Hamlet Revised.

There are many different ways in which a main characters thoughts impact other characters and the story itself. In the play Hamlet, the performative utterance and self-overhearing of Hamlet the character impacts the characters and the plot in many different ways. Such as other characters thinking that he is crazy and it sets off the plot due to him not going through with his plans.

From Hamlet's performative utterance and self-overhearing it impacted the play tremendously. This is what impacted other characters and changed their own view towards Hamlet. By him keeping his own thoughts to himself and thinking of what he was thinking of made him seem like he was going crazy. This impacted the characters by them trying to figure out what was wrong with him. For example when Ophelia's father thought Hamlet was going through a hard time because of Ophelia, he wanted to spy on Hamlet and see if it was true. This shows how Hamlet's performative utterance and self-overhearing has impacted other characters.

Not only has performative utterance and self-overhearing made an influence on the characters, but also on the plot of the play. Throughout the play Hamlets lack of going through with his plan of revenge conflicts with the plot of the play by him being sent away and by it ending the way it did. If Hamlet would have gone through with his seek of revenge in the first place instead of waiting and him thinking of every little detail, then many of the characters would not have died in the end.

This is something in which I can compare to my own experience. From self-overhearing I think about certain situations and how they will go. Such as my experience with Hamlet's "To be or not to be." From this experience it was plenty of thinking of what I was thinking. I had to push myself in memorizing it as much as I could and keep thinking of how my presentation would go the next day.

Throughout the play we can see how much performative utterance and self-overhearing has impacted the play. It showed how much Hamlet's thinking impacted other characters and influenced the plot of the play. It makes Hamlet's thoughts get the best of him and the characters think he is crazy which changes the whole direction of the play.