Hamlet Quote Analysis

Claudius is a coward when it comes to murder. Claudius finds the most indirect way to kill someone: usually with poison. The King also manages to get Laertes to be the one to fatally injured Hamlet– showing hs manipulative tendencies. “Thou art slain./ No med’cine in the world can do thee good./ In thee there is not half an hour’s life./ The treacherous instrument is in the thy hand,/ Unbated and envenomed… The King, the King is to blame” (5.2.344-51). Here, Laertes is explaining that the king poisoned his fencing sword so he could impart the fatal blow on to Hamlet. It is not Claudius that takes the credit; Hamlet has to find out from Laertes that he is dying. Even as Hamlet is dying, Claudius still chooses to remain a coward. As the antagonist, Claudius is meant to embody evil, condemnable traits that make readers hate him. Shakespeare is

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

William Shakespeare, illustrates the idea that people who try to cover something up and make a big mistake, go into madness. To express madness Shakespeare uses hyperbole and Characterization. In the play, Shakespeare expresses madness to show how the characters develop throughout the play with all the different tragedies and conflicts that come across them. Shakespeare uses hyperbole to show the craziness and intensity of the characters.

In the play, Hamlet (1603), William Shakespeare creates a character, Hamlet, that feels overwhelmed by the weight he puts on himself while seeking vengeance for his father’s murder. Shakespeare is able to illustrate Hamlet’s fragileness through the use of vivid imagery, negative attitude, and aggressive diction. Shakespeare’s purpose in this piece is to show Hamlet during his lowest time in order to reveal a significant portion of his character.

Ambiguity Any word or phrase that create divergent meanings, or can be read in different ways. Example “The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing-” “A thing, my lord!” “Of nothing: bring me to him.” (Act IV, Scene II) Function

This gives Claudius with the opportunity to create much chaos by organising Hamlet’s murder and killing Queen Gertrude and Laertes in the process. Hamlet becomes obsessed by his pursuit for vengeance and restoring order after he determines that Claudius is the In fact guilty for murdering his father. Unfortunately, Hamlet fails to murder Claudius many times when he is given the opportunity because it conflicts with his desire for revenge; Hamlet delays killing Claudius because he desires for Claudius to die with his "crimes broad blown” and much like hamlets father have to suffer the consequences of unforgiven sins in the hereafter. This desire is very strong because Hamlet’s father suffers for his sins in his afterlife, but at that particular time it was not possible for Claudius to endure the same suffering if Hamlet murdered him because Claudius was praying while Hamlet had the opportunity to kill him. In this way, Hamlet is in fact struggling to restore order, and he is at a low point in his struggle when he fails to take his opportunity to kill Claudius. Hamlet’s inability to act on Claudius’s death due to his pure desire for vengeance gives Claudius the chance to plot Hamlet’s murder, which results in the duel between Hamlet and Laertes, two respected and loved men who should not be in

Hamlet Soliloquy Analysis As Act I of Shakespeare's Hamlet concludes, a conversation between the protagonist Hamlet and the ghost of his deceased father, King Hamlet occurs. In response to the ghost's request for Hamlet to take revenge, Hamlet shares his thoughts with the audience in a soliloquy. Through vows and promises, Hamlet's oral reaction to the King's request exposes his full will for revenge. In addition, Hamlet's word-choice begins to exhibit the blind passion and zeal that characterizes his actions throughout the remainder of the play.

Hamlet said this quote when he was organizing the play for his mother and Claudius. He said this to one of the actors who was going to perform so they knew that they had to sincerely act exactly what the script said. The meaning of this quote is to do what you say you going to do, and say what you said you would do. This quote can especially be used in many modern real-life examples, for instance, the Johnson & Johnson Company. This company despite their motto being “By anticipating needs and creating solutions and experiences, we help people live healthy, vibrant lives.”, the company was sued for $417 million this August due to knowing selling products that had talcum powder in them.The woman who sued claimed that the talc in their baby powder

Hamlet is a suspenseful play that introduces the topic of tragedy. Throughout the play, Hamlet displays anger, uncertainty, and obsession with death. Although Hamlet is unaware of it, these emotions cause the mishaps that occur throughout the play. These emotions combined with his unawareness are the leading basis for the tragic hero’s flaws. These flaws lead Hamlet not to be a bad man, but a regular form of imperfection that comes along with being human.

In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, doubt is one of the most important themes. In fact, the whole play is based on the story of a ghost who claims to be Hamlet’s father, and nobody can be sure if what he says is the truth. In this essay, I am going to focus on the theme of doubt throughout the play. I will first speak about the opening scene, and then I will talk about the ghost, which is a supernatural element used by Shakespeare to create doubt in the play. I will also analyse the passage in which Hamlet declares his love to Ophelia. Finally, I will briefly discuss Hamlet’s sanity.

36-38). King Claudius appears to be an honest, noble king, but in reality he is King Hamlet's murderer and a manipulative ruler. Near the end of the play, Claudius manipulates Laertes into a duel with Hamlet, so that he can murder Hamlet without suspicion when he says, "But you content to lend your patience to us,/And we shall jointly labor with your soul/To give it due content.". (4.7. ) This shows that Claudius is openly offering a chance for Laertes to seek revenge upon Hamlet for killing Polonius. Later on, Claudius also lays out the plan to murder Hamlet, when he says

I Hamlet's second soliloquy, we face a determined Hamlet who is craving revenge for his father. “Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat/ In this distracted globe. Remember thee!” Hamlet feels sorry for his father who was unable to repent of his sins and is therefore condemned to a time in purgatory. He promises his father that in spite of his mental state (he is distracted, confused and shocked) he will avenge his death. He holds him in the highest regards because he sees his father as a role model. “Yea, from the table of my memory/ I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records,”. He’ll erase all prior Knowledge and experience and leave only his father’s “commandment”. He will engrave it in the front of his mind to show his

By Hamlet’s third soliloquy he still has not taken action to avenge his father’s death and hates everyone around him, including himself. He begins his soliloquy with the famous line “To be, or not to be?” With this line Hamlet is asking whether is it better to be alive or to be dead. In this soliloquy Hamlet contemplates suicide and discusses the trials of life. He wishes not to have to deal with the hardships of life, but realizes that he is not brave enough to take his own life. Not only is he, like most humans, afraid of the unknown, but he is also afraid of committing a sin and damning his soul. At the end of his third soliloquy Hamlet has yet to do as his father’s ghost told him and Hamlet is still angry with himself for being such a coward.

The "To Be or Not To Be" speech in the play, "Hamlet," portrays Hamlet as a very confused man. He is very unsure of himself and his thoughts often waver between two extremes due to his relatively strange personality. In the monologue, he contemplates whether or not he should continue or end his own life. He also considers seeking revenge for his father’s death. Evidence of his uncertainty and over thinking is not only shown in this speech, but it also can be referenced in other important parts of the play.

The words spoken by Hamlet, “To be or not to be”, is a very famous line from William Shakespeare’s play that I have heard all of my life, and yet did not know anything about its origins. Reading the play for the first time has helped me in understanding what Hamlet was trying to say and the meaning of the words, “To be or not to be”. Hamlet is thinking about the meaning and purpose of his life. In the play Hamlet has to deal with so many emotions.