Hamlet By William Shakespeare 's Hamlet

What is madness? Is someone considered mad or insane simply because they are different, and they, in turn, see the rest of the world as insane? William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet is about a complex protagonist, Hamlet, who plays the role of a tragic hero. He encounters several misfortunes from experiencing his beloved father’s death, witnessing his mother 's incestuous remarriage to his uncle, and seeing his father’s ghost. Due to all of this, Hamlet falls into a deep depression. Hamlet begins his journey by seeking revenge against Claudius after discovering that his noble father was murdered by his own uncle. Hamlet is a character whose actions and emotions may seem like one of an insane person, however, in the beginning of the play, it is clear that he decides to fake madness in order to gain an advantage over Claudius. This would aid in him in accomplishing his revenge. Hamlet is sane throughout the play: he only shows signs of insanity in front of certain people whom he does not trust. However, even they believe that his madness is not sheer madness but has a reason to it. Hamlet’s character is sane as in the play his rationality is shown through the logic and intelligence he uses in his plots. He usually calculates his movements and his impulsive acts are justified. While there are reasons to believe that many of the hardships could have driven Hamlet to the point of insanity, his display of intelligence and rational thinking throughout the play proves his sanity.

In this play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare, there are many soliloquies that are said by Hamlet to depict various meanings of his thoughts, feelings, and actions that are inside of him. More specifically the soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1, in lines 57-91 starts off with the famous saying known as “To be, or not to be”. Throughout this soliloquy, Hamlet is asking himself the question of whether it is better to live or not to live. In life, we are faced with many situations where we feel the need to give up our life and not face the problems. Only by facing all the troubles, will a person become stronger and more courageous to handle anything in life. By believing in one’s self, can man have the courage to follow what they think is right. Killing yourself or giving up is never a solution in life. This soliloquy reveals Hamlet’s fearful personality by showing that his decision-making process is slow and that he fears risks or uncertainty. These character traits are depicted thoroughly by Hamlet throughout the play.

The male characters in Hamlet continually abuse both Ophelia and Gertrude, physically and psychologically, as a pathetic attempt to gain power and control over the situation. One of the greatest examples of psychological abuse comes from the harrowing scene where Hamlet and Ophelia have their final conversation before Hamlet leaves for England. During this rage-induced altercation, Hamlet refuses to accept Ophelia’s returning of the gifts previously given to her from him, saying “I never gave you aught” (3.1.97). Ophelia is appalled as Hamlet continues to insult her and laugh in her face. In the climax of the argument, Hamlet tells Ophelia that she “should not have believed me; for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it: I loved you not” (3.1.117-119). The immense amount of psychological damage received by Ophelia between the addition and removal of love by Hamlet and her father’s death is enough to drive anyone to madness. David M. Smith recounts this as Hamlet’s necessity “to genuine outsideness because of the danger of being co-opted by love” (Smith, 1). However, Hamlet no longer needed to protect himself in his situation. His actions from this scene were not only uncalled for, but added to the slow mental demise of his sweet Ophelia. Hamlet’s next scene of abuse come shortly after this when he goes to speak to Gertrude about her participation in the murder of Old Hamlet. His rage, yet again, takes over, but this time he adopts physical abuse

Almost every story involves a conflict between hero and villain. In some stories, there is a plot twist where the hero is also the villain—but in Hamlet, there are no heroes and many villains. In Hamlet, every character has lied, kept secrets or is seeking revenge that leads to a tragic ending at every corner, but what we fail to see is who the true villain is. Looking at the character of Hamlet throughout the play, it is easier to spot his many dishonorable actions than his few honorable ones.

Hamlet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is all about revenge. All is not well in Denmark where a king is murdered and his son is out to avenge him. The only two females in the play, Gertrude and Ophelia, are completely overlooked. The two have little role in the story and are only present when talking to one of the men. Gertrude lost her first husband and quickly remarried to his brother, Claudius. Her son, Hamlet, greatly despises her for it. Ophelia believes that she and Hamlet are in love and she is the cause of his madness. None of the men pay much attention to them unless they are being scolded or used in a plan. Ophelia and Gertrude have many similarities like how they do as they are told and are victims of Hamlet’s madness, yet are different like how they love Hamlet and how they react to death of a loved one.

Being indecisive means not showing or having the ability to make a decision. Not making a decision quickly and efficiently. In the book Hamlet, the main character, the prince of Denmark. Hamlet has shown that he is indecisive throughout the book. Hamlet shows that he is mostly indecisive when it comes to his father’s death, King Hamlet. Hamlet also doesn’t trust anybody. Hamlet can’t even trust his own family or his girlfriend. Hamlet has been acting like he is mad because he doesn’t want to confront people so he just acts like he is crazy. Hamlet always acts with an impulse, Hamlet can only show bravery when it doesn’t involve his family. Such as when his boat was attacked in England by pirates. At this point Hamlet just doesn’t know what to do with his life. Everything is moving too fast, like his mom getting married quick after his father’s death. Also the fact that Gertrude married Hamlets uncle is just too much for Hamlet right now.

