Similarities Between Hamlet And Frankenstein

There is a distinct division of opinion among the other characters of the play about Hamlet's sanity and the split is along gender lines. Ophelia and Gertrude both state that Hamlet has gone mad, but the major male characters, on the other hand, like Polonius think that there is "method" in Hamlet's "madness," that his insanity is a surface mask to shield him as he plans the darker purpose of revenge. Since Hamlet is disturbed by the sudden death of his father and his mother's marriage to his uncle, King Claudius, the abnormality of his behavior to some extent is also understandable. Hamlet is naturally withdrawn, dark, and passive in the wake of those traumatic events. He also shows this when he constantly releases his anger with lines like "How (weary), stale, flat, and unprofitable seems to me all the uses of this world!" His self-exile and his self-reproach are essentially normal reactions to a series of events that he must avenge at his dead father's command but without further direction against a powerful chain of power within the guilty King.

Pursuing this further, Hamlet also felt anger throughout the play. Many things throughout the play caused for Hamlet to change from his sad stage into an anger stage. What made Hamlet transition into his anger stage was when he found out through his father’s ghost that King Claudius had killed his father by pouring poison into his ear. Hamlet was filled with anger and wanted to get revenge against his uncle. Hamlet also felt anger towards his mother for marrying King Claudius (the murderer). At one-point Hamlet felt that his mother wasn’t loyal and respectful towards his father. Hamlet said, “...even an animal would have mourned its mate longer than she did…even before the tears on her cheeks had dried, she remarried…” (1.2. 150-154). Hamlet felt like his mother didn’t mourn his father long enough and that she disrespected his honor be remarrying

Hamlet had a lot of things in his life gone wrong. For an example his father (the king at the time) was murdered by his own brother the new king. At the end of the book his mother and ophelia end up dead to. Hamlet was obsessed with his father being murdered and tried to seek revenge upon his murderer. At the end of the book hamlet ended up killing polonius because he thought it was Claudius (the new king). He was putting other people in harm's way too make claudius too confess. Hamlet has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) because of depression, self-destructive behavior, and unwanted memories of the trauma.

While it is true that Hamlet was merely playing the role of someone who had gone mad, many people may say that Hamlet’s madness was brought upon himself simply by the fact that he was trying to fulfill the orders from his dead father yet couldn’t because of his lack of acting upon a plan. It is strongly possible that Hamlet became extremely frustrated because every chance he got to expose Claudius and capture him in this enormous secret, he failed to do so. Therefore, Hamlet’s madness could be judged as reasonable but most likely for different reasons than one may think. Rather than going mad over the concrete facts that his father died and his mother remarried his uncle less than two months afterwards, he drove himself mad over his own flaws. Hamlet’s tragic flaw absolutely led to his tragic downfall as a

Hamlet had the opportunity to kill Claudius at the chapel but restrained himself, he believed it was too good of a death for Claudius and that if he were killed his sins would be forgiven. This shows his lack of action and proves he is a procrastinator. In his soliloquies he constantly criticizes himself for the obvious avoidance of responsibility saying, "Am I a coward? Who calls me villain? breaks my pate across? Plucks off my beard, and blows it in my face? Tweaks me by the nose? gives me the lie i' the throat, as deep as to the lungs? who does me this?" (Act 2 Sc. 2, 571-575)

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

Individual reactions to situations of external or internal conflict are reflected in much of literature. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, the character of Hamlet must deal with both external and internal conflict. He faces the death of his father, the knowledge that his uncle Claudius is his father's murderer and the knowledge that he must take revenge. Hamlet's responses to these external conflicts and his own internal views proclaim his nature and character.

