Today in class we discussed the scene in which the Player tells Ros and Guil that an actor serves no purpose unless he has audience. We ended up relating it to life in general by saying that people are always hoping that someone or something is watching in order for their actions to have meaning. However, Hamlet had always acted on his own, when no one was watching. He told no one his plans to avenge his father's death, and he was acting solely based on his own conscious. Hamlet never tried to be a hero; instead, he struggled to comprehend what was best for everyone around him. I think Hamlet was a good example of someone who couldn't go through with a plan because he had no one else to validate it but himself. He was stuck in his own mind and only had the ghost of his father to rely on.
Does anyone else think Hamlet relates to this specific discussion in class today?
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