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Saturday, December 3, 2016
Blog #12A: Selfie Extra Credit Blog Post
Hamlet's Instagram Post
This post as made public by hamlet enthralls upon the basis of being with Ophelia- putting on the facade of romantic joy in order to shade his abusive pride that he hampers upon Ophelia's questioning nature. His joy and love for Ophelia quickly turns sour as she claims that she is return Hamlet's love letters to him, to which he starts to ramble and become very ill-tempered, "I did love you once" (3.1.115) which then completely slays that idea with the next following lines, "You should have believed me; for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not" (3.1.117-119). His pride for his emotions and self value over cast any previous affect he harbored for Ophelia, as if building a damn in his river of love, pride stopped off communication and events turned violent. Hamlet, unable to control his pride, lashes out and attacks Ophelia to take lut his anger as she had questioned and prodded his sense of self. The picture he took doesn't only represent his master work of prideful violence but yet his joy in wrecking havoc upon any persona coming in his way, directing all the subjugated second-hand pride and ferocity he enacted at Ophelia towards his Uncle, King Claudius, as he yells into the one-way mirror, "God hath give you one face, and you make yourself another... it hath made me mad. I say we will have no moe marriage: Those that are married already, all but one, shall live, the rest shall keep as they are" (3.1.143-149). This is one of Hamlet's last warnings to his father that he is 'descending' into prideful madness and will be coming for him soon. Because Hamlet knows the truth.
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