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The English Play writer, William Shakespeare had written many well-known pieces of work including Hamlet. Hamlet is known to be one of his most popular works. Hamlet was written in the late 16th Century about the Prince of Denmark. The original title of the work was The Tragedy of Hamlet, now it is referred to as just Hamlet. In Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses the mental state of his characters to prove that not all characters in books have to be one dimensional. Shakespeare’s writing shows that humans are complex, and can have different mental states. Characters throughout the story such as, Hamlet, Gertrude, and Ophelia show their not so stable mental state. First we will analyze Hamlet and talk about Ernest Jones’ Psycho-analytic study of Hamlet. Then we will talk about Ophelia and how the events that happened leading up to her death or suicide played a role into her mental state. Finally we will analyze Gertrude, the Queen’s role in Hamlet, and how she is a mentally weak woman and relies on the men in her life.

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Shakespeare's drama Hamlet has become a central piece of literature of Western culture. It is the story of a prince named Hamlet, who lost his father. Soon after that he has to confront multiple obstacles and devises a series of situations to defend the new king's royalty. Furthermore, he had to prove that King Claudius, who was the prince's uncle, had killed Hamlet's father. This story has remained among the most popular and the most controversial plays around the world. It generates controversy for all the doubts that this play leaves with the readers. One of the most questioning situations in the play is the delay of Hamlet in avenging Claudius' for his father's death. As a reader this

Oftentimes, the minor characters in a play can be vital and, among other things, function to further the action of the play or to reveal and illuminate the personalities of other characters. In Hamlet, Fortinbras, the Norwegian Prince, serves as the most important foil of Hamlet and provides us with the actions and emotions in which we can compare to those of Hamlet and better reveal Hamlet’s own character. Because Hamlet and Fortinbras both lost their fathers and have sworn to avenge their deaths, Fortinbras is a perfect parallel of Hamlet. He was also very crucial to the play’s ending and to bring a remedy to the corruption that has plagued Denmark.

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet is about the prince of Denmark, Hamlet, and his quest to gain revenge of his father’s, King Hamlet’s, vicious murder which was committed by his uncle, Claudius, in the name of power and fortune. Hamlet is, at times, indecisive and hesitant thus he admires the passionate and even violent character of Fortinbras. This passage from Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s play, portrays the theme of the relationship of thought to action by demonstrating how Hamlet’s admiration for Fortinbras’s dedicated character compels him to make rash decisions in order to fulfill his word. This passage is a soliloquy given by Hamlet, in Act 4 Scene 4, which explains why Hamlet was willing to take drastic measures to avenge his father.

In a dramatic work that displays a story of tragedy and revenge, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is about a prince who discovers his father was murdered by his uncle. Prince Hamlet later becomes infatuated with thoughts of revenge which introduces the plot of the play. Written during the Elizabethan era, Shakespeare incorporates aspects of that time in order to engage the audience. Hamlet’s soliloquy in act four scene four, lines 33-66, targets the original Elizabethan audience by displaying cultural, social and economic aspects of that time period.

In 1.2, Shakespeare introduces three significant characters: Prince Hamlet, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. The scene opens with King Claudius’ speech explaining his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother’s widow and the mother of Hamlet. This speech attempts to balance the sorrow of his brother’s death with the happiness of having married “his sometime sister” (1.2.8) . “The clouds still hang” (1.2.66) upon Hamlet as he refuses to cast off his “nightly colour” (1.2. 68) and continues to mourn his father’s death. Claudius urges Hamlet to think of him “as of a father” (1.2.108), however Hamlet’s suspicions, resentment and disgust of his mother’s quick and incestuous re-marriage forbids this.

The play does not open with the protagonist, nor with the direct disclosure of the problem. It points to unanswered questions and reveals anxiety and unrest. There is said to be a ghost, but the reason and purpose for the ghost's appearance are unknown. Basically, we can say that the first scene creates an atmosphere and the basis for the disclosure of the specific problem. The first point dramatically established is that there really is a ghost, although the questions raised by its appearance are unanswered. Horatio, the scholar and the skeptic, comes to test the report given by the simple soldiers. The empirical proof that Horatio seeks is there; the ghost appears and it is seen to have a specific identity, that of the deceased King

