Ice Cream In Hamlet

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After the death of old King Hamlet, Hamlet was struggling to keep himself and his feelings contained. His mind has so many thoughts running from his father’s death, to his neglected relationships, and from his outlooks on Claudius. For Hamlet, the ingredients of his mind combine together to make his madness. The delicious treat of ice cream is combined with a cluster of ingredients to make the perfect flavor. “Commercial ice cream is made by combining, under constant agitation, the liquid ingredients (milk, cream, syrups, etc.). These liquids are heated and combined with dry ingredients (sugar, stabilizers, dried eggs or milk) to form a mix…” (Britannica, 2016). From then on, recipes and techniques to make ice cream were developed throughout time. In addition to flavors, Hamlet’s heart and mind are so mixed with the thoughts of madness, hatred, or sanity alternating, resembling the three Neapolitan ice cream cone flavors chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. The ingredients of Hamlet’s madness are mixed together like the ingredients used to make ice cream the perfect flavor, ready to be made into the final product; in Hamlet’s case, it would be revenge. With all of the commotion happening in Hamlet’s thoughts and outside around him, he notices how his madness is increasing when he verbalizes, “I am …show more content…

He was acting cold towards them as well, and it was noticed how by others around that Hamlet was not acting like himself. It is noticed when he explains, “I have of late – but wherefore I know not – lost all my mirth’ (2.2.295–96)” (Ryan). Hamlet lost his sense of fun and how he feels empty and cold inside because of his father’s death. His cold emotions towards his friends and family can hurt his relationships, identical to getting a painful brain freeze from a chilly ice cream treat eaten to

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