“You’re
a monster.”
Well,
Sami Brady has done it again. Although, this time I don’t blame her. After she
learns from Rafe (her true soul mate, just like Hamlet and I) that the
dastardly EJ DiMera played a key role in the kidnapping of their daughter,
Sydney, the wedding is called off (thank God!). But, EJ still has plans to ruin
Sami’s life and tells his step-mother, Kate, that he plans on taking Sydney and
their son, Johnny, away from Sami. For good. Kate, in a moment of kindness that
she rarely has unless it involves herself, calls Sami and warns her of EJ’s
plan. Well, no one messes with Sami Brady’s children, so she goes to find EJ,
who is passed out drunk because he “truly loves Samantha and can’t believe this
is what happened on their supposed to be wedding night.” When Sami sees him, he’s
holding a glass of scotch and a gun. Seeing prime opportunity, she takes the
gun and shoots him in the head. That’s pretty much the ultimate act of revenge
in the Days of our Lives storybook
bible.
Revenge
like that is a good thing. EJ’s trying to take something away from Sami that
she loves more than anything else. Maybe it would work in my situation. Next
time my father tries to stop me from seeing Hamlet, I’ll pop him in the head. Well,
maybe not that extreme. “He raised a sigh so piteous and profound (2. 1. 106).”
Maybe EJ made a noise like that while Sami was contemplating her choice, but it
was the sigh that pushed her over the edge. I know that if someone around me
(cough, cough, Daddy, Laertes cough, cough) made that same noise, I’d snap and
go all crazy on them. Except I wouldn’t. I have I stay the perfect daughter so I
can have a chance of seeing Hamlet again at some point.
Maybe
if Sami had “repel his letters and denied him access to me (2. 1. 121-122)” she
wouldn’t even be in the situation she was in. Sami needs to learn to listen to
the love of her life (Hamlet…I mean, Rafe) and not the horrible intentions of a
notorious crime family, she wouldn’t be in the same situation. She should have
listened to Rafe when he said there was something fishy going on with how EJ
was acting when he found Sydney. But Sami Brady is Sami Brady and needs a man
to lean on at any time in her life, and since Rafe was the man of the month who
was pissing her off more than she needed to be, she chose EJ. Sami needs to
learn to always listen to Rafe, much like I always listen to Hamlet, even when
he came in looking “as if he had been loosèd out of hell (2. 1. 93).”
Let’s
get real, here, Samantha Gene Brady-should be Hernandez but you are too
stubborn to realize it. We’ve all got men in our lives that just seem like the
perfect choice to love. For you, it’s Rafe. For me, it’s Hamlet. EJ does not
believe in your life. He’s a DiMera for crying out loud. You were married to
him once, and how did that turn out? Badly. What makes you think that things
will be different the second time around? Sami, your father feels the same way
about EJ as mine does about Hamlet. But just because that’s the only good thing
I can connect about my life and yours with EJ, and even that’s not a good
thing. My father told me “That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better
heed judgment I had not coted him (2. 1. 123-125.)” My dad’s telling me not to
be with Hamlet, and I’m telling you, never ever get back together with EJ. Go
to the DiMera mansion and sing the classic Tay-Swift break up song “We Are
Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Then go back to your apartment with Rafe and
make up and get married again. The wedding was perfect, and the two of you
overcame so much together. Just do it for your biggest fan, the future Queen of
Denmark.
Sami,
if you don’t listen to anything else I have to say, at least listen to this
one. “More grief to hide than hate to utter love (2. 1. 133).” It’s some stupid
thing my father said to me, but I’m going to re work it for you. You’re going
to have so much grief if you marry, or do anything, with EJ. So please get back
together with Rafe so I don’t have to travel to the Salem that no one knows
exactly where it’s located and have the future king and queen of Denmark track
you down and talk some sense into you. Please Sami, do it for your number one
fan.
Until
next time,
Ophelia, future Queen of Denmark
I remember a time when I was happy, truly happy. My heart was filled with love of my family and of you, my dear Ophelia, as well as a deep rooted love for my country. I outwardly projected my bliss and contentedness, I did not have to hide my true thoughts and ambiotions from the common world. Now, however, I am a matryoshka doll with my outer layers portraying a troubled, questionably sane soul and my inner layers of loss and love protected. I am no longer my own person, my dear Ophelia, I am Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I am the Hamlet who once loved you and wanted to marry you, and adore you but I am also Hamlet, son of a murdered king, heir to a rotting throne. For "something is rotten in the state of Denmark (1.4.90)" and I am trying my upmost to try and cleanse Denmark by avenging my father. But in an effort to cleanse Denmark and right the injustices caused by Claudius (who I am ashamed to call uncle), and even my mother, I must retire the old Hamlet and become a new person. Many, including your father, have taken note of my strange behavior. Your father blames this on my undying, unwavering love for you, he says “That hath made him mad (2.1.112)". You yourself have witnessed my abnormal behavior and you have thus described me, "Pale as a shirt, his knees knocking each other,/And with a look so piteous in purport/As if he had been loosed out of hell/ To speak of horrors...(2.1.83-86)". I am sorry that I have caused you unnecessary fear and distress for I once cared deeply about you but unfortunately these actions are not due to the fact that I am "mad for thy love (2.1.87)". I believe that deep down I still care about you, though now I am unsettled with conflicting feelings and emotions, but my abnormal actions are not brought on by my love. Rather they are brought on by my grief and anger. Grief for my fathers death and anger at the actions that followed it. So now people are questioning my sanity and I welcome it for now I am poised in a postion to discover the truth surrounding my father's death (though this is something that you need not concern yourself with nor something that you should really have knowledge of). It is because of my former intentions that I feel that I owe you some semblance of an apology/explanation as of late.
ReplyDelete(Shannon Kopcha)
Shannon, first of all . . . what a GREAT response. And wow. What a thorough response.
ReplyDeleteLauren, I loved the fact that you used a soap opera to address your concept. I absolutely think it's accurate and hysterical. I love the following lines: "My dad’s telling me not to be with Hamlet, and I’m telling you, never ever get back together with EJ. Go to the DiMera mansion and sing the classic Tay-Swift break up song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” Then go back to your apartment with Rafe and make up and get married again. The wedding was perfect, and the two of you overcame so much together. Just do it for your biggest fan, the future Queen of Denmark."
This is a saucier view of Ophelia. It will be interesting to see how your tone shifts during Act Act. You know. Where she completely freaks out. :-)