The Hamlet By William Shakespeare

Supporting characters are often looked at as impractical and unnecessary, however they are just as important as major characters. Supporting characters help influence the way the main characters act and what they do. Minor characters not only make the main characters more meaningful, but they also help to develop and drive the plot. Ophelia, falling victim to the neglect and abuse of the other characters and depending solely on the men in her life, becomes the only character who truly becomes mad. Polonius’ concern with how others perceive him, along with his selfishness ultimately leads to him driving his children further away from him thus leaving Claudius with more power. Claudius uses manipulation, corruption and destruction of the lives of the innocent to stay in power, and in doing so; he is the epitome of all evil events that occur. In the tragedy Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the plot of the play obtains added mystery and dramatic appeal due to the complexity of the supporting characters, which propel the play to move forward.

In Williams Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, tells a story of Hamlet who seeks revenge against his father’s murderer, who ends up being his uncle, King Claudius. In order to avenge his father’s death Hamlet believes he would need to distract the kingdom from them knowing what he is up to. Hamlet says to Horatio: “To put an antic disposition on” (Act.1, SC.5, Ln.171). By this statement Hamlet is letting Horatio know that he will pretend to go mad. Nevertheless, his false madness leads to him killing Polonius, who is the father of his lover Ophelia. Ophelia ends up going crazy after knowing her father was killed by Hamlet. Hamlet’s and Ophelia’s madness are both caused by their father’s death. However, Hamlet only pretends to be mad, while Ophelia goes insane.

What is the ultimate form of betrayal within a family? Are there possibilities of forgiveness in mending the damaged relationship? This issue is present in Hamlet, as Shakespeare conveys the dramatic yet broken relationship between Hamlet and his mother, Gertrude, after the death of his father. Gertrude’s rash decision to remarry sparks the beginning of Hamlet’s dissatisfaction with her and his own inability to accept the situation at hand. Hamlet’s need to justify his father’s death causes him to seek revenge on his step-father, Claudius, while Hamlet, himself, experiences a major character shift that results in a loss of humanity towards the end of the story. Through the formalist approach, the author achieves his purpose by utilizing pithy dialogue and fervent diction to depict that the characters’ actions will always have consequences regardless of the reasoning behind it.

The following image illustrates the scene after Hamlet killed Polonius accidently. He then went on a rage, then later left with Polonius’s body. Later, Gertrude explains what has happened in a very weird manner to King Claudius. It’s as if she was trying to protect Hamlet. The Queen’s protectiveness toward Hamlet is dubious. She never attempted to shield her son in any meaningful way and describes in inflammatory detail how he killed "the unseen good old man." . After all that she knew at the time, was not yet enough for her to entreat Claudius to find another alternative way to sending Hamlet to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. She was not even capable of being able to save her own son.

A tragedy is a dramatic work that is about a character whose tragic flaw leads to his downfall and to the demise of many of the other characters. William Shakespeare was a playwright during the Elizabethan Era who was made famous for his literary works of tragedies, comedies and sonnets. One of Shakespeare?s most renowned tragedies is Hamlet. In this classic tragedy the protagonist, Hamlet, pursues revenge and seeks justice against the antagonist, Claudius, for the murder of King Hamlet. As a result of his pursuits, Hamlet, his family, and most of his acquaintances all meet the same demise: death. Through the characters in Hamlet, Shakespeare incorporates the concept of how often the thoughts and actions of people can be contradictory to their true motives. Shakespeare?s Hamlet contains the reoccurring themes of disguise and deceit; the deceitful actions of Claudius cause the other characters to disguise their thoughts, actions, and emotions.

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet (1603), was written in a time period in which society was dramatically different than it is today. For the most part, women had subservient roles and were treated as the weaker, lesser gender. Given the contrast in behavior that was considered acceptable, modern day readers struggle to understand the natural feelings of the characters and may have difficulty relating to them. The Tragedy of Hamlet dives into the base of human philosophy, submerged in the emotions and sensitivity of the main character, Hamlet, while he struggles with a devastating point in his life. Due to her subconscious foolishness and innocence paired with unjust social expectations, Gertrude cannot individually be labeled

Life and death has always been a contemplative topic. In Hamlet, the main character Hamlet thinks to himself about suicide. Hamlet was written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet between 1599 and 1602. William Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights in history. Hamlet is about Prince Hamlet of Denmark who is trying to find out about the death of his father after his father 's ‘ghost’ comes to him telling him it was his uncle who had killed him. While Hamlet contemplates suicide he gives his famous soliloquy “To be or not to be.” This soliloquy symbolizes that Hamlet is pondering whether this is worth it anymore. If his life is worth it anymore. In this soliloquy, we got a lot of insight on the character of Hamlet and how he feels and life and death.