Hamlet gazes up at the sky and appreciates it, “this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appearth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors” (Shakespeare II, ii, 299-303). In this line, Hamlet sees the sky as artwork that should be appreciated as something that is a blessing for us. The influence of the Renaissance is evident in this line. During the Renaissance, people looked at the world from a humanistic perspective rather than the Middle Age faith based approach. Our perspective of the world changes based on what is going on around us. If there is a war going on, we are more prone to be pessimistic, scared, and animalistic. On the contrary, if there is a period of peace and prosperity, we are more likely to feel optimistic, celebratory, and blessed. Shakespeare was undergoing a lot of external conflicts during his time and incorporated them into Hamlet’s actions, words, and behavior. Shakespeare’s use of historical references serves as a backdrop and provides an underlying meaning of how the characters develop, and their roles/expectations.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the tale of a young prince determined to uncover the truth about his father’s recent death. Hamlet’s uncle (and also the deceased king’s brother), Claudius, marries his mother the queen, and therefore, takes the throne. In the beginning of the story, Hamlet is told by the apparition of his dead father that it was Claudius who in fact murdered him. The theme that remains consistent throughout the tragedy is appearance versus reality. The characters introduced to us throughout the play appear to be pure and honest, but in reality are infested with evil. They deceitfully hide behind a mask of integrity. Four main dishonest characters which are found to be disguised with righteousness are Polonius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and the freshly crowned king Claudius. The first impression presented by these characters is ones of

Hamlet is a play that has been interpreted in many different ways over the years. There have been many different movies, and even movies that take the plot of Hamlet. Hamlet is a very unique character, and throughout the play, the reader is able to see how unstable he actually is. The same thing can be said about Antigone. She is so dead bent on giving her brother the proper burial rights he deserves. Hamlet was furious by the fact that his uncle killed his father, and Antigone was very upset by Kreon, because he did not allow her to give her brother a proper burial. Both of these characters have a lot of the same issues, but they also have many different ones. In all that goes on throughout both plays, they both revolve around pagan culture.

Emotion, without a doubt, controls most aspects of life. It dictates the words we say, the actions we take, and the path we follow. While a play is a piece of literature and obviously fiction, it does, in fact, reflect life. Authors create characters and then situations for those characters to react to. Therefore, it is the character’s emotional journey that truly dictates the story and its overall meaning. This is explicitly seen throughout the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, who is one of the most influential writers of all time. In the play, Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark, dies; which in turn causes his uncle Claudius to marry Hamlet’s mother and ascend to the throne. This new arrangement does not agree with Hamlet, especially

The meta-theatrical play The Mousetrap is central to Hamlet. The play-within-a play is a catalyst to the plot and works to illuminate character. This essay will argue that the scene places Hamlet into the role of a playwright who employs theatrical conventions in order to manipulate his audience rather than entertain. Hamlet transforms The Mousetrap play into an accusatory analogy of King Claudius. This scene also largely contrasts the playwright Shakespeare to Hamlet’s role as playwright as Shakespeare mirrors his own application of intertextuality seen throughout the tragedy of Hamlet. This particular injection of intertextuality provides Hamlet with the justification he yearns for, Claudius’s guilt to his father’s murder, whilst acting out moments of the past that will extend into prescient glimpses of scenes to come.

There are many outstanding stories that have been written by the one and only William Shakespeare, in which a soliloquy of a character is very compelling. The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a story in which a man kills his own brother and then marries the wife of his brother and takes the throne while he is at it. There are many secrets and no one knows that the original king was killed by his brother. Hamlet is then told by the ghost if his father to revenge him by killing his new stepfather/ uncle. In order to complete this task, Hamlet makes people believe that he is losing his mind in order to fulfill what his deceased father urges him to accomplish. This leads to many fatalities in the end. Also one of the most famous soliloquies of all time, Hamlet makes a compelling statement that can be interpreted in many ways.

Shakespeare 's longest play is Hamlet, which takes place in the Kingdom of Denmark. Hamlet is a tragic tale about the Prince of Denmark and is a drama about revenge. Prince Hamlet is visited by his father’s ghost who demands he kill his uncle, Claudius, after Claudius killed Hamlet’s father. Yet despite being “… the son of a dear father murdered, prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,” Hamlet delays enacting vengeance on Claudius (II,2,584-585). This delay ultimately leads to Ophelia’s madness and the death of several other characters, including Hamlet himself. Hamlet’s hamartia, or fatal flaw, which leads him to delay in enacting revenge, can be characterized by fate, hubris and indecision. This indecisiveness occurs because old Hamlet’s demand puts Hamlet in a difficult situation, where he has to choose between seeking revenge on behalf of his father, and knowing that this revenge will most likely lead him to hell. He knows that he must kill his father’s murderer, but he has moral and religious issues with this since it is wrong to kill someone. This play shows Hamlet being forced into a role that is impossible for him to complete because of his conscience.