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 * Blog 4 (Lazy Time)**

Wait... What just happened? Oh yeah, everything. Now that our friend Mr. Shakespeare has slapped us with the climax of the play, we can finally go to bed, not kept awake in expectation of what happens next. But why did it happen? Nobody really knows what was the last event that made the royalty of Denmark implode, but there were many signs of its eminence. For instance, things really started going badly once Hamlet stabbed Polonius. Yeah, sure, Polonius was TOTALLY a rat, didn't his cries of "Help" make that obvious? Hamlet's exile and Ophelia's death did not make the situation any better. Just another excuse for everyone to hate Hamlet, and for Hamlet to hate everyone. Then Hamlet decides to confront his now-archenemy Laertes and informs him of his lack of grief for his sister. [Advancing] What is he whose grief  Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow  Conjures the wandering stars, and makes them stand  Like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I,  Hamlet the Dane Whereas before Hamlet had shown no hint of love for Ophelia, now he says that he was her lover, and that she was his most precious treasure. Hamlet's madness leads to Laertes madness, which both in turn lead to The Ultimate Showdown, leaving most Danes dead, and crowning Fortinbras the king of Denmark. Oh, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. They're dead
 * HAMLET **


 * Blog d/dx(x^2)|x=1.5**

Hamlet's sanity seems to have left him. Shunning true love, killing people behind curtains, seeing ghosts... Hamlet now seems, even to his friends who he told he wasn't crazy, to be a bit off his rocker. Especially this ghost issue. Is there really a ghost, and it just reveals itself selectively, or is it just in Hamlet's mind? In either case, it just reinforces Hamlet's insanity. Queen Gertrude even asks him what's up as shown here- Alas, how is't with you,  Whereon do you look? On him, on him! Look you, how pale he glares!  **QUEEN GERTRUDE** To whom do you speak this? Do you see nothing there? Nothing at all; yet all that is I see. Why does everyone think Hamlet is so deranged? Sure, it's obvious that he isn't really all there, but could the same be said of the other characters in the play? Ophelia goes mad after her dad dies, Laertes also goes a bit crazy when he learns of the death, Claudius is paranoid, and Gertrude seems to not really know exactly what the heck is going on. Could the combined madness be overwhelming, and cause everyone to spiral down into their doom? Yes. Yes it could.
 * QUEEN GERTRUDE **
 * HAMLET **
 * HAMLET **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">QUEEN GERTRUDE **


 * And Now... For The First Time Ever... BLOG JR.**

Nobody is really crazy. Yet. Sure, there have been ghosts and stuff, rumors of fratricide, and generally not-so-good things, but what does that matter as long as no one believes it. But as soon as these strange occurrences are taken as cold hard facts, things could start going wrong. Oh, darn. Hamlet and friends just saw a ghost. And is it real? They seem to think so. Hamlet's friends seem to realize what this will come of, as they say here- Have after. To what issue will this come? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Hrmm... What issues will this come to? Everyone dying? It's really too bad that they saw a ghost then. I personally have never seen a ghost, so I'm not really worried about everyone around me ending up dead. However, I saw the Woman In Black movie the other day, and the plot line was pretty similar. Every time that someone sees this ghost, someone dies. But the ghost in Hamlet doesn't seem that spiteful. So its something else that kills everyone. Maybe it could be... Everyone going crazy! Hooray for misshapen reality!
 * HORATIO **
 * MARCELLUS **

Bloggity Blog Time!
 * PRESENTING BLOG NUMBER 1!**

Have you ever been out in the cold, like when it's so cold that you start to go numb even with all your layers, and you started to kind of zone out while trying to keep warm? I know I have. Some time around new years, I was up in Alaska, sitting around a fire at night when it was around -30 degrees outside. I wasn't feeling too good, and the fire didn't feel all that warm either. I decided that it was time to go inside, and while i was walking back towards the house, I suddenly stopped feeling cold. A few seconds later, I was back to freezing. I had no idea if it was my sick feeling or what, but it sure felt pretty strange. In scene 1.1 of Hamlet, it's a cold night, and Marcellus, Bernardo, and Horatio believe they see a ghost. It is, however, only a belief, and they express it as such in the following lines: How now, Horatio! you tremble and look pale: Is not this something more than fantasy? Before my God, I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. When they first see it they have doubts, but somehow, by the end of the night, they believe in the ghost completely and go to tell Hamlet of it. media type="youtube" key="U00K0fB6-B8" height="315" width="420"
 * BERNARDO **
 * HORATIO **

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