Sunday, February 24, 2013

This Is What Happens When You Spy on a Teenage Girl


How dare this Peter Seng attempt to interpret my life when he has never met me and CLEARLY doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He says that I have some form of “divined the memories that may underlie it in Ophelia’s deranged mind (Seng, 218).” Well, let me inform you, Mr. Peter Seng. Read this closely because I’m only going to say it once. I DO NOT HAVE A DERANGED MIND! Don’t you dare call me deranged. I’m terribly upset; after all, my father died and I think Hamlet may have done it, and my brother’s away in France again. I mean, you acknowledge that yourself! “ Her father had been killed—by her mad lover as she believes—and hastily interred. Her brother is abroad at school in a foreign land (Seng, 218).” Like, seriously, dude, give a girl a break. You don’t know my lifestyle, so don’t try to guess it because you are horribly off-base. I was upset because Hamlet was gone and I didn’t feel like I had anyone to talk to. I mean “The distraught girl could hardly turn to King Claudius, and the ‘beauteous Majesty of Denmark,’ Gertrude, has apparently, been avoiding her (Seng, 218).”

This Peter Seng fellow also has the meaning behind my ballads wrong too. The Gentleman who spoke of why I was upset (upset is the correct word to use, not deranged. Peter Seng, take notes) got it completely correct. “They aim at it/And botch the words up fit to their own thoughts (4. 5. 11-12).” So, thank you, kind Gentleman, for understanding me when so called renowned Literary Criticism writer Peter Seng can’t understand what a teenage girl is talking about. Well, I guess Peter Seng did get one thing right. I’m not too happy with Queen Gertrude right now. First off, she calls me a “sick soul (4. 5. 22)” and that’s not very nice at all. So I thought I’d try to confuse her, and everyone in the palace for that matter, and speak only in ballads. It’s a fun thing to do; teenage girls, I recommend doing it to avoid talking to teachers that you just can’t stand. It’ll throw them off base and they’ll leave you alone for a bit. It’s a plan of pure perfection.

Now, Mr. Seng, once again, completely didn’t understand the point of my ballads. So, I’ve picked some of my favorite lines, and I’m going to tell you what I really thought of them. Doesn’t that sound like fun?

“How should I know your true love know/From another one (4.5. 28-29)?” So, when I said that, I was talking about how Gertrude claimed to love King Hamlet, but two months after his death, she’s shacking up  with his brother and saying how in love she is with him. Talk about scandalous, “Queen” Gertrude. I mean, God Save The Royalty, because she’s clearly on a manhunt for a new husband once Claudius is kicked to the curb.

“He is dead and gone, lady,/He is dead and gone (4. 5. 34-25).” No, Gerty (is it okay if I call you that, Gertrude? No? Oh well, I’m doing it anyway), don’t fret, Hamlet didn’t die. Well, Hamlet Jr. hasn’t died. But Hamlet Jr. did tell me how your first husband (or should I saw true love #1, Gerty?), Hamlet Sr., did die. Oh boy, it’s a nice, lovely, juicy piece of gossip. But, you’ll have to figure it out on your own. I’m so not telling anyone about this . . . unless there’s something good in it for me.

“And I a maid at your window,/To be your Valentine (4. 5. 55-56).” Yeah, so, Gerty, and to the Royal Family in general, I have a confession to make. Hamlet and I spent many a nights together, and I wanted our first Valentine’s Day as an official couple to be absolutely perfect. I was planning on showing up on V-Day night to his room and give him a special surprise. By the way, did you know V-Day is, like, my fave day of all time? Anyway, now I can’t spend my fave day of all time with the person I love the most. Thanks a lot Gerty and Claudy.

Basically, I need people to leave me alone and stop trying to interpret everything I say and everything I do. I’m a teenage girl and sometimes I get upset (again, I use the word upset, not deranged). Because when you try to analyze everything I do, you end up way wrong like Peter Seng. And no one wants to be like Peter Seng.

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