The Greatest Playwright Of All Time

Throughout the entirety of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, if one looks carefully, one can see many aspects of Marxist thought prevalent in the story. To effectively analyze a story through a Marxist critical lens, the reader needs to pay close attention to how characters of different classes interact with one another, especially in respect to class oppression and social inequity, particularly if the actions or words of a character talk of rebellion against the upper classes. “To Marxist critics, a society's economic base determines the interests and styles of its literature; it is this relationship between determining base and determined superstructure that is the main

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is a timeless play which continues to remain relevant across all generations due to its presentation of ideas that are fundamental to humanity. The play highlights aspects that relate to the society of not only Elizabethan England but also that of our modern society. Hamlet, as a character, considers ideas from outside his time and is somewhat relatable to modern day man. By drawing from ideas of archetypes and the human psyche, it reveals that Hamlet relates deeply to the elements of humanity.

The English Play writer, William Shakespeare had written many well-known pieces of work including Hamlet. Hamlet is known to be one of his most popular works. Hamlet was written in the late 16th Century about the Prince of Denmark. The original title of the work was The Tragedy of Hamlet, now it is referred to as just Hamlet. In Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses the mental state of his characters to prove that not all characters in books have to be one dimensional. Shakespeare’s writing shows that humans are complex, and can have different mental states. Characters throughout the story such as, Hamlet, Gertrude, and Ophelia show their not so stable mental state. First we will analyze Hamlet and talk about Ernest Jones’ Psycho-analytic study of Hamlet. Then we will talk about Ophelia and how the events that happened leading up to her death or suicide played a role into her mental state. Finally we will analyze Gertrude, the Queen’s role in Hamlet, and how she is a mentally weak woman and relies on the men in her life.

A common matter that appeared in many Shakespearean plays was death. The violence was what made them so popular with the audience of his time. William Shakespeare used love and betrayal, order and disorder, loyalty and guilt, good and evil and many other themes to captivate and move his viewers. He knew what the people wanted to watch and how to shock them, and in the most inventive ways possible he provided with one masterpiece after another. One of these famous works was Hamlet. Shakespeare’s play Hamlet was able to resonate with the Elizabethan audience through employing various issues that affected the people of that era such as young death, the importance of religious traditions and the power of wealth. Shakespeare does this all while

   William Shakespeare worked in the genres of tragedy, comedy, and history. Shakespeare's Hamlet, talks about a dark story of twisted love and ends in tragedy. Families have their differences but not going as far as to plot revenge and murder. The play has family members killing within their own family and plotting revenge and to kill more, and the content shows dark and depressing moments. Hamlet, son of Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, and Claudius, brother to late King and married to Gertrude, have several differences but some similarities. However, their differences is what creates the tension and divide between their characters. The comparison between Hamlet's and Claudius's manipulation, ambitions, and the false impressions they give off about their characters is what keeps the play interesting.

Throughout history, class distributions have constantly been a serious issue. Many compositions today display social disparity; however, to recognize it, one needs to look through the proper lens. Literary critical lenses help to understand a work from a different angle which leads to a further interpretation of the composition. There are many lenses and aspects in literature, and one of them is the Marxist Theory. Also known as the Conflict Theory, this idea asserts that class struggle is a powerful divider in society. Although it is a social idea, this concept also relates to literature. In his play Hamlet, William Shakespeare demonstrates class struggles. Looking at this composition through the lens of the Marxist Theory, one uncovers that the dominant ones suppress and exploits the others seeking to display their superiority.

Throughout history, literature has been able to captivate and enchant audiences of all backgrounds. Words have an undeniable ability to sway a crowd’s emotions and truly affect them. William Shakespeare, one of the most revered writers of all time, had such skills. His plays are timeless pieces of art considered the foundations of the English literature. Shakespeare’s most dramatic and infamous tragedy, Hamlet, has earned its place as a cornerstone. In the play, Shakespeare poetically writes speeches that show the true colours of the characters, whether good or devious. The main antagonist, Claudius, shows his treachery to the Elizabethan audience, through his speech to his wife Gertrude. Claudius’ conversation with Gertrude in Act 4,

