Similarities Between Hamlet And The Great Gatsby

At one point in time, Ophelia was one who Hamlet truly loved and trusted. Ophelia comes and speaks to hamlet to return his gifts from her but Hamlet immediately realizes that something is wrong and finds out that Ophelia is being used by Claudius and Polonius to spy on him to find out the real reason of Hamlet’s facade of madness. After realizing this, Hamlet is incensed and acts as if he is truly insane. Hamlet is clearly hurt because of the fact that Ophelia has been as a pawn in Claudius’ game. The effects of the matter cause him to verbally abuse Ophelia and rejects her love by saying that they will never get married and also degrades women. At this point Hamlet is raged and does not understand how harsh his words can be to a woman, especially a human being in general. In conclusion, the death of Hamlet’s father had looked like as if it has not even affected his mother which he so dearly loved and the one true love he thought he had, seems to him as deceiving and just a pawn for his enemies. These factors continue to diminish the subordinate attitude that Hamlet has towards

When problems with Ophilia and Hamlet arise, Claudius simply sees this as another opportunity to quiet Hamlet. He encourages the relationship, hoping if Hamlet is seeing Polonius? daughter, he wont speak out about his suspicions of Claudius. Although, when Gertrude gets word of these news, she sees this as a completely different opportunity. She, unlike her new husband, encourages the relationship in hopes that it will cheer up her son and he will return to normal. She says to Ophilia, ?And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish that your good beauties be the happy cause of Hamlet's wildness. So shall I hope your virtues will bring him to his wonted way again, to both your honors? (Shakespeare 3.1.136). Gertrude only thinks of her sons well being. In which case, if she had been involved in King Hamlets murder, she would probably be more worried about not being caught instead of how to make Hamlet happy again.

Hamlet is seen as one of the most complex literary character of all time. The relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude can be interpreted in many ways. Hamlet’s motivation for killing Claudius is not to avenge his father’s death, but because of his love for his mother Gertrude. This is where the Oedipus complex comes into play in Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

When comparing two different Hamlet movies I found that one scene in particular was obviously more different than the others. I compared Columbia pictures 1996 version with Kenneth Branagh playing the role of Hamlet versus BBC’s 2009 Hamlet in which David Tennant played the honorable role of Hamlet. When comparing both movies I found a lot of similarities but there was one major difference when I compared the “To be or not to be” scene. The scenes vary in multiple ways whether it is lighting, focus, camera movements, and even the actors that play Hamlet.

Hamlet is not only angered with the fact of his father’s death, but also with his mother’s decision to marry Claudius. Devastated by his mother’s decision to marry so soon after her husband’s death, Hamlet becomes skeptical about women in general. He shows a particular obsession with what he perceives to be a connection with female sexuality and moral corruption. He almost develops hatred towards women because of his mother’s decision. This hatred occurs and is shown with his relationship with Ophelia. He urges Ophelia to go to a nunnery rather than experience the dishonesty of sexuality. This hinders Hamlet from experiencing a love that is really needed at this time of his loss. One can say that this is another flaw, which Hamlet is unaware of.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most intense plays and one his most complex psychological studies. It is also a play about which there is a great deal of historical background, which I think you'll find interesting because it reveals Shakespeare's creative process. The play was written in 1605--1606. It's one of the plays where the date is pretty firmly established by internal references to external events, and most scholars have agreed on the date.

Throughout the play, Hamlet and Ophelia have a very strong love connection. They loved each other and wanted to eventually get married. Hamlet and Ophelia hit some bumps in the road in their relationship but they always secretly wanted to be together. In Act 1, Scene 3, It was hard for Ophelia to comprehend when Polonius told her that he thought Hamlet's love for her wasn’t real, but she didn’t know what to believe. When Hamlet could no longer see Ophelia he began to get mad a frustrated, to add on also that he was going crazy over his own father's death.

Love is an essential part of life. Every individual wants to be loved, and needs someone to love. It is an element that is fundamental to the well-being of all human kind; it is that magic that can heal wounds. However love also has the capacity to traumatize a person if it is extracted from their life. While we all wish to experience love, many of us tend to find the often inevitable detachment to be quite painful. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's longing for Daisy Buchanan leads him to his own downfall. Similarly in the novel Hamlet, Hamlet's extreme love for his father and his hatred towards his mother play a major role in his tragedy. In these works, there are a number of motivating factors that contribute to the downfall

The American Dream is an idea that many Americans share and have faith in, but it can be used as a false promise of success. This notion is explored through the texts The Great Gatsby and Of Mice and Men written by F.Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck respectively. The Great Gatsby was first published in 1926. The novel is set in the summer of 1922 and follows the life of Jay Gatsby who tries to get the love of his life back, Daisy Buchanan, through his wealth and social status. Of Mice and Men follows the lives of George Milton and Lennie Small who are migrant farm workers. Lennie is mentally incapable but George is there to protect him. They both share a dream of one day owning a farm together. The authors have constructed the setting,

