Blog #21: Act 1 Social Media Assignment

Quote: "Best safety lies in fear" (1.3.43)
Tweet: My brother is such a wimp #subtweet #thnx4theadvice #NOT

Quote: "His greatness weighed, his will is not his own, / For he himself is subject to his birth." (1.3.17-18)
Tweet: Hamlet may be heir to the throne, but my horoscope says I'll run into a huge fortune this week sooooo #awk #virgo #PrinceOfDenmark

Quote: "If with too credent ear you list his songs, / Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open / To his unmastered importunity." (1.3.30)
Tweet: No loss, no gain amiright? #ToLoveOrNotToLove #majorgainz

Quote: "Think yourself a baby / That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, / Which are not sterling." (1.3.105-107)
Tweet: I'm totally such a baby about making hard decisions #Daddy'sLittleGirl #TotalDadMove

Quote: "Believe so much in him that he is young, / And with a larger tether may he walk / Than may be given to you." (1.3.124-126)
Tweet: Sexism is still a thing? It's like the 17th century?? #breaktheglassceiling #menknowbest #hahajk

Ophelia's Blog
Dear loyal blog followers,

          Anyone care to give me love advice? My brother advises that "Best safety lies in fear" (1.3.43). He's scared that I will fall prey to Hamlet's loving advances. Laertes says "If with too credent ear you list his songs, / Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open / To his unmastered importunity." (1.3.30) My virtue is all that I have to give, but I wonder if there is some truth in my brother's fears. I fear falling in love with Hamlet as his life is not his own. He is a slave to fate and to his country. My brother agrees. In his opinion, "His greatness weighed, his will is not his own, / For he himself is subject to his birth." (1.3.17-18) My brother's advice left me so conflicted. Do I follow my head or my heart? Do I trust in Hamlet's love?
           My father says, "Believe so much in him that he is young, / And with a larger tether may he walk / Than may be given to you." (1.3.124-126) I have so much less room to err than Hamlet! My mistakes will not be forgiven as easily as his, but at the same time, I want to be young and foolish, to love unequivocally. Maybe this is why I need my father's guidance. He advised that, "Think yourself a baby / That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, / Which are not sterling." (1.3.105-107) I am wholly dependent on my family. If my wise father believes that Hamlet's intentions do not run true, then who am I to question him? After all, blood runs thicker than water. Hamlet may have a duty to Denmark, but I have a duty to my family. To each his own.

With love,
Ophelia