Summary Of Hamlet And The Lovely Bones

William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Hamlet, is the story about the Prince of Denmark’s struggle for revenge against his murderous uncle, who is now the new King of Denmark. Hamlet is stricken blind with revenge and has even been considered mad. Hamlet’s fall into insanity is a result of many different, tragic reasons. Throughout the entire play, Hamlet seems to be a loner, with a lack of true companionship. Most everyone seems to be against him throughout the play. They mistrust Hamlet, as he does them. He does not fully trust anyone, which will ultimately lead to his downfall. Hamlet does in fact have a tragic flaw that may lead him to disaster. Hamlet has a tendency to over think every thing he does. With every thought and

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.

Although Hamlet is convinced that King Claudius is the murder, he decides to drag this on as he ponders on his own physical existence and state of mind. He thinks about his own suicide and is caught up in the affairs of other characters like Polonius and Ophelia. Finally, he finally manages to scrape together the little amount of dignity and will left inside of him to seek his revenge:

The story of Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, touches on the subject of grief and heartache provoked by losing a loved one. Throughout the play, the characters are faced with many trials that lead to ultimate sorrow. As each character dies, it causes a ripple effect of anguish throughout the kingdom and to those who care. Hamlet, the son of the late Old Hamlet and Gertrude, has been hit by the sudden and unexpected death of his father. He discovers that there is some foul play and that his Uncle Claudius, who is now the king, murdered his father. He must now figure out how to deal with his pains and emotions–just as Ophelia must when her father, Polonius, is killed. Polonius is murdered by Hamlet

It is true that Hamlet becomes emotionally depressed regarding his father, mother, and uncle. However, his depression does not force him to go insane. In the beginning of the play, when the ghost informs him about the death of King Hamlet and Claudius’s involvement, Hamlet is aware that he needs to avenge his father. His emotions are hurt badly, and he plans to dig down to know the truth behind his father’s death. There are instances where a couple of castle guards and Horatio witness the ghost in the castle. Only after being informed from Horatio, Hamlet was able to see the ghost and converse with it. Hamlet plans so well to pretend to be insane that he tells his friend not to worry about his behavior; he is only acting. As the play progress, he becomes more successful in fooling people to believe that he is indeed insane. Nevertheless, this act of madness did not go out of his hands. He has an intended purpose of everything he is doing throughout the play. Also, he wants to know whether his mother is aware of his uncle’s crime and married him in spite of it. He suspects his own mother. What Hamlet actually did is, urge his mother to repent choosing Claudius over his father. “Such an act That blurs the grace and blush of modesty. Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose And sets a blister there, makes marriage vows As false as dicers’ oaths (3.4).” In this he tries to express his frustration and makes his mother realize that she has made a mistake by marrying Claudius. Furthermore, in one of the scenes in the play, Claudius confesses to killing King Hamlet. He says, “Oh, my offence is rank. It smells to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t, A brother’s murder. Pray can I not. Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent (3.3)”. This confession proves that what the ghost told Hamlet about his father’s death is true. Hamlet was not insane, he was however paranoid. In the article “Paranoid Personality Disorder”, it was mentioned that “people with paranoid personalities rarely confide in others, and tend to misinterpret harmless comments and behavior as malicious” (Paranoid Personality Disorder). This means that, when a person is emotionally

To begin, Hamlet’s complex environment plays a key role in demonstrating his flaws, as they alter his purpose in life and disclose a gloomier aspect of Hamlet’s persona. Hamlet’s miserable surroundings demand crucial decisions, through which Hamlet chooses his own fall in order to fulfill his desire for vengeance from Claudius. Marcellus introduces Hamlet’s surrounding environment as he declares, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.99), which foreshadows the upcoming misfortunate events that result from a disruption of the Elizabethan chain of beings. Marcellus also foretells the critical effects that these unusual events might have on Hamlet’s character as eventually his surroundings lead him to make decisions that expose

In the play, Hamlet, Prince Hamlet endures the tragic loss of his father, the King of Denmark,  and the ultimate betrayal of his uncle, Claudius, who is throned king following his father’s death and marriage to Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude. Hamlet begins to show signs of depression and emotional instability from the beginning. As the play progresses, Hamlet becomes more and more mentally unstable until he begins to border insanity. Hamlet’s mental health is a recurring theme in the play and there are many signs of his suffering. Hamlet’s father’s death, betrayal of his uncle and resentment of his mother are causes for Hamlet’s troubled frame of mind and subsequent actions.

