Friday, February 06, 2026

consummatum est

 Hamlet essay on revenge


"when he refuses to “seem,” when he turns language into irony and excess, he rejects the entire grammar of political authority in general"
I live my life this way what is illustrated in the quote above as shown.
From this it would appear that we all have some form of identity crisis. Life may keep hidden underneath the surreptitiously unknown purview for ourselves. That is to say: Hamlet is a genuine genius. He operates from the core of his passions. No one is the wiser. Otherwise, why would we care about the story if at all.
Ultimately, our own understanding of the common good (commonality) of an identity crisis, would not yield the same results. Because, let's face it, if Hamlet by today's regulated day and age of measured response, the narrative would be lost on Shakespeare's audience. The triviality or purpose would undermine logically taking medication, seeking psychiatric help, and the audience would only be wondering where is Hamlet? (Not coinciding with his lost cause.) Not that revenge is a 'lost cause'. Revenge itself is the aristocratic rule the play itself demonstrates as cause. The defiance being that (as I mentioned on the onset of this) that genius rises above the cause of law to protect.
In reality, the same Hamlet cannot be realized.
The context of an identity crisis, philosophically = cause for suicidal ideation. We can say Hamlet went mad, turned astray, and in today's day and age made headlines.
Food for thought.
- Marco

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