Act 5 Scene 2 Hamlet example essay topic

Color Set-1 Color Pos-1 Style Set-1 Style Pos-1 Krista Wall over 4/03/05 Humanities ACT 5 Scene 1 Hamlet: Woe is me. I miss my dear Ophelia. Where is my beautiful maiden? I cannot believe I will never see her again. Well, at least not until I am dead and buried. Ophelia: Hamlet what are you babbling about?

I'm right here. I've been waiting for you for like an entire hour. I was really beginning to think you stood me up. Did you totally forget we had a date tonight?

Hamlet: Wait, wait, I thought you killed yourself in act four? If it wasn't you who died who was it? Ophelia: No it was me that everyone thought tried to kill herself. But to tell you the truth, I was just going for lifeguard certification and wasn't as good at swimming as I t thought. Gosh, it's like just because a girl flails around in the water a little bit that she must not be able to be a good lifeguard. Whatever, I'll just be something else.

How do you feel about me being a Pilates instructor? Hamlet: Yeah, um, hun that's great and all but you are kind of ruining this whole misery / death persona I have going on here. So if you could just do me a favor and jump off the top of this building, that would be great. Seriously though, you have to die because you really are ruining this for me. Ophelia: Hamlet! Why are you being so mean.

(Sarcastically) Sure I'll jump off this building for you. I mean, why not? Looks like a ton of fun. (CRASH) Hamlet: (Looking down from the building) That looks like it's going to take a long time to clean up. Well now that she is finally out of the way, what should I do? (Horatio enters) Horatio: Hamlet, why are you standing so close to the edge of the roof?

That's kind of dangerous man. Wait what are you staring at down there? (Peering over edge) Oh my god, Hamlet is that her? Hamlet: Yes it is, but please keep your mouth shut. Horatio: Wait didn't she die in act four? I could have sworn she was supposed to be buried in this act.

Hamlet, what's going on. Hamlet: Look at her again Horatio and tell me what you see. (CRASH) Two dead in one day. Wow this story is getting changed too much. Hopefully, no one else will notice for a little while. As long as it will be enough time for me to straighten some things out.

ACT 5 SCENE 2 (The King and Gertrude are sleeping in their chambers) (Hamlet enters) Hamlet: I must keep quiet and avenge my father's death, no matter how unholy it will be. My lord, this man snores so loud. Wait a second, it's my mother that snores so ungodly loud. I don't know who I should kill first, the snoring is just too unbearable.

(Hamlet raises the knife and stabs himself in the face, the sound wakes up the King) King: Oh no, Gertrude, wake up! Your son is dead. It looks like he stabbed himself in the face. Why on earth would he stab himself? Especially in the face? Gertrude: You know what honey, sometimes when I look at you I want to stab myself in the face too.

It's not that your ugly, but jeez e, could you at least brush your teeth every once in awhile? King: Well Gertrude, you aren't exactly a prized piece either. You have got quite a large derriere and a mouth that I would love to put my fist in. Gertrude: You know what honey, could you grab that knife from Hamlet's hand? I would really love to take a look at it. (STAB) (SCREAM) (STAB) (SCREAM) ACT 5 SCENE 3 (Laertes enters the King and Queen's chambers and finds them dead both stabbed in the chest) Laertes: The King and Queen are dead in their bed with stab wounds.

They are both stabbed in the chest yet I only see one knife between them. Is it possible someone would leave the knife in the bed. No, I just heard the screams and ran right up. No one could have been in here. Am I going crazy? No, I know what I heard.

They must have done this themselves. And what is this? (Laertes kicks Hamlet's body next to the bed) Prince Hamlet is dead too? What is going on with the royal family.

First Hamlet's real dad is dead, then Ophelia, and now the royal family. Something really is rotten in the state of Denmark. (The Ghost of Hamlet's father appears out of nowhere and beckons Laertes to listen) Ghost: Now boy, you must listen to what I have to say. This is not the way Act five was to be written and this is not how the story is to be told. I suggest you bury these bodies in the graveyard and assume the role of King. Marry a girl who will not open her mouth and act as if nothing is wrong.

But be forewarned, if you dare tell anyone this story, a whole new play by Shakespeare will be written.