Emily+Hart

=Ophelia =

Dear Diary,

I am Ophelia, daughter to Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain of Claudius' court, and sister to Laertes. Because of my father's position, I do not work. I do my best to obey my father and brother's commands, except when it comes to Hamlet. They both strongly dislike my love for Hamlet and the relationship that we have, as think that hamlet is crazy. They use me as part of their plans to find out why he went crazy, and force me to stop talking to him. I have been told that I am not good enough for him, as I am not a member of a royal family, but I believe our love can last, and I do not feel as though it is right to leave him, because others believe he is crazy. I don’t think that it is right that my father and brother are trying to use me to spy on Hamlet, but I am going to keep my feelings to myself as I do not want to upset them. I think that they should be staying out of it; it does not affect them in a great way, so they should let him mourn. It is not a reasonable task for them to ask him to not mourn his father’s death anymore. A few months is not an acceptable amount of time for the mourning to be done and over with. The mourning would not have been as bad if his mother did not marry as quickly as she did. I know that bothers him, we talk about things like that. Hamlet believes that his mother married too quickly, and that marrying her widowed husband’s brother is completely astonishing and inappropriate. That is why he has gone crazy. I understand why he is upset, and I must say that I would be too. If my father had died and my mother were to move on like that, I would be just as upset. I feel as though Hamlet has been distant lately myself. Ever since the death of his dad, he has been fairly distant with everyone, except me. But now, he has been distant with me, and when we are together he has been acting very strange. Like he has something to say but does not know how to say it, or is not allowed to. Maybe I will go visit him, I will try to get him to talk to me about what is going on with him and ask him to confide in me more.

I will let you know how it goes diary. -Ophelia