Goodbye!

Well, my two favorite characters from "Hamlet" are FINALLY dead! Like always, I was very confused about what was going on in Act Three. At first, I thought it was kind of sad that these fellows were traveling to their deaths, but then I realized that that is what I'm doing. Of course, I have more to live for than they do, but I could drop dead this very moment. It sounds depressing, but we're all getting closer to death every second.

I decided that I don't actually like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern that much when they knew that they were supposed to take Hamlet to his death and they still went along with it! However, it was their order. They were summoned to do that, just as they were summoned to go to see Hamlet and Claudius in the first place. If I am summoned by authority to do something, I (usually) do it. Isn't that what life is? We follow rules set out by other people, often not questioning them. My life is pathetic if I follow orders simply because I am afraid of what will happen to me if I don't.

THENDYWAMPS

I don't know who won the game. If the winner of the game had the most Monopoly money, then of course the Heads team won. If the winner had the least amount of Monopoly money, then my team won. Team Tales made a rule saying that we won because we rolled last, but does that really mean we won? I can say that I won, but someone from team Heads could say that that team won. Both would be right, because there are no rules and there is no meaning. Neither team won or lost because we can't know. My head really hurts thinking about this, by the way!

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

I am becoming more and more confused by this book as we read more. What on earth is going on? While I do not really understand exactly what is going on, I do know that the book is very funny. The one quote that stuck out to me from Act 2 was the one that said that all we are doing is waiting for someone to watch us. In class, we discussed the need for interaction. I was thinking about this later, and as I was thinking, I was watching some people in the hallway. It was incredible to watch the interaction between the students. The girls would keep on doing what they were doing if and only if there were boys watching. The boys tried to act really cool, continuously glancing back at the girls to see if they were watching. It was absolutely ridiculous, but I'm sure I do the same time. We always strive for the approval of others, and I can't decide if I should accept that or be embarrassed by it.