Hamlet scene analysis

    Act 3 Scene 1 appears to be the most interesting scene for me in the play. This scene is mainly showing how king, queen and Polonius attempt to find out the reasons of Hamlet's depressed behaviors by using Ophelia. Throughout the whole scene, Hamlet's solo monologue is the highlight for me as a reader. His memorable and moving soliloquy makes me be introduced to him, and feel empathize with him. When everyone assumes that Hamlet behaves somehow insane, his soliloquy shows how awakening he is inside his hearts instead. That is a quite intriguing part out of this scene. There is a comparison of how others think about Hamlet and what he thinks deeply inside. At the beginning of Hamlet's soliloquy, it may build up a false information which makes the audience believe that he wants to suicide. However, as he keeps saying, we will gradually realize that Hamlet is talking about death from a general perspective, instead of using the word "me" and "I". He is exploring the way how do those people think about suicide while they are facing the harsh reality. At that very moment, I think Hamlet is pretty "rational" like what Branagh acts out in the 1996 version of Hamlet. However, he pretends to be insane in front of others. And it is even more ridiculous that Polonius thinks Hamlet is trapped in love, and uses his daughter to test him. The ironic and ridiculous things presented here add colors to this scene.