In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the character Hamlet must deal with both external and internal conflict. Hamlet encounters many struggles and has trouble finding a way to deal with them. With so many corrupt people in his life, Hamlet feels as if there is no one that he can trust and begins to isolate himself from others. A result from this isolation leads Hamlet to become melancholy. Hamlet struggles with suicidal thoughts, wants to kill King Claudius, and is distraught over his mother’s hasty marriage with his uncle Claudius.

A character so complex, enticing and fascinating, his name is Hamlet. We are all Hamlet, and that, is the argument. Hamlet is an enigmatic character with many flaws. These flaws are the ones that prove similarities between us and him. A play so popular and significant is due to its huge relevance to us as a society. In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses Hamlet’s character and metaphor to demonstrate that when one is left alone to their thoughts, these thoughts overtake reason. Consequently, people must find peace and quiet in their ability to avert such dark thoughts.

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The play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, is set in an anti-feminist era. Women traditionally have been seen inferior to men. This was an intellectual as well as a physical issue. Women were to raise a family, cook, clean, be pretty and not be smarter than any man. The main characters Ophelia and Gertrude are both depicted with these characteristics as powerless and frail people. This illustration of helpless women affects one's understanding of what their true selves could be.

Shakespeare writes in a way that is difficult to understand for anyone that speaks the modern language. His story Hamlet is understood through the emotions felt by his characters. Hamlet is the main character who is conflicted with revenge and conspiring friendships. Hamlet returns home from Germany for his father’s funeral only to find far more troubling things. Hamlet is a conflicted character but that doesn’t stop him from knowing what he wants. Revenge is the main cause of his confliction but with great reason, which is important to understand about this play because it helps explain all the betrayal and tragedy.

William Shakespeare’s timeless play, Hamlet, follows the grieving prince of Denmark as he tries to avenge his father’s murder while struggling to accept that his mother Gertrude married her husband’s murderer and brother, Claudius. At the same time, Hamlet is having difficulty coming to terms with his feelings for Ophelia. His relationship with her becomes much more complicated when he kills her father Polonius, thinking he was King Claudius. Realizing that something must be done with Hamlet, Claudius sends him away to England with his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern along with a letter to England saying to kill Hamlet upon arrival. However, Hamlet discovers the letter and switches out the King’s letter with a death sentence for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern without a second thought. While Hamlet is at sea, Polonius’s son Laertes comes to the castle demanding revenge for his father’s death. Claudius sees this a chance to finally get rid of Hamlet and stages a plan to murder Hamlet. The plan back fires when Gertrude drinks the poisoned drink instead of Hamlet and in the duel Laertes and Hamlet are both stabbed by the poisoned blade. When Hamlet knows he is dying, he stabs Claudius with the blade and they all end up perishing. Throughout this dramatic tragedy there are many messages, but I believe one of the most important overarching themes, shown using the emotion of guilt, is that humans are complex beings who are not entirely good or entirely evil.

Throughout Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s eloquence and use of thematic imagery helps convey Hamlet’s state of mind as troubled and ambiguous, establishing him as a tragic hero whose feelings of death are nothing short of an enigma. From the opening scene with the ominous apparition to the brutality of the final scene, death is seemingly portrayed further than that of its simplistic physical nature. Hamlet’s thought provoking and introspective nature causes him to analyze death on different levels, ways that are much more profound. Hamlet’s acceptance of death is gradual but very much evident in the play, as his idle nature transitions to one of cowardice and eventually determination and resolve. As the reader is introduced to Hamlet, it is evident that he is tortured by grief from the death of his father and the much too premature, incestuous marriage of his mother with Claudius. Following his meeting with his father’s ghost, readers are able to see Hamlet’s attitude towards suicide and the afterlife in his “To be or not to be” soliloquy. He knows that he must avenge his father’s murder, but is paralyzed by his inaction and instability. Ensuing his fourth soliloquy, Hamlet legitimately develops a fixation on the certainty of death. He is cognizant of death’s inevitability and comes to accept it and sees the futility in living in fear and desperation.

In the tragic play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is a teenager and the son of the murdered King Hamlet. In light of King Hamlet’s death, Claudius, the brother of King Hamlet, takes the throne as well as his wife, Gertrude. In multiple scenes of the play King Hamlet’s ghost appears and  asks Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius, who had murdered him. Hamlet’s thoughts of suicide due to the murder of his father cause him to begin to go insane, however the idea of killing Claudius causes Hamlet to begin to act more strangely and contemplate decisions such as love, and getting revenge on Claudius. Although Hamlet’s murder of King Claudius could be considered an immoral act, the justified killing will ease both Hamlet’s mental state and the unsettled state of the country.

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.