"Nothing will come of nothing." This quote is from Shakespeare's King Lear. “When you put nothing in, you get nothing back.” Quotes like this show how influential Shakespeare is today. Even from looking at events in his life, you can tell that he went by this quote during his life. He didn’t just become famous or rich overnight. He had to put in some work. He started out as the son of a man who dabbles in many things, and eventually after a lot of criticism, he performed in front of Queen Elizabeth the 1st and became rich enough to own the second biggest house in Stratford. His career began when he:

William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright, if not the greatest writer in the history of literature. His criticisms of society in his works have passed the “test of time,” and still are as significant today as they were when they were first written. There are many similarities in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, and Trifles by Susan Glaspell, written in the early 20th century, that further support the timelessness of Shakespeare’s works. Despite the fact that Shakespeare’s Hamlet was written many centuries ago, his analyses of certain values in society are not only similar to those portrayed in the much more recent play, Trifles, but also

Throughout Hamlet, Shakespeare shows the inherent complications and unintended conflict between rank and social class by making the members of the lower class experience hardships and conflict at the hands of the royal family and upper class. The idea of social class distinction is very prevalent in Hamlet and how each character interacts with every other character. Despite the fact that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet centuries before the Industrial Revolution and the rise a large divide between the one percent and the bourgeoisie, it was still written during a time of class struggle. During the time of Shakespeare, the feudal system of land-ownership was in full effect, and the people struggled for freedom from their monarcho-fascist oppressors.

There are many productions of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, each targeting a specific audience. In the Elizabethan era social perspectives were used by Shakespeare to influence a target audience. Shakespeare used culture beliefs to makes characters relatable to the audience. Economic values shared between the audience and the characters result in interpretations of a characters situation. Shakespeare uses a wide variety of social, cultural and economic values in Hamlet to connect with a target audience.

In, or around the year 1600, the great poet/playwright William Shakespeare wrote a play called Hamlet. Hamlet is a play about a very dysfunctional royal family. Throughout the entire play, the family endures sudden loss, and has the invasion of corruptivity. The overwhelming corruptness of this family is so strong that at times it seems like the family will fall apart at any time. By the middle of the play, the main character Hamlet, acts insane, but towards the end of the play, there is the sudden realization that perhaps everyone is a little mad. We can easily tie this play into modern times by comparing it with the modern day corruptness, instability of certain families, and mental instability of the human mind.

Despite knowing the powerlessness it would give him in doing so, Shakespeare surrendered thematic interpretations of Hamlet to the audience through their vassal characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Or perhaps, being the accomplished playwright that he was, the Bard recognized the inevitability the audience taking interpretative and critical power away from his written words. Regardless of the author’s support, future dramatic performances, Burlesques, and literary critiques reworked what he had already revised from popular stories into Hamlet. Having died in 1616, the Bard of Avon hardly has the last say on the interpretation of his works, and given the cultural significance and enduring story of Hamlet, no one may ever get the pleasure.

Born 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, William Shakespeare became one of the uttermost iconic poets, playwrights, and pre-eminent dramatists of his era, and also of all time, bringing great attention to the dramatic arts industry. His works consisted of umpteen comedies and tragedies written in a conventional style with intricate metaphors and rhetorical phrases. Furthermore, several of his characters and plots resemble genuine humans with their wide span of emotions and conflicts among one another. One of his more popular tragedies includes Hamlet. In his 14th to 15th century play, Hamlet, written in 1599 to 1601, the characters in and around the royal palace of Elsinore, Denmark, face ample conflicts, followed by different physical and mental methods of reacting and dealing with their inner and outer consciences. Early on in the play, Marcellus, an officer who first sees a ghost of Hamlet Sr. in the royal palace after his recent death, states “Something rotten in the state of Denmark,” (I, iv, 99) foreshadowing the expanding corruption within Elsinore, starting with selfish greed, evolving into manipulation of people, and resulting in unprincipled revenge.

Did you know that Shakespeare did not write his plays? It is believed Shakespeare borrowed the plays from Sir Francis Bacon and Edward De Vere. However, through the character of Hamlet, Shakespeare easily conveys his feelings about filthy things apparent in society, during his time. Hamlet is the prince of Denmark and its favourite subject. Hamlet as a Shakespearean tragic hero gets special attention, for his deep thinking and analysis of humankind and its actions. The sudden death of the king followed by his mother's immediate marriage with his uncle disappoints Hamlet, for his mother's haste for love just within weeks of her spouse's death. Regardless of everything, Hamlet keeps calm and does not resent his mother, nor does he expresses his