Excerpt of an Argument between Hamlet and Jacky
Excerpt of an Argument between Hamlet and Jacky
Jacky: Hamlet, why do you have such a bad attitude?
Hamlet: A bad attitude towards what?
Jacky: Towards women. You have made a hasty generalization that all women are frail and weak, yet you have no real reason to think this way.
Hamlet: I have plenty of reasons to call women frail. My mother, who seemed to be a
loyal Queen, turned out to be the weakest woman I have ever known. She was unfaithful to my father and she took the throne from me by marrying my uncle.
Jacky: I am surprised that you say the word queen. Having the title of queen shows that your mother has strength and power, therefore she is not weak. Also your mother was not going against you, she was rather protecting you. She did not want you to be the king because she knows the responsibilities a king must take on. A king has to rule an entire state, and your mother did not want you to go through the same thing your father did. And why would you want your mother to be with your father if she did not truly love him?
Hamlet: My mother is frail, even though she is a Queen. After the play “The Murder of Gonzago”, I asked my mother what she had thought about the play. She thought that the queen in the play protested too much. My mother said this because she is not a strong woman, and thinks that the queen in the play should not be a strong woman either. My mother does not protest against anything my uncle says or does; she rather follows his lead and does not stick up for herself. Ophelia also proves to be weak because she follows her fathers every command. Ophelia runs to her father whenever I come around, and I am not allowed to see her anymore.
Jacky: Hamlet you frighten Ophelia because you act so strangely around her; that is why she runs to her father. This does not show frailty, it shows that Ophelia cares about you. Ophelia hates to see you acting differently, so she goes to her father for help. She wants you to start acting normal again, and needs advice from...