In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the protagonist suffers from struggles with major characters, especially with the women in his life. While reading the play Hamlet, Hamlet appears to be a disillusioned man. Throughout the play, Shakespeare has only casted two females: Gertrude and Ophelia. Gertrude is defined to be incestuous, naïve and cold-hearted. On the other side, Ophelia is characterized to be ignorant, innocent and fearful. After the quick marriage of his mother and evil uncle, Hamlet’s views on women has completely changed and he begins to define all women to be weak yet manipulative. During the play, we see that Gertrude places a significant influence on Hamlet and his understandings. We can see that as the audience, Hamlet has a hatred for women. Shakespeare often reflects the English Renaissance stereotypes of women and their various roles and responsibilities in society. His understandings on how women were treated and considered during the Elizabethan era (Jane Dall, 2000) are combined through the eyes of Hamlet, nonetheless opposite views are created by Gertrude and Ophelia, towards the end of the play, changing the perceptions created by the audience.

Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello: William Shakespeare’s most well-known plays are also his most recognizably Christian; set in predominantly Christian Europe, these plays are often peppered with biblical allegories and allusions, making myriad references to angels, demons, God, and everything else in-between. King Lear, set in pagan, pre-Christian England, does at first appear to deviate from the rest of its pack – until one notices that its characters are found addressing, or referring to, their gods as often as the casts of the aforementioned Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello. Considering Albany, Cordelia, and Edgar’s piety against Edmund, Goneril, and Regan’s insolence and Gloucester and Lear’s inconsistency, it could even be argued that a King Lear character’s nature can, in fact, be determined – or measured – just by his or her relationship with the gods: an unambiguously Christian concept.

William Shakespeare wrote the tragic play Hamlet at the end of the sixteenth century. It is a story of tragedy, love, grievance, revenge and many other things. Hamlet, in this story, explores the explanations of who he is, seeking truth and understanding of the happenings of his father’s death and trying to find his true love but most of all himself. Most of all, his care and love goes out to his father and the suitable reasoning behind his death. Avenging his father’s death he puts himself in a situation that causes an apparent gloomy state of mind but also drives him absolutely mad at the same time. Hamlet believes that his uncle, Claudius, has killed his father for the spot on the throne and with Hamlets mother, Queen Gertrude. It breaks Hamlet’s heart that his mother could be in such isolation to remarry after such a tragic event in both of their lives. Hamlet often finds he is bitter over this situation but in the end, he will prove to be an exceedingly thorough character.

The tragedy of Hamlet was an inordinately fascinating play with many profoundly intriguing characters that did a great many heroic and disappointing things despite the intricacy and arduousness to understand the true personality William Shakespeare intended for each.

The fight between Hamlet and Laertes is the main conflict in the play. Hamlet murders Laertes’s Father, Polonius. Hamlet confronts his Mother, after he had a play preformed, where a Queen murdered a King, in front of Claudius and Gertrude while they are watching . Polonius, the consul to the King is speaking, to the Queen, before Hamlet enters, when Hamlet confronts his Mother. Polonius is hiding, the closet. Hamlet draws his sword and kills Polonius. Hamlet thought it was Claudius, who was the one who was hiding in

To begin, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, an English playwright, and actor, around 1599 and 1602. Hamlet is set Denmark, where Prince Hamlet is depressed because of the loss of his father and because his mother Gertrude already remarried his Uncle Claudius, who has had himself crowned King even though Hamlet is his father's heir to the throne, therefore, he is supposed to be king. Even though King Hamlet is dead, his presence is not absent from the play because he comes back as a ghost and visits the castle. When his father's ghost visits the castle, the Ghost complains that he is unable to rest in peace because he was murdered by Claudius who poured poison in King Hamlet's ear while the old king napped and now the Ghost wants Hamlet to avenge his death by killing Claudius, yet, for the Queens wrongdoing of marrying his brother the Ghost want Hamlet to spare her and let heaven decide her fate. Hamlet vows to do this for his father but does not do it right away, leading him to fall into deep madness, that he says is an act.

Shakespeare's brilliant play is still forming the thoughts of people today. The theme of Hamlet has been debated throughout all of literary and Shakespeare's history, and is likely the most tragic play of Shakespeare's tragedies. It is a worrisome twist of passion and tragedies, that feels like it will never end, until it abruptly does. Hamlet will do anything to avenge his father’s murder, even if it means damaging himself and all of the people around him, while disobeying his own morals; Hamlet believes that murdering Claudius is moral, because Claudius killed his own father, and he is just mimicking his sin.

Revenge can corrupt; revenge can turn a good heart into pure evil. It changes your personality, it corrupts the mind, it makes you blind, all revenge does hurt you and others, and nothing good comes from revenge. It makes you evil and before you know it has changed you into the person you vowed never to become, it kills your soul until there is nothing left but a soul full of hate and evil. One character that knows revenge the best and knows how it can destroy your life is Hamlet, his soul is gone and there is nothing but hate left in his life, he has truly lost everything and everyone.