     When we first meet Hamlet, he is a sad, dark, loathsome figure; the loss of his father and the whoring of his mother have upset him indefinitely. Like a ticking time bomb, Hamlet’s noticeable temper reflects the storm of emotions and thoughts brewing in his head, and then like a catalyst, his meeting with the Ghost of King Hamlet brings his anger to a boil. With revenge in mind, Hamlet plans to fake his madness so that he may be free to pursue his father’s killer. Everyone, except his close friend Horatio, seems convinced that he is mad. Claudius however, fearful that someone will discover his evil deed, has also had his perceptions heightened by his guilt and he experiences chronic paranoia throughout the

Hamlet had great feats ahead of him, at the same time he had great luxuries given to him without needed work. Psychology this created a sense of strong entitlement, and the one with entitlement is in disbelief when life doesn't go their way. So when his father died, he was in a state of disbelief as anyone would be, but instead of taking time to mourn, he went ballistic on his loved ones, such as his wife Ophelia. Then the situation got even worse, his mother married his uncle. For anyone, this would be an angering situation, surely one would ask if the wife ever loved the husband since she moved on from him so quickly.

Hamlet faces challenges throughout the play that try his inner strengths and test his ability to handle the situation. He is torn between wanting to seek justice, and avenge his father’s death. Hamlet is also caught up in an intricate web of lies and deceit, he is considered mad by most characters when in all actuality it is just playing off of the actions of others to benefit himself. He puts on different acts trying to hide the truth, which makes him seem sincerely mad to the people around him. The truth of the matter is that Hamlet can’t decide whether or not his convictions are accurate. This dilemma ultimately leads to not only the deaths of the main characters, but the downfall of the kingdom.

As once said by The Joker, “Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity, all it takes is a little push.” The themes of melancholy and madness appear in both of the novels studied throughout the course. Do these seemingly different topics actually go hand in hand or is it coincidence that both themes were in depthly discussed throughout books. Characters from Hamlet, including Hamlet and Ophelia, along with characters from Frankenstein, including Victor Frankenstein and "the monster", all deal with both melancholy and madness during their respective novels.

In the beginning of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Hamlet is introduced as a depressed and sulky prince due to the tragedy of his father's death. To add to his distress, his uncle, Claudius, only a month after his father's death, marries his mother and soon obtains the place as king. Throughout the play Hamlet's character changes more and more. He wants to prove that Claudius was the reason for his father's decease. Throughout the play Hamlet's character deteriorates and he starts to show his insanity because of all the flaws in his life such as; his father's death, the marriage between his mother and uncle, and finding out how his father died.

Hamlet has seemed to be getting restless with the situation. This is where he starts to change and gain his self- knowledge. When he goes to talk to his mother he seems to only confront her because he goal was to not agree with and not want to listen to Claudius. “No, by the rood, not so: You are the Queen, your husband’s brother’s wife, and

Hamlet portrayed extreme madness that recurred throughout the book. It started off with simply acting to be crazy, but eventually leads to true madness. Hamlet tells the queen “a beast… would have mourned longer, married with my uncle my father’s brother, but no more like my father” (1.2). Hamlet refers to his mother as a beast implying she is not human. Problems with Hamlet’s mother are not a huge contributing factor to his madness, but still fuel the problem. It also leads readers to believe Claudius could be a problem later on. This turns out to be true as he is one of the main sources to Hamlet’s madness. Another tremendous source is the ghost driving Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius. When the Ghost of Hamlet’s father comes back, he tells Hamlet “so art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear”(1.5). The Ghost explains what really happened to try to convince Hamlet to avenge his death. This drives him to insanity with the stress and pressure of should he, or should he not kill

During the play Hamlet only pretended to be mad. Analyzing this play, you then begin to realize Hamlet has truly gone mad. In, his mother chamber he heard a sound behind the curtain, which without any hesitation he then stabbed the curtain. Then to reveal, Claudius was not behind the curtain its was father of Ophelia, Polonius. Hamlet's motivations to kill Claudius took full control over him. After, his father spoke to him his life a was changed forever. He was selfish in the mists of his revenge, not just to kill Claudius but to also make him feel the utter worst death, and destination.