Suspicions and assumptions: the effects it has overall
Travyon Martin, a name almost everybody knows now. Sadly he
doesn't know anybody after he was "gunned" down in Florida
assumptions never really do good for people. there is a saying,
"when you assume, you make an (ASS)ume out of ass(U)me and assu(ME)".
This does hold some truth to it. Hamlet tells Ophelia to "get thee to a
nunnery" (III,I,131) basically telling Ophelia to go to a whore house even
though she is not a whore and which then makes Hamlet look weird and somewhat
crazy. Travyon was met with a similar situation with assumptions but the
outcome was completely different.
Zimmerman was taking his assigned task as neighborhood watch a
little to seriously. Since he had a weapon on him he was feeling pretty
confident. When he saw Trayvon assumptions and accusations started to flood his
head. "what’s this black kid doing in this area?", "why is his
hoodie up" could have been assumptions that went through his head.
All we know is something whether is was the pictures in "Trayvons, An
image" or something else. In his mind something triggered him to
follow and ultimately kill a young man who can no longer see his family.
Travyon is to Polonius as Zimmerman is to Hamlet. Both using
assumptions and not thinking about them which then took an otherwise innocent
life. When Polonius yells "What, ho? Help, help, help!" (III,IV,26)
he is trying to save somebody who he thinks is in trouble. But hamlet comes in
assuming/hoping it to be the new king and stabs right through the curtain and
into Polonius. If people could stop to think about there actions and not act on
assumptions the world in my opinion would be alot different.
Trayvon didn't know his life was going to come to a roadblock
which he couldn't pass over. Neither Polonius hiding behind a simple curtain.
But these men (Trayvon/Polonius) didn't realize that other peoples accusations
and minds could get the best of them which could hurt themselves overall.
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