Post by derekdowney on Oct 24, 2011 20:01:32 GMT -5
I find it interesting how Gertrude witnesses a murder and has zero reaction to it. Her exact words are "O me, what hast thou done? ... O, what a rash and bloody deed is this!" (106). Even with an exclamation point her reaction is pathetic. A man who she believed insane just drew a blade in her presence, i would expect her to run from the room screaming bloody murder. For to me that is the logical choice, not to mention the fact they continue their conversation as Polonius bleeds out on the floor. With the reactions given it almost seems Polonious's death is meant to be a type of comic relief. I do want to know what Hamlet believes he is going to do with the dead Polonius and what excuse he is going to give to the castle Elsinore as to Polonius's absence.