Originally Posted by Vinegar Tom

This was a response that took a little time to conjure; internal demons, was it?
In actuality, it wasn't something he had put much thought into before as, with most things, he often took the story for face-value: Hamlet was visited by ghosts. But wait, was there something more to that? Chaucer stole a quick glance at Severia, who stared back expectantly. Alas! I feel as though I am in an inquisition! What will happen if I fail to respond with some enlightening perspective? A woman's wrath doth beat the rack, they say. And it was a good rhyme as long as one emphasized the 'rah'- sound and not the -- but no, he didn't have time to linger on such trivialities. Come now brain, formulate an opinion already or I shall be forced to strain you with advanced potion formulae later!
"Ahem - yes, I think that it is a sort of 'alpha male' sort of quarrel. Hamlet feels as though it was his right to follow after his father and ... well this inner desire took a physical form in his delusions. I believe his life of relative isolation as royalty led to his strange ... ah, supressed emotional state. His father was like a keystone that kept everything together for him and once it was pulled, the barricade simply toppled!"

Now that he had said it, Chaucer was inclined to believe it was quite a fine response and decided to treat himself with another goblet of juice.