     In this play, the way others interpret Hamlets behavior is that he is insane. With Hamlet acting this way, he is driving everyone else insane because they cant figure out what is wrong with him. The way his mother interprets his behavior, at first, is that he is holding a grudge against her for what he has done. As the play progresses, Polonius tells Gertrude “Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with…” which proves that Hamlet’s condition is worsening in the eyes of everyone. As she speaks to Hamlet, she feels that her life is in danger due to the way that Hamlet is speaking to her. “These words like daggers enter mind ears…” is what Gertrude says to Hamlet because of the utter disrespect and the manner in which he is acting. The way Ophelia views Hamlet is that he turned into a different person. In Act II, scene i, she believes that if he really loved her, he wouldn’t have grabbed her by the wrists, held her hard, stared at her,

Although Hamlet was born in the 1600’s the play continues to evolve today. New ideas and twists are added to the play every year, showing us that this play is still relevant in society today. While we don’t speak old English, most of the other aspects of life are still very similar. That is due to the human condition. The human condition is the characteristics, key events and situations that compose the essentials of human existence. Hamlet is beautifully written to where any generation can connect to the story through the branches of life. Shakespeare uses love throughout most of the story as his main branch to connect with the audience. The struggle of loving someone that can’t love you back the same way is a feeling that has not been lost throughout the years.

This lack of trust is mostly because they thought Hamlet was after Ophelia’s virginity. Polonius believes that Hamlet’s insanity is because of the love he has for Ophelia. Polonius spies on Hamlet, trying to figure out the reason for his madness. He reports his findings to the king and queen, telling them that he is crazy in love with Ophelia. The queen slightly believes it, but the king has his doubts. Polonius asks his daughter how her relationship is with Hamlet, and she tells him that he loves her. Polonius calls Ophelia, “"green girl”, meaning that she is too naïve to believe that he loves her. Ophelia tells him that she doesn’t know what to think about Hamlet. Polonius instructs Ophelia not to think about him, and to keep her virginity. Ophelia does not want to disobey her father’s demands, but she cannot help the love she has for Hamlet. Laertes warns her that Hamlet is only playing her and that he is not faithful. “For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, A violet in the youth of primly nature, Forward not permanent, sweet not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute, No more.” With this gradual increase in pressure from her family comes an even bigger incline in stress and pain, pushing Ophelia a little closer to

Love in the forms of parent to child and from lover to lover is an addictive element which can result in loneliness and lead to madness to those who lose it forever. Hamlet's relationship with Gertrude and Ophelia is quick to fall apart after he learns key information about his parentage. Both Gertrude and Ophelia provide him with love but are absent at a time when he needs it most; during the reign of his madness. Hamlet's madness is partly evident due to his poor relationship with Gertrude and Ophelia, since they falsely love him then reject him by moving on with their lives. Both females have heavily contributed to the misogyny Hamlet develops. Ophelia and Gertrude disappoint Hamlet which leads him to become a misogynist which

This plays shows that the theme of the obligation of love is often misunderstood is shown to be a key idea in the film. It is shown in several instances such as Polonius ordering Ophelia to breakup with Hamlet for her own safety and also when Gertrude convinces Hamlet not to go to Wittenberg because she wanted to have a complete family. Both Hamlet and Ophelia thought that they were being too strict on them. These misunderstanding in the play have shown to affect every main character within the

In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the theme of love is expressed through many characters and relationships within the play. One way it is expressed is as tragic love. Tragic love is expresses in King Hamlet and Gertrude. It is tragic love because their relationship together was very short lived due to the temper of King Hamlets’ brother, Claudius. Another way that tragic love is expressed is through the relationship of Prince Hamlet and Ophelia. That is exemplified as tragic love because Hamlet deeply loves Ophelia but Ophelia’s father Polonis doesn’t care for Hamlet and doesn’t was his daughter to pursue him because he thinks that Hamlet will just hurt her and since Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, Ophelia doesn’t have the social standing to be good enough as the potential queen since she is just a daughter of a courtier and Polonis doesn’t want he daughter hurt. This is also expressed as a tragic love because they cannot end up together because while Hamlet is away in England Ophelia drowns, but hamlet doesn’t find out until he comes back and is spying on her funeral. The theme of tragic love can also be expressed with Laertes and Ophelia, since Laertes is Ophelia’s brother he wants to protect her and at Ophelia’s funeral Laertes asked the doctor “Must there no more be done?” and the doctor basically says we can’t do anything else sine she took her own life, but Laertes wants anything and everything possible done to give her what he thinks she deserves and he knows that deserves more than that since he refers to her as a “minist’ring angel…”. The theme can also be expressed through the Gertrude and Ophelia, since at