Hard Learned Wisdom and Unsuspecting Hamlet
Picture this: you’re a depressed twenty-something year old. You love to poetically announce your misfortunes and woes to your imaginary, or perhaps not so imaginary, audience. Anyway, woe is you. Woe is you for your good ol’ father was killed by a venomous serpent. Or was he? It turns out your Father’s spirit has taken a fondness towards midnight scrolls and scaring poor guards to death. He delivers some troubling news to you. Your incestuous Mother has married not only an equally incestuous Uncle but also your dear Father’s murderer. Now how do you suppose you’d respond to that? Would you ever guess Uncle Dearest would poison your father? My guess is not. This applies similarly to Hamlet when his Father’s ghost presents the shocking information his murder by Claudius to him. Hamlet would’ve never guessed Claudius was the treacherous snake, nor would’ve he been wise enough to realize a killer isn’t always who you’d expect. …show more content…
Originally, it’s concluded Old Hamlet died from a venomous snake bite. However, the spirit says otherwise. Starting at line fourty the ghost states, “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” The “serpent” who now wears Old Hamlet’s crown is Claudius. This means the ghost claims Claudius murdered him. The spirit continues from line forty three to ninety one to explain how Claudius poured poison in his ears that caused his blood to curdle like spoilt milk. Old Hamlet’s ghost leaves Hamlet with a final mission, to avenge his
Picture this: you’re a depressed twenty-something year old. You love to poetically announce your misfortunes and woes to your imaginary, or perhaps not so imaginary, audience. Anyway, woe is you. Woe is you for your good ol’ father was killed by a venomous serpent. Or was he? It turns out your Father’s spirit has taken a fondness towards midnight scrolls and scaring poor guards to death. He delivers some troubling news to you. Your incestuous Mother has married not only an equally incestuous Uncle but also your dear Father’s murderer. Now how do you suppose you’d respond to that? Would you ever guess Uncle Dearest would poison your father? My guess is not. This applies similarly to Hamlet when his Father’s ghost presents the shocking information his murder by Claudius to him. Hamlet would’ve never guessed Claudius was the treacherous snake, nor would’ve he been wise enough to realize a killer isn’t always who you’d expect. …show more content…
Originally, it’s concluded Old Hamlet died from a venomous snake bite. However, the spirit says otherwise. Starting at line fourty the ghost states, “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” The “serpent” who now wears Old Hamlet’s crown is Claudius. This means the ghost claims Claudius murdered him. The spirit continues from line forty three to ninety one to explain how Claudius poured poison in his ears that caused his blood to curdle like spoilt milk. Old Hamlet’s ghost leaves Hamlet with a final mission, to avenge his