlet at some official dinner or party, make-out in a span of two minutes meeting eachother, sleeping together, and then both commiting suicide. Sounds an awful like Romeo and Juliet so far, and what do ya know; Shakespeare wrote both plays :O.

I have no idea what will happen with Fortinbras, but I have a gut feeling that the love and revenge of this play will turn out the way I plan. It’s Shakespeare, all of his tragedies are like this. It will be interesting to see how things turn out !!!