Hamlet, By William Shakespeare

During the course of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, the character of young Hamlet exemplifies an often puzzling and ambivalent persona. During the play, Hamlet is often contradicting of himself. By role-playing, or self-fashioning, Hamlet is able to balance his virtues in order to stay true to himself. This is demonstrated by his decisions to act upon something, as well as his inactions to not act upon something. The obscurity of Hamlet’s mannerisms are displayed within two conflicting personas: one that is perceived as calm and rational; the other displaying utter madness and loss of control. These conflicting behaviors are revealed within Hamlet’s internal struggles—to kill those responsible for his father’s murder, or to act responsibly and virtuous, and await further proof of their guilt. Throughout the play, Hamlet teeters on the brink of insanity induced by his actions, or inactions, but never actually crosses the threshold of insanity by balancing the virtues of "playing a role" and self fashioning, with looking at his own sense of self to rationalize his actions throughout the play.

Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, women are usually illustrated as strong,independent, confident, and self-serving individuals. Previously scene from King Lear with both Regan and Goneril and in Macbeth with Lady Macbeth, these characters show the true strength of a woman. However, in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the woman are seen as weak. Being the only female characters in the play, Ophelia and Gertrude allow us to observe the role of women in Hamlet. The men surrounding them continuously control both Ophelia and Gertrude, as they agree to be pawns in several plans for the men that are in their lives. Both women eventually choose another man over Hamlet , while playing a big role in his life, they betray him. The betrayal

The story of Hamlet is one written many decades ago, telling a story of a boy in the French court who endures several traumatic experiences throughout his life. Hamlet, the rightful heir to the French throne, is stripped of his destiny when his father falls, when his mother quickly remarries a member of the royal family. Claudius, the new king, creates numerous problems for Hamlet throughout the play. Hamlet suffers from what seems to be insanity, but his actions are all just an allusion in his plot for revenge. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet, being overwhelmed by the grief of his father’s sudden death, the shock of his mother’s inexplicable marriage, and being surrounded by treachery, plays a role with intentions that are misunderstood

In this portion of the play, Hamlet is still feigning madness in front of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Claudius. Hamlet speaks in riddles and expresses absurd thoughts that all contribute to his madness facade. Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Claudius fail to decipher these riddles, which leaves them confused and convinced that Hamlet has lost his mind. In Scene II, when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern approach Hamlet to retrieve Polonius’s body, Hamlet responds by calling Rosencrantz a sponge. Using the phrase ‘sponge’, Hamlet means to say that once Claudius acquires what he needs from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he will require no further use of them. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are confused by Hamlet’s muddled words and ignore him, shifting the subject back to the location of Polonius’s body. This change in subject and inattention to Hamlet’s words shows how Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don’t take Hamlet seriously, believing that he is mad. In Scene III, when Hamlet is presented to Claudius about the inquiry of Polonius’s body, he answers with yet another riddle. Through his conundrums, Hamlet leaves Claudius confused just like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Similar to his courtiers, Claudius also chooses to ignore Hamlet, not taking him seriously because he too considers Hamlet to be mad.

Many people base their lives on the uncertainty they place around themselves. Thus causing many problems with being able to guarantee anything in day to day life. Is it certain that one will arrive to a destination unharmed? Can anyone’s safety be guaranteed? This same problem can be seen in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. Hamlet’s whole life is based on uncertain ideas and in the end it collapses on him, as if he built a house on shifting sands. If there was no uncertainty in Hamlet, There would be no story line. As soon as Hamlet was told to kill Claudius, he would have killed him and avenged the murder, but because of the uncertainty he has to find out for certain what has arisen. In order to reduce uncertainty, one must ultimately research and deduce life’s choices. One is able to see where Hamlet struggles with uncertainty when he questions the reliability of the ghost, death, and the afterlife.

One of Shakespeare’s most compelling plays would arguably be Hamlet. Throughout the years, scholars have written countless analysis’ of the play and the characters presented within the text. One of the most enigmatic characters is Ophelia, daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and one could argue the lover of Hamlet. Her background is unknown which makes for an interesting canvas for readers, actresses and academics to paint upon. She is a sweet, innocent young woman, subject to the rules of the men in her life as a result of her gender, she is to be subservient despite any contradictory feelings she might possess. Her relationship to Hamlet is a subject that many have pondered upon. Did Hamlet truly love the fair Ophelia? His harsh words and actions towards the young maiden are unforgiving despite his passionate words the young prince uttered while standing in her grave. The debate about their relationship and the lack of any defining characteristics of Ophelia herself has become a popular topic and it is one that shall be discussed within this paper.

Drama literature is told through a story of dialogue about a character who experiences conflict through out the play. These kind of plays are often performed on the stage of a theatre. One of the most famous screenwriters of the 16th through the early 17th century was William Shakespeare, and his work continues to live on in the 21st century. The longest play Shakespeare had ever written was Hamlet, which is about a young prince who grieves over the death of his father and seeks revenge as he learns that it was King Claudius responsible for his death. Through out the play Hamlet expresses his thoughts through different soliloquys. Hamlets soliloquy in Act I “O that this too, too sullied flesh” contrasts from his famous soliloquy in Act III “To Be or Not to Be” and both reflect issues of the times in which Shakespeare had lived in.

Hamlet is a well known play on the dynamic between thought and action. Hamlet, specifically, is a broken man that is doing more than grieving over his father’s planned death. He is troubled and feeling helpless on what he should do about his uncle, now being his step dad, and his mom barely grieving over her deceased husband. Hamlet’s father makes a supernatural appearance and tells Hamlet exactly of his death and how his uncle put a poison in his ear while he was asleep in the garden and that his suspicions between his wife and his brother are now obviously true but he also tells Hamlet not to worry about his mom because the Heavens will take care of her but as for his father’s brother, an eye for an eye would fit just nicely.

