English 432 Shakespeare

Marjorie Garber gives some more insight into what we discussed in class today. I guess she just solidifies what Dr. Sexson has been saying since I took Biblical/Classical from him--be present in life, life is about seeing, it's about remembering, or like Calasso says in "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony"-the act of forgetting what we remembered. I think Calasso talks about this. Garber talks about the act of memory in Hamlet, she says, "It is being, not doing, that has made this character the mirror that subsequent writers, philosophers, and critics have held up to human nature. Being--remembering--because the essence of the human animal, and the pain and joy of the human condition, are in this play directly linked to memory."

"Remember me", cries the Ghost.

What I recognize in my memory when I first read this was when I was in elementary school, and after school I would always wonder if my Mom would remember to pick me up. She always did, but I still wondered everyday if she was going to remember. I felt that at I could be easily forgotten in the course of a busy day. There's a lot there for Freud, but as it pertains to Hamlet and his Father, maybe, his Dad was saying--I will always be there to pick you up after school, even if I'm not physically there.