Acts IV and V Opinion of Hamlet

            The character of Prince Hamlet is very authentic in terms of struggle and strife among human beings. Throughout the first act, readers see him as a lonely and miserable man. After losing his father and gaining a new one in a matter of months along with very little to contact with Ophelia, Hamlet has every right to feel the way he does. When he is sitting outside with Marcellus and Horatio, he becomes embarrassed of the sound of roaring trumpets and partying that Claudius is having back at the castle. Hamlet remarks that this Danish custom does not even really seem like a tradition but just makes him look like a fool in front of rulers in other nations. Hamlet seems as though he is slightly more mature than his father or at least not amused by public celebrations and finds them trivial. I think he may also still feel distraught about his father’s death and irritated by his new stepfather’s “words of wisdom” describing how sons must lose their fathers and move on. Either way, they are both justifiable reasons for feeling the way he feels and any person could feel that way.

            Something that is also interesting about Hamlet is his willingness to follow his father’s apparition. I find it a very human attribute to want to do that. Some or perhaps most may argue that it is not healthy and that Hamlet could be putting his life in danger, even Marcellus and Horatio think so. One could also say that he is also suicidal to begin with and this will only make his health worse. I do not disagree with those statements but I find that his wanting to follow something that actually gives him some sort of hope or expectations is utterly understandable and any person in a similar situation would do or feel the same way. I think that is why I like Hamlet. He is not outlandish or ecstatic. He may not be the most optimistic or jolly person, but he seems like a very relatable human being.