Hamlet And The Clown Speech Analysis

What is important to know is that Hamlet and Laertes, throughout the text do not have a friendly relationship and the admiration for Laertes by Hamlet is nothing but an irony and sarcasm. As an audience to the play, one know that Laertes has been brainwashed into believing that Hamlet is his enemy, even when that is not the case at all; the enemy of the Danes throughout the text is the King, Claudius. He is responsible for numerous deaths and agony in the country because he is responsible for killing fathers to Laertes and Hamlet. Despite this, Claudius still manages to create a wall between Hamlet and Laertes, even though the audience expects them to

The final way that Laertes acts as a foil to Hamlet occurs once again when Claudius and Laertes are discussing Laertes’ actions to achieve his vengeance. Claudius gives Laertes advice saying, “That we would do/ we should do when we would; for this ‘would’/ changes” (4.7.134-136). Claudius is warning Laertes that if he waits long enough, he will probably end up not doing anything at all and will not achieve his goal of vengeance. This quote spoken by Claudius is quite similar to when King Hamlet’s ghost meets with Hamlet earlier in the play to warn him about how he was killed by Claudius and that he must get revenge. King Hamlet’s ghost also warns Hamlet saying, “Taint not thy mind” (1.5.92), telling him to not over think his plan because otherwise he will not pursue his vengeance. After Claudius warns Laertes to not get side tracked, the audience is reminded of King Hamlet’s ghost telling Hamlet to not over think because then their plans will not be pursued. This scene acts as a foil towards Hamlet because soon after the conversation, Laertes does pursue his plan of seeking vengeance, whereas Hamlet has been working on his plan the whole play, and has still not started to execute it.

Furthermore, Fortinbras is dead set on attacking Denmark and it seems no one can stop him. The death of his father lights a fire in him to kill at any cost and instead of taking care of his ill uncle who is on his death bed, Fortinbras leaves him alone and takes his time planning and training for his attack to kill the new king of Denmark. Shakespeare reveals that Fortinbras abandons his "impotent and bedrid" (I. ii. 29) uncle and trains his troops while "The lists, and full proportions are all made out of his subject" (I. ii. 32) to defeat Denmark showing his determination. Fortinbras wants to be the one who rights the wrong that the old king of Denmark has done to his father. He would go at any length to get the job done, thus making the reader see that he does not think things through before he does anything. Hamlet on the other hand is very indecisive about killing Claudius even though he knows Claudius is guilty of his father’s death. Although, Hamlet is not sure about what he is going to do to attack. Even though he wants to avenge his father’s death and obey the ghost, he is not as active or into the attacking

     From the beginning of the play, in Act I Scene iii, Laertes and Polonius are trying to convince her that Hamlet does not love her and only is interested in her so he can sleep with her. Laertes says "Perhaps he loves you now, ...... His greatness weighed, his will is not his own." He is telling Ophelia that she is likely to have her heart broken because of Hamlet's high birth. He may not be able to choose who he marries, so although he

It can be said that Fortinbras is an energetic leader and soldier with clear intentions from the way he can quickly assemble his men to attack Poland. Although Fortinbras says that Hamlet was a soldier, too, “and for his passage, the soldier’s music…”(5.2, 444-445), the reader sees Hamlet only as a scholar because he seems to only think things out rather than take action. Though, Fortinbras’ statement helps us understand that Hamlet was once indeed a good soldier. Scene two of the last act of Hamlet reveals the true character of Fortinbras. After arriving at Elsinore, he immediately acts upon seeing the disturbing scene, much like he acts in battle, “Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier…”(5.2, 441-450).

Hamlet proves himself a temperamental, twisted character in William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. The Prince of Denmark conveys his facetious demeanor with his behavior and sharp tongue, especially in scenes with Ophelia and Gertrude. Although Hamlet’s situation is difficult and easily sympathized by viewers, his aggression should ultimately be focused on his murderous uncle.

