Hamlet Rough Draft

Dearest friends, family and the people of Denmark. We gather here today to mourn the loss of the noble prince, loyal son and true friend, Prince Hamlet. But we are not here only to mourn, but to reminisce the times we have spent with him, both the good and the bad and to remember him as the person he was. Prince Hamlet did not live a very fortunate, on the contrary his final weeks were filled with a tragedy none of us should have to bear, but he lived his life to the full and I am sure that he has, in some way touched the lives of all of us here today.

Hamlet seems to be the one who lets things dwell in his mind before taking any action or making an attempt at trying to get on with his life. After the death of his father he becomes depressed and gradually becomes enraged with his mother's

    Hamlet is many things: scholar, speaker, actor, and prince. His greatness shows in all of activities, save one: his inability to act. Hamlet is not able to avenge his father's death without considerable delay. There is a flaw in Hamlet's character that causes him to postpone the murder of Claudius - this flaw is Hamlet's idealism. While idealism is normally a good trait, in this case, because of the unusual circumstances, Hamlet's idealism causes great conflicts within him.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is truly a great play to analyze. It is also unique in that a play based on revenge we don't see any action until the end. Hamlet has immediate suspicion and proof of his fathers murder and does not act. This poses the question, why does it take so long for Hamlet to kill Claudius? Hamlet's apparent indecisiveness to act is due to his constant habit of over thinking in addition to several conscious and subconscious distractions.

(1)Hamlet doesn’t understand if he should live a life of fortune and fame, and know that his father was killed by his uncle, or to give up everything he has to avenge his father's death. In Act 3 Scene 1, Hamlet talks to himself about life and death, "To be, or not to be: that is the question: whether' tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of trouble".(1)In the quote Hamlet questions if it is wiser to suffer the thoughts of his father's death and have fortune, or avenge his father by killing Claudius.(1)He understands that he has to avenge his fathers death, but trying to kill someone is not an easy task that anybody can do. You need to have the courage and willingness to actually murder someone. Even if the person killed your own father. Another quote that Hamlet used to discuss death was during Act 1 Scene 2"O, that this too solid flesh would melt/ Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!". (1)Hamlet wants a gentle escape from this world. He said this quote during the death of his father, he wanted to escape/leave the world because he had nobody else to rely on. Know one else feels as sad as he does for his father's death, and he is the only one who takes risks to avenge his father and bring truth to the

In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet, a studious young man and Prince of Denmark, struggles to face the death of his father and the task to kill his father’s murderer, Claudius. He was once known as a charming, smart young man before his father’s death. However, Hamlet experiences depression and anger at the world, causing him to look outwardly on society but failing to look inwardly on himself. The death of his father and the task for vengeance leads him to question whether or not he should follow through in killing Claudius. He becomes a man of thought rather than a man of action. In addition, the delay of King Claudius’ murder leads the readers to believe that he wishes not to kill him; he

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the titular character struggles to engage in his desired plan of revenge. Hamlet shows throughout the play that he is inconsistent, indecisive, and unsure of himself, as well as his actions. The play focuses on Hamlet’s revenge; however, he continuously fails to happen at opportunistic moments. Throughout the play, Hamlet insists that he intends to avenge his father’s death through the murder of Claudius, but Hamlet fails to act on occasion because of his indecisive personality.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark has been performed thousands of times since it was “written in 1599–1601 and published in a quarto edition in 1603” (Britannica.com). It’s popularity stems from its themes that translate across time. These themes, are seen to be relatable even to this day with the ever growing audience. Readers and viewers are able to find similarities between the current state and or even relate to one of the characters or events taking place over the course of Shakespeare’s five act masterpiece. Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark remains a viable text for contemporary readers in that it functions as a mirror.

