Blog Post #2

"I don't want to know who I am anymore. Everything I found out, I want to forget." The Bourne Identity.
Jason Bourne is pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea by a fishing crew on a stormy night. The crew discovers that he has two bullets in his back as well as a strange string of numbers on his hip; and they nurse him back to health. Once he regains consciousness  he remembers nothing but begins trying to build tiny clues on who he is. He soon discovers that he was the government's top agent...but he has now become the government's number one target.

This kind of betrayal is all too similar to what is going on in my dear Claudius' kingdom at the moment. No one trusts no one, even fathers doubt their sons. The other day, I even overheard Polonius telling Reynaldo to, "Observe [Laertes'] inclination in yourself" (2.1.70). He also went as far as to say, "And let him ply his music" (2.1.72), implying that he has absolutely no trust in what his son is doing in France! He is nothing but a conniving dog. Also, I normally do not wish to oppose my beloved husband in anything that he views is the right way. He has done more than I can say for both Hamlet and I so the least that I can do is to be by his hold with everything he does. However, this time I am torn. I don't know if I should tell him my objection or if I should just stand idle like I usually do. When Voltemand told him of Old Fortinbras' request, "...his commission to employ those soldiers  So levied as before, against the Polack, With an entreaty...on such regards of safety and allowance..." (2.2.74-79). I do no wish to call my husband naive, but to believe such lies and fibs would be childish and sophomoric. I am as certain as I am with my love for him that Old Fortinbras is lying through his teeth. I do not know what to do.

Just as the CIA instigates for Bourne in the movie, "The Bourne Identity", I wish to find out what my dear Hamlet's reason for his depression is. When I heard Bourne say, "How could I forget you? You're the only person I know", it instantly hit me. Maybe the reason Hamlet said, "...indeed it goes so heavily, with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory..." (2.2.288-90), is because he can't seem to forget about his father. At the same time, he's found much condolence from Ophelia, and now he is not permitted to see or be with her. Perhaps that is the issue that hand. Also, although the government is portrayed in a bad sort of light in the movie, I can see their motives. They just want to bring him in and talk to him so that he won't dispense any information that could harm the agency. Likewise, Claudius and I only wish to find the root of Hamlet's recent craziness. The reason Claudius agrees and says, "We will try it" (2.2.169), to Polonius' schemes is in order to find if he truly is in love with Ophelia. Not to spy on his personal life. I hope that no one will take it the wrong way.

Anyways, I will conflict over whether I should continue supporting my king's decision or openly disagree with him. I will let you all know the final decision.

-Gertrude