In the conclusion of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the audience gains an understanding of the importance of Justice to each character. In the final act both Hamlet and Laertes seek to find justice for the wrongs committed against them and their families. This leaves both men trying to identify how to right these misdeeds

Hamlet essentially feels betrayed because his mother is now with a subordinate man. Hamlet not only thinks she married someone of lesser worth, but he thinks she herself is of lesser worth now too because, according to Hamlet’s mentality, since she is no longer with a virtuous husband, she too is no longer virtuous. Hamlet doesn’t understand how Gertrude could ruin the consecrated bond she shared with the late king; he rhetorically asks her who could have possibly tricked her. Hamlet would have never thought that Gertrude would consider marrying Claudius because her late husband was, according to him, much better in many aspects. Hamlet questions his mother and the decision she makes because he can’t accept or even comprehend that his mother

In this case Ophelia is taking his fathers dead very seriously. She has a lost her mind, and she has not find out yet that the murder of her father , more than anything is her beloved Hamlet; in act 3, scene 4, lines 24 through 31, we can appreciate that when he hears noise behind the arras, he draws his sword and stabs it through the arras, killing Ophelia's father, Polonius, When Ophelia claims “ He is dead and gone, lady. He is dead and gone….” ( 4.5.25) show us that she misses her father and she cannot forget him. However, the murder of Hamlet's father is his uncle, someone of his own family. Hamlet did not know who was the murder or the way his father was murdered , until his own father's ghost appears to him and says to him “... ‘Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me”(1.5.35-36) “... The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.”. (1.5. 39-40). This explains to us that the murder is his uncle because he is now marrying his mother, becoming the new

However, at the end of Scene IV, Hamlet has a sudden change of heart. Fortinbras’ bravery and ruthlessness was the cause of Hamlet’s realization that he needed to overcome his procrastination and hesitation of the killing of Claudius, which is ultimately the effect of it. As seen throughout the play, Norway’s Fortinbras is Hamlet’s foil, and successfully throws the protagonist into a sharper focus by the audience. Fortinbras as described by Hamlet, “Witness this army of such mass and charge led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit with divine ambition puff’d Makes mouths at the invisible event” (IV, iv, 50), have the willingness to go into an uncertain battle for little to no gain, whereas Hamlet encompasses a justifiable and reasonable revenge of his father’s death, but he did not had the power to do previously. The character of Fortinbras, as depicted by Shakespeare, did exactly what a foil was meant to. The change of Hamlet’s acceptance of murdering Claudius was made entirely possible by the observed wrathfulness of Fortinbras.

Fortinbras serves as the perfect foil for Hamlet because of the way Fortinbras encompasses all of the traits that Hamlet desires but feels he lacks. He observes the dignity of Fortinbras and his army and concludes, “Rightly to be great / Is not to stir without great argument, / But greatly to find quarrel in a straw / When honor’s at the stake” (IV.iv.54-57). Hamlet is astonished at the bravery and determination of the Norwegian army. He explains how being great is not only fighting for a good purpose, but also fighting when it is the right action to take. The army’s reason for fighting contrasts with Hamlet’s reason for fighting, as the army is only fighting for an “eggshell”, a plot of land that is irrelevant. Hamlet, however, boasts two possible reasons to fight for honor: his father has been murdered and his mother is now married to his father’s murderer. Despite having reasons to fight for his honor, Hamlet has yet to take any sort of action. By comparing himself to Fortinbras, Hamlet realizes he must uphold his honor by taking action, once and for all. He concludes, “My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth!” (IV.iv.67). Hamlet confirms that all of his actions from then on must be about the murder of Claudius, and any ideas other than that are worthless. Hamlet does, indeed, follow through with his word and avenges his father, but minutes before his death, he states, “O God, Horatio,

Will Hamlet accept the new changes in his life? What is he capable of to be happy? After his father’s death, Hamlet will have to face the new changes in his hometown, Denmark. Shakespeare develops Hamlet’s character in relation to other characters in these soliloquies.

At Ophelia’s funeral Hamlet showed up with Horatio, it was such a surprise to Hamlet

“Examples gross as earth exhort me:/Witness this army of such mass and charge/Led by a delicate and tender prince,/ Whose spirit with divine ambition puff'd /Makes mouths at the invisible event, / Exposing what is mortal and unsure/To all that fortune, death and danger dare,/Even for an egg-shell.” (IV.iv. 49-56). Hamlet admires Fortinbras as a man of action due to building an army and directing them for Denmark to avenge the death of his father. In the end, as Fortinbras successfully becomes King of Denmark, he says: “Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this/ Becomes the field,/but here shows much amiss./ Go, bid the soldiers shoot.” (V.ii. 403-405). Fortinbras tells the soldiers to clean up the dead bodies and then fire their guns outside honoring of Hamlet.

For many of us, our parents are our role models and the people we look up to. They take care of us and know what is best for us. For that reason, we should obey them and listen to their advice. We all have heard that before, but what if that is not true? What if our parent's decisions are not for the best of us? That is what Shakespeare proposes in the play Hamlet. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, parents' flaws lead to the destruction of their loyal children. Ophelia, Laertes, and Hamlet's lives are hijacked by their filial piety.