Dear Ophelia....

Dear Ophelia,
Don’t think about your father and your brother at this time. Just think about us, and my true love for you. You need to realize that I don’t just want one thing from you; I want to spend my life with you. Eventually you will be my queen, and you will be of higher authority with me. So it should not matter now, just think about our future and what we can accomplish. Re-think your decision with the things I have just said, please truly and deeply think about this.
Hamlet

Dear Hamlet...

Hamlet,
I have to deny your letters. I can not accept the love of someone from such a higher class. It is not conventional, and my dear father and brother disapprove. We do not believe your love is factual. Men of your class only want one thing from women of my class, and I am not that ignorant to fall for it.
Although there are feelings of mine that I can not express because of my father, Polonius and my brother, Laertes. Expressing this would be disloyal to my family. I’m truly apologetic for the return of your letters, but I did what is right, I did what is expected of me. And that, my Hamlet, is how it has to be.

Ophelia

From Horatio

Hamlet’s best friend is I, Horatio. We have known each other since our youth, and I have always been by Hamlet’s side. Just recently, I have received his letter informing me that on his way to Europe with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, a pirate ship chased him for many days. When they finally caught up with him, they took him hostage. Since they knew who he was, they showed him mercy. The whereabouts of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are (up to date) unknown. I overheard the king talking about how he wants Hamlet dead. This information has appalled me beyond anyone’s mind capacity. I wish to my God that I could inform him of this news, but alas no. I suppose I shall await his return from Europe, if he ever makes it back.

From the Queen!

I am the queen, who was widowed just a couple of weeks ago. I am now married to my dead husband’s brother. My lovely son Hamlet was very bothered by his father’s death. Now he has gone mad. He hums up and down the halls, he sings and dances, and has momentary anger issues. He thinks the new king, my husband, has killed his dead father. I don’t know why he thinks this, but like I said he has gone mad. Hamlet killed Polonius while we were having a very loud conversation. Our conversation got out of control and Hamlet started to scare me. Ophelia has drowned and my husband, the king, thinks it was Hamlet’s fault. I don’t know what to do!

I am the father of my dear son and daughter named, Laertes and Ophelia. Ophelia has been killed by falling and drowning in water. I was hiding behind these big curtains and hamlet slashed his sword into the curtain, killing me. My dear son, Laertes wants to avenge his father’s death and Ophelia’s death. Laertes thinks that Ophelia’s death is because of Hamlet, and wants to kill him. The King and I have planned to kill Hamlet, either by dipping the sword in a little poison or giving Hamlet a drink of poisoned wine.
Polonius

Once you read this I will be in the darkest of places where I can not return to the life I once had. I have come to the conclusion that I must end this life of mine. So much has discourage me to do this terrible deed. Thus I have learned this is the only thing I can do to stop this suffering of. I was first forced to never see my one true love, and then my poor father died.

Ophelia

Today I received letters from Hamlet, which expressed his deep and passionate love for me. I was surprised because he is at a much higher class, although I was flattered when I read them. What should I do? Should I accept his love, or should I send back the letters and deny him?
Ophelia

I am upset due to the fact that my mother has married again in such a short amount of time. She never realized how much I despise my Uncle [her new husband] she also doesn’t know that her new husband had killed her old husband [my father]. I bet if she knew what destruction Claudius has done to this family, she would have disposed of him long ago. Things are about to change, I, Hamlet, will soon avenge my fathers death. It it’s the only proper thing to do in my mind, it may seem crazy and I may seem mad. My father was the most important thing in my life, and that no good Uncle of mine had to take his life, and yet he still gets to be king!
Another love of mine, Ophelia, has rejected my love notes to her. I don’t understand

Hamlet

Hamlet

This Blog is written by the 8th grade students at St. Thomas Christian Academy in Brick, NJ. We have chosen to write our posts as if they were written by a character from Hamlet. Keep checking back as we add more posts!