If you were Hamlet

[sujeonggg]

In last few classes, we saw Hamlet's tragic life; his father died, which seemed to be murdered by his uncle, his mother now remarried to this uncle and his girlfriend also died.
So if you faced those kind of difficulties in your life, what would you do to overcome instead of just keep killing others?

If I were in that situation, I might definitely go crazy and it will be hard to accept the reality. The worst part is that this uncle killed my father and became my step father. But I think revenge is not a good idea to win against this strange uncle, so I would just leave the country, leave all my agonies.

[sageda]

I would go insane too. I think I might have ran away. I would've hated everybody and not wanted to see them ever again.

[alexkoo]

Well obviously, i will go crazy as well. I do not think it is easy to decide not to revenge. We can say revenge is not good because we were never in Hamlet's shoes. I think it is reasonable thing to seek for an revenge since people close to Hamlet died. I will definately find a way to kill my uncle who made life tragic. I actually do not know why Hamlet is so famous and respected when its story is all about killing.

[ginayang]

If I was in that situation, I would have first investigated if what my dad said was true. I mean hearing that my uncle killed my dad is pretty unbelieveable, especially when it might be part of my imagination. Plus, even if I found that my uncle actually did murder my dad, I wouldn't go out and try to kill him myself. I would just unveil the secret to everyone and get my uncle exiled somewhere really far. I think revenge is not the solution for any type of situation. Revenge will just cause more conflict and suffering.

[michellelee]

I think that Hamlet's revenge was not a good idea since there wasn't a reasonable and definite cause to it. The ghost might have been just an illusion or his imagination. If I were him, I would rather doubt first about the apparition rather than just going straight to my uncle and kill him, just by listening to that ghost. So I think that all the killings that he had done were unnecessary.

[seongrae]

I might get crazy too if I knew everything and if there were no other person who listens to me. I will not live with a step father who killed my real father. I might also try to revenge him but might not really deal with this problem and leave my house. However, if I am told to overcome in other ways, I might not kill them but annoy them or make them poor. I will try to become a king. Therefore, it will be very hard to not to revenge in this situation but I might annoy them.

[juliekim]

I would probably go crazy too but in a different way. I think I'd just be really depressed and sad and I wouldn't even have the energy to go around killing people. Maybe after I deal with my depression and sadness I might feel anger towards those who are responsible for my tragedy. I think the only way to overcome such difficulty is to find peace through God, which I imagine to be even harder than dealing with the tragedy itself. I can't really say much because it's hard to put myself in such a situation. I don't know what I'm going to do if those things happen to me.

[jessicashim2013]

I would not be able to accept the reality if I was Hamlet. Even though I would be mad at my uncle, I would first try to find out what happened. Maybe its because I was never in that situation, but I don't think I would go kill people right away. I would make sure what the ghost said is real. If it's true, then I would take revenge and after that, I would leave.

[cathysjun]

I also think I would have gone insane. I think I would have committed suicide with all the deaths going around.

[joon]

I would fight back to gain back what I deserve, but I wouldn't want to give up my life for revenge. I can understand Hamlet and why he would want to get revenge; he lost everything, and he has nothing else to live for except get revenge for his murdered father.

[davidh]

I think I would have thought of another way to revenge them. Killing people wouldn't change anything. People can't change past and there is no other way that past can change. And also, If I kill them for revenge, I would be going to jail or be hanged. So I think its kind of stupid idea.

[hannahs]

I'm not sure what I will do because even just the thought of those things happening is depressing. You will never know for sure how you will react to a situation until you are facing it. I think I would be depressed and would probably want to kill myself to just over all the pain. But I probably can't kill myself because I would be too scared and know that deep inside I don't want to die. I would probably try to seek help from others but I can't say whether I will get over the tragedy.

[minjaeyang]

I would not choose revenge, because there is no concrete evidence that Hamlet's uncle killed Hamlet's father. However, I still would not want to see the uncle, because he got married to Hamlet's mother and could be the father's killer. Therefore, I would choose to leave to a place far and far away.

[edward08]

The idea of family members getting together and having a marriage is completely insane, plus with the situation in hamlet that unlce killed hamlets father and married with the c urrent wife is really radical. I completely understand hamlets situation and with his revenge i would agree with death

[anica]

Well, first of all, I would want to kill Claudius on behalf of my father. Then, I think I would've become insane.