"Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be."

• In Act IV scene V, Hamlet says "Lord! We know what we are, but know not what we may be." I found this quote extremely interesting and found the central message in it. Even though we may hold a certain status at one point in our lives, that status is never guaranteed to us. I can allude to the information I have learned about the decadent decade of the 1920’s where everyone was buying everything they could get with credit, but a few years later they were badly struck when the Stock Market crashed and the country went into a state of Depression. Suddenly those who were rich were now in no better state than the poor. Another example was Jay Gatsby who had every materialistic item that he needed but at the end he died at a young age, unhappy because he never got what he truly wanted. The idea and moral that I take away from this quote is that whatever position or status I may hold, I still need to remain humble because tomorrow is never promised.

MICHAEL ALMEREYDA #3

Of the three versions that we watched in English class I enjoyed the Michael Almereyda abstract adaptation of Hamlet. I think I was drawn to this version more because of its modernity. Also, prior to seeing the three versions, while reading I visualized Hamlet, Ophelia, and Laertes as young teenagers or at least close to their twenties. In the other two versions I was diasppointed that the characters seemed older than what I expected. I also enjoyed the beginning of the play where they start out with Hamlet’s soliloquoy. Overall based on the clip that I saw, the Mike Almereyda version was better than other two because of the creative twist into today’s modern day society.