let tell Rosencrantz "a wonderful son that can so ‘stonish a mother" (III.ii.329). He is aware that he has instilled a sense of astonishment in his mother, and he is proud of this and is able to say so because everyone thinks he has gone crazy. His hopes are fulfilled and his views expressed so that he will be responsible for little and held accountable for even less. History has shown us great individuals who were misunderstood in their time, but renowned after their death. Men like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and the Right Brothers were laughed at for their endeavors, but what would the world be like without the airplane, physics, or the Theory of Relativity. We as humans use only a certain part of our brains which according to the American Journal of Neurological Science amounts to about three percent. This same medical journal introduced the idea that Einstein, and Isaac Newton had increased brain usage, estimated along the lines of four to five percent. These men were assumed as mad, but in fact proved to be brilliant. What is it to be brilliant? Is it to be smart, or original…intuitive, or adroit, or is it none of these things at all? Brilliance is a mind having the ability to see past the superficial, in order to take into perspective the more important true that nobody else sees. Ophelia and Hamlet, achieve this idea of brilliance by pointing out all of the things that the rest of society has either missed or disregarded. In the our minds we have our own ideals as to what brilliant is. When the word brilliant exits the mouth of any human being often times their thoughts then turn to inventors or scientists, but rarely do our thoughts turn to the brilliant minds of everyday life. We fall into a rut and find ourselves acting not out of thought but out of habit. It is when we turn into this individual that we ourselves do not achieve mental clarity. We are often blinded to the actions around us and in...