It is clear throughout the play Hamlet is not suffering only from depression.   In the opening scene after Hamlet has learned from his father's ghost he proclaims, “Remember thee!/Ay, thou poor ghost, whiles memory holds a seat/ In this distracted globe.  Remember thee”  (Shakespeare 66).

In the play Hamlet, the character Hamlet’s father was murdered and a month later his mother married his fathers brother. By doing this his mother made hamlet very upset and his anger grew. The character Hamlet was portrayed as a very dark and emotional young man who wanted to avenge his fathers death. Hamlet was so upset about his father getting murdered he wanted to commit suicide.

The first incident that caused Hamlet's madness in part was the murder of his father, which is the key event that is the foundation of the plot. He mourns his father at the beginning of the play, to the point that it annoys Claudius. He tell him his mourning "is a course of impious stubbornness: tis unmanly grief" (Act 1,Scene 2,Lines 94-95) and he reluctantly has to temporarily act unmoved, though he is still deeply sad. He was also shocked that Denmark had so quickly forgotten King Hamlet Sr.'s death in only two months and was already celebrating the new king and queen. His mourning never really ends until

One can imagine that Hamlet was sunken in grief after his father's death to begin with, but it appeared that he was able to manage it. He even appears reasonably accepting of his mother's remarriage to Claudius. His inexplicit form of madness and hatred did not rise to the surface until he finds out the new king—Claudius murdered his father. Additionally, no one seems to sympathize with him completely. In the Freudian perspective, the lack of consideration for Hamlet's wellbeing and the series of unsympathetic tendencies from other characters is the reason for his rage.

In Hamlet, Hamlet portrays himself as the victim. Even when Hamlet heard the news of his father’s death he acted mad by blaming who he could and jumping to conclusions. When his father is killed, Hamlet’s insanity starts to shine through, bit by bit (When his mother and the king question Hamlet on his grief for his father, This is where he shows he is unstable). Hamlet is screaming at his mother telling her how his actions are honest and he is not pretending

Hamlet thinks about killing himself but he decides it’s against God’s commandment. While hamlet was outside the palace he encountered his father’s ghost and he follows it into the woods so he can talk to it. Hamlet is so motivated to get his revenge he does not care who gets in his way. Hamlet doesn’t care if he gets killed in his quest to revenge. Through the whole story Hamlet drove himself more and more insane.

Hamlet is in agonizing pain and says “to be or not to be that is the question” (act 3 scene 1 line 58). His subconsciousness wanders between the line of life and death losing focus of reality and gives into accepting death as a relief of the pain of living. This pain he feels is the source of his rash ideals of suicide, therefore his moral decision threaten his life caused by an instability of his emotions. His dysfunction between deciding right or wrong was only interrupted because of his fear of the not knowing what is after life. But the thought of killing himself is caused by the pain Claudius began by murdering his father; his only vengeance is peace.

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Danish prince sets out to avenge his father’s assassination at the hands of his uncle Claudius, the new king. At first, Hamlet is fragile because of his father’s sudden death and the following marriage of his mother Gertrude and uncle Claudius. Originally contemplating suicide, Hamlet dissuades himself from doing so on the grounds of it being a sin. Shifting from an internal struggle to an external one after he meets his father’s spirit, he seeks to kill Claudius but cannot due to his religion again. Finally Hamlet thwarts Claudius’ plans to be assassinated in England and returns to Denmark. He finds peace in his Christian faith before dying in