2/15/2018 Thoughts on the last scene of Hamlet

  

I know this is probably an unpopular opinion but the ending to Hamlet with the death of the King, Queen, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Laertes, and Hamlet felt to abrupt. I wish that the deaths could have been more individualized instead of all grouped together at the same time. I wanted to hear more about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern actually died. I also feel like Laertes death was unnecessary the only wrong that he did was plan hamlets murder but that was revenge/justice for the deaths of Ophelia and Polonius that Hamlet caused leaving Laertes alone with no close family, and Laertes didn’t even plan hamlets murder all on his own Claudius was pushing him towards it the whole time. Also I did not enjoy that Hamlet left Horatio to clean up his mess, out of all the unnecessary deaths that happened in that scene Horatio should have been able to join in if he really wanted to.