Tragedy Scripted and Staged

 The interpretation of Hamlet perfectly described the scene in Queen Gertrude's closet where Hamlet confronts his mother about marrying her husband's brother. During the argument, Hamlet looks mad from all the hate he feels for his mother and doesn't seem to be in his right mind. Just like the interpretation states, Hamlet being too focused on his task ends up killing Polonius but doesn't seem to be affected by the situation at all. Polonius is in the queen's room because he asked her to tell Hamlet that he needs to behave after the scene that he put on display in front of everyone. Compared to the script the stage seems to bring every character to life, especially Hamlet because you can see the madness in Hamlet's eye and feel pity for Gertrude who is being berated by her son. I chose this scene because it shows how hurt Hamlet felt by his mother's choice and how the sadness of his father's death drove him into madness. He feels no emotion at all when killing his late father's advisor. If Hamlet had killed Claudius when he had the chance then he could have spared everyone their death but because he didn't he ended up killing his mother, Polonius, Ophelia, and himself.