He’s fueled by his mother and uncles incestucous relationship.“Within a month,/ Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears/ Had left the flushing in their galled eyes,/ She married. O most wicked speed, to post/ With such dexterity to incestious sheets! (1.2.154-8). He convinces himself to constantly put off the plan to kill Claudius. This shows that even though Hamlet is going crazy he has a conscience. It also shows he's indecisive. He goes back and forth with himself on what he should do. He even devises the plan of the play to get Claudius to feel guilty. Hamlet doesn’t fully execute his plan until the last seen in the last act. He was finally pushed over the edge to complete his plan after his mother’s untimely death. Though Hamlet’s madness is an act it causes him to really go mad when he kills Polonius for snooping on him and his

Here, Hamlet shows despite his need to revenge for his father, he is held back from his constant thought of his actions as well as his moral considerations. It’s been clearly stated that Hamlet has a strong sense of heaven and hell; that he won’t kill his uncle while praying, because he thinks he might go to heaven. Hamlet himself doesn’t want to kill his uncle without being assured that he is guilty. This is why, by the end of the play, Claudius' death is something we applaud, regretting only that he was not killed sooner. The reason of this delay is because of Hamlets’ moral triumph. His morality often keeps him from acting; it makes him mull around in his uncertainty and anxiety, instead of just acting and bringing his struggle to an end.

Who knows if Hamlet would even have killed Claudius if not for Claudius acting first, to try to kill Hamlet. At times Hamlet is brave, as evidenced when he stabs through Gertrude’s curtains to kill the spy whom he assumes is Claudius, only to find out it is Polonius. Other times, Hamlet is a coward as evidenced in his soliloquy Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing; no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damn'd defeat was made. Am I a coward? (2.ii 540-543) Here Hamlet laments about his lack of energy to concoct a plan to kill the king which leads him to believe he himself is a coward.

What is Hamlet about? Maybe a summary of the plot could answer this question but it wouldn’t do it justice. However it’s impossible to narrow down any of William Shakespeare’s work to one theme. The fact is, that all of Shakespeare’s plays are about many things. There are many ways to look at a Shakespearean play, and none are wrong of course, but it is not entirely true to say that one theme is the most important. Some of the more common and dominate themes that can be found in any of Shakespeare’s works are: conflict, appearance and reality, order and disorder, and change.

To clear any uncertainty as to whether or not Claudius murdered his father, Hamlet decides to set him up. Hamlet plans a "mouse trap" for Claudius in which he sets up a play, for the King and Queen, to be a murder tragedy. Hamlet hopes to see Claudius's reaction towards the murder scene in hope of establishing his guilt. "The Play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." (II, ii, 589-591) The play works but Hamlet does not "sweep to his revenge". Why not, is he worried about Ophelia being caught up on his attempted murder? William Hazlitt states, "When Hamlet is most bound to act, he remains puzzled, undecided, and sceptical, dallies with his purpose, till the occasion is lost, and finds out some pretence to relapse into indolence and thoughtfulness again." This is most likely the reason why Hamlet does not take advantage of the opportunity to kill the king when he is at his prayers. Hamlet can not have his revenge perfect as he wishes, so he declines it altogether. "He kneels and prays, And now I'll do't and so he goes to heaven, And so am I reveng'd: that would be scann'd. He kill'd my father, and for that, I his sole son, send him to heaven. Why this is reward, not revenge. Up sword and know thou a more horrid

Hamlet tried many a times to kill King Claudius, with each time the social standards of conformity blocking his capability of going through with the act. In Act 3 Scene 2, Hamlet chooses to step away from societal reasoning and makes the conscience decision to go ahead with killing the King, to seek revenge for his father’s murder.

The summary for the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The story is full of death, revenge, and sorrow. Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark he studies in Germany and came back to Denmark because of his father’s death. In Denmark, Hamlet finds out that his uncle has taken over the throne and is going to marry his mother Gertrude. The beginning of the play soldiers saw a ghost that resembles the deceased King and the soldiers agree to tell Hamlet about this. Claudius tells Hamlet that he should get over his father’s death. When Hamlet is by himself he says that he is disgusted with his mother marrying his uncle. Laertes and Polonius, who is Ophelia brother and father both try to convince Ophelia that Hamlet doesn’t love her and that he is only using her and since he is a Prince he cannot marry whoever he wants, and Polonius tells her that she cannot speak to Hamlet anymore and Ophelia agrees with her father.