11/7 blog post:

It is official, Hamlet, driven by his stepfather, has gone mad!  The exchange he had with his mother was quite intense!  I was quite surprised that Hamlet not only killed Polonius (who he referred to as a "rat"), but that he did not kill the Claudius when he was praying.  It seems that Hamlet will in fact go to hell, so why worry about his fate?  Also, after months and month of anguish building up in Hamlet's head, he finally speaks his mind.  He consistently references his mother's sexual behavior (which is quite disturbing) and criticizes her for hastily marrying her former husband's brother and that she has ashamed him.  However, it seems that Hamlet now has Gertrude on his side and will not stop his pursuit of revenge against Claudius for the cold blooded murder of Hamlet Sr.