Hamlet, as a character, is revealed to be a very insightful and thoughtful. This bodes well for him with all of the lying and deceit that has ingrained itself ever so deeply in Elsinore, but Hamlet is unable to be fully invested in the trickery that is taking place in the castle for he must also deal with the emotional stress that comes with losing a parent. While Hamlet still needs time to grieve over his father 's death, his mother has moved on and married another man, Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet does not take this well, he feels anger and resentment towards his mother for remarrying so soon. The sorrow and frustration that Hamlet feels follows him throughout the play clouding his rational judgement, preventing him from seeing through every act of deception. The audience can observe, throughout the whole play, Hamlet arguing with himself, in the form of soliloquies, about whether he should act using his mind or whether he should follow his emotions. This battle, between logic and emotion, lasts throughout the whole play as Hamlet tries to fulfil his father’s wish to avenge his unnatural death, by killing the person who murdered him, Claudius. This task ends up making Hamlet come face to face with his true emotions, and even though Hamlet tries to hide how he truly feels by not acting like himself, he is unable to maintain his charade, leading to arguments and eventually his own death.

Among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature, William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, was written in the early 1600s. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the protagonist, young prince Hamlet, is instructed by the ghostly figure of his father to seek revenge on his uncle, Claudius. Hamlet’s father was murdered by Claudius, who seized the throne after his death and married the queen, Hamlet’s mother. The occurring events possibly drive young Hamlet into madness. Madness plays a major part in the play, Hamlet, but one could compare Hamlet’s ability to put on an act to the times when his true madness was shown.

Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare around 1600, is a tragedy dramatizing the revenge of Prince Hamlet. The play explores the inner conflict experienced by Hamlet as he is faced with the task of avenging his Father’s death. In the first scene, Hamlet is approached by a ghost, claiming to be his father. This sets into motion a plan of revenge that will end in a bloodbath, as most of the major characters die. Throughout Hamlet the protagonist struggles with inner conflict, stemming from his inability to form his thoughts into action. Although it is assumed that Denmark finds order in the end with the rise of Prince Fortinbras, the play is not resolved because Hamlet is never able to understand the implications of death and he is not able

Hamlet is arguably one of the greatest tragedies in all of literature and when most people think of tragic plays, they think of none other than the one who wrote it, William Shakespeare. This classic story of revenge excites it’s readers with its main character, Prince Hamlet, who goes through the unique human-like process of revenge that is often overlooked. Many other stories rely heavily on the logic of good people doing good things and bad people doing bad things just for the sake of their nature. This is not the case since Shakespeare includesShakespeare’s writing, there is the added element of the human conscience in his writing. In this play, we can observe the sense of virtue that everyone has. For instance, we could look at

In the play Hamlet, there are a few main characters that have a huge impact on the overall theme of Hamlet. In this case, Polonius and Laertes are the two that will be focused on. Polonius is the chief councilor for King Hamlet. He has a son named Laertes and a daughter named Ophelia. He is extremely egotistic and he always goes off on a tangent. Laertes and Ophelia have naturally learned to tune him out when he rambles. Laertes is a college student in Paris, France. He came home because of King Hamlet’s death. He is very attached to his family and very emotional. As a college student, he is in a transitional phase and is figuring out who he wants to be without his family telling him otherwise. Polonius’s speech is at the beginning of the play. This placement of Polonius’s speech helps set the tone and theme of Hamlet well. The advice Polonius gives Laertes is long, contradictory, and hypocritical, but there is an underlining message under the ramble that Shakespeare included to teach his readers about the special relationship between a father and a son and how difficult it can be to decipher.

Hamlet was composed by William Shakespeare, first performed in July 1602 and first published in printed form in 1603. An inherent tension between confrontation and resolution is revealed through Hamlet’s characterisation within Shakespeare’s play. It is evident that there is a significant level of internal confliction that contributes to the amount of tension. Conflicted emotions, in relation to Hamlet’s morals and beliefs, cause a distinct increase in tension, yet recognition of ones human nature later enables resolution to occur. This significant amount of internal confliction is strongly related to the notion of culture and religion. Throughout, Hamlet is conflicted over Christian or Renaissance Humanism ways of thinking, both of which are a significant influence in Hamlet’s actions and thought process. Furthermore, throughout the play, Hamlet is fixated on the physical and spiritual concept of mortality. This concept is a significant factor in reference to Hamlet’s characterisation as it causes internal, and external, confliction throughout the course of Shakespeare’s play. As this continues, Hamlet considers aspects of human nature, this being the psychological characteristics, emotions, and behavioural traits that is deemed as shared by all of mankind. Therefore, recognition of this enables resolution, and thus a decrease in personal and societal tension.

William Shakespeare wrote the tragic play Hamlet at the end of the sixteenth century. It is a story of tragedy, love, grievance, revenge and many other things. Hamlet, in this story, explores the explanations of who he is, seeking truth and understanding of the happenings of his father’s death and trying to find his true love but most of all himself. Most of all, his care and love goes out to his father and the suitable reasoning behind his death. Avenging his father’s death he puts himself in a situation that causes an apparent gloomy state of mind but also drives him absolutely mad at the same time. Hamlet believes that his uncle, Claudius, has killed his father for the spot on the throne and with Hamlets mother, Queen Gertrude. It breaks Hamlet’s heart that his mother could be in such isolation to remarry after such a tragic event in both of their lives. Hamlet often finds he is bitter over this situation but in the end, he will prove to be an exceedingly thorough character.