Act 5 Language

The Skulls, in  the graveyard.
These were symbols of death obviously. But they were one of the only physical symbols I remember from this play. They were probably able to show Hamlet that everyone dies an they are often forgotten. He realizes he knew the man whose skull was dug up and he didn't even recognize him. Kind of like when he said Polonius will be eaten by worms, this man has also decayed and now no one seems to care.

The Poison
I think the poison was as symbol for the tragedy of revenge. That is probably very general, but the poison was used  to kill people out of revenge and it literally ended up killing everyone involved. Whether through the pearl of through the sword, the poison was a sad reality for the people who mistakenly thought they could solve all their problems through revenge.



Personal Response:
I enjoyed reading Hamlet...more then I thought I would, I thought the story line was actually really good, if only it didn't use all the language it did. It was often so hard to understand that it took away from the enjoyment or entertainment side.I liked the ending though, I thought everyone deserved to die, except for Ophelia. The end, was weird with Denmark getting taken over, but I thought it suited the situation, because ultimately none of the characters won out.