Hamlet Reflection

Hamlet is a play written by Shakespeare, it is a tragedy. The play starts with Hamlet realizing his father was murdered. Throughout the rest of the play he plans to kill his uncle who murdered his father and took over the throne of Denmark. Hamlet is also in love with Ophelia during the play. He ends up going mad and accidentally killing Ophelia’s dad Polonius. Ophelia then kills her self. Ophelia’s brother and Hamlet’s uncle plan to kill Hamlet. At the end they end up all dying and Fortinbras, who is Hamlet’s FOIL, becomes the new King of Denmark.

“Murder most foul” -Old Hamlet. This was my favorite quote from the play and the one that I thought meant the most. Throughout the whole play Hamlet seeks revenge for his father’s murder. At the end of the play he ends up dying along with everybody else though. The quote kind of explains what will happen at the end of the story without even knowing.

The song that I think relates the most to the play is Murder on My Mind by YNW Melly. Throughout the entire play Hamlet’s plan is to take revenge on his uncle for his father’s death. His uncle also plans to kill him when he finds out that Hamlet knows what he did. Ophelia’s brother Laertes comes back from school and also plans to kill Hamlet. There is always a plot to murder somebody in this play which is why I think this song explains it very well