In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, he uses the dialectic of the private vs. public persona that Hamlet obtains and has to distinguish between in almost every situation that he faces. Shakespeare demonstrated how Hamlet is very different in private because it is the only time where he can actually show who he really is. In private he is this severely depressed and over-analitical being that is trying to make sense of the choatic world around him, whereas in public, he chooses to hide his private side and act "fake" towards everyone. Instead of talking about what's really on his mind (his father's death), he represses these feelings for more welcoming ones whenever he is around others. The interseting thing about Hamlet is that in a way he does bring out his private side in public, but in a very sarcastic way and because he brings it out through sarcasm, most people don't catch on to it.
I think that this idea of being a whole person and not having to distinguish between the private and public is very important. The reason I bring this up is because I want to carry this idea into my future. I want to actually atempt to be a more whole person by showing exactly what I am feeling and thinking at the time and not having to be fake around anyone anymore. Even though most people I know have to be fake and supress their true emotions and thoughts because they either have a job that requires you to do so or are in a circumstance that never allows you to be yourself (like a persons's family) , I think it's important for people to at least realize that they are being fake. I think that it is important for them to stop doing this, and just become themselves. If we all act as two different people all the time, then how are we suppossed to know who we really are? How are we suppossed to trust each other and love each other?
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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