The Tragedy Of Hamlet By William Shakespeare

In this play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare, there are many soliloquies that are said by Hamlet to depict various meanings of his thoughts, feelings, and actions that are inside of him. More specifically the soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1, in lines 57-91 starts off with the famous saying known as “To be, or not to be”. Throughout this soliloquy, Hamlet is asking himself the question of whether it is better to live or not to live. In life, we are faced with many situations where we feel the need to give up our life and not face the problems. Only by facing all the troubles, will a person become stronger and more courageous to handle anything in life. By believing in one’s self, can man have the courage to follow what they think is right. Killing yourself or giving up is never a solution in life. This soliloquy reveals Hamlet’s fearful personality by showing that his decision-making process is slow and that he fears risks or uncertainty. These character traits are depicted thoroughly by Hamlet throughout the play.

The male characters in Hamlet continually abuse both Ophelia and Gertrude, physically and psychologically, as a pathetic attempt to gain power and control over the situation. One of the greatest examples of psychological abuse comes from the harrowing scene where Hamlet and Ophelia have their final conversation before Hamlet leaves for England. During this rage-induced altercation, Hamlet refuses to accept Ophelia’s returning of the gifts previously given to her from him, saying “I never gave you aught” (3.1.97). Ophelia is appalled as Hamlet continues to insult her and laugh in her face. In the climax of the argument, Hamlet tells Ophelia that she “should not have believed me; for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it: I loved you not” (3.1.117-119). The immense amount of psychological damage received by Ophelia between the addition and removal of love by Hamlet and her father’s death is enough to drive anyone to madness. David M. Smith recounts this as Hamlet’s necessity “to genuine outsideness because of the danger of being co-opted by love” (Smith, 1). However, Hamlet no longer needed to protect himself in his situation. His actions from this scene were not only uncalled for, but added to the slow mental demise of his sweet Ophelia. Hamlet’s next scene of abuse come shortly after this when he goes to speak to Gertrude about her participation in the murder of Old Hamlet. His rage, yet again, takes over, but this time he adopts physical abuse

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, madness is a condition which is difficult to identify whether it is genuine or fraudulent. After the encounter with the ghost of Hamlet Sr. and Hamlet, Hamlet decides to put on an antic disposition. But thereafter he decides this, Hamlet 's actions embody someone that is truly mad. This is how Shakespeare makes it difficult to determine if Hamlet is truly mad. Although through his feigned actions and the reactions from others the real madness of Hamlet can be revealed.

Almost every story involves a conflict between hero and villain. In some stories, there is a plot twist where the hero is also the villain—but in Hamlet, there are no heroes and many villains. In Hamlet, every character has lied, kept secrets or is seeking revenge that leads to a tragic ending at every corner, but what we fail to see is who the true villain is. Looking at the character of Hamlet throughout the play, it is easier to spot his many dishonorable actions than his few honorable ones.

Being indecisive means not showing or having the ability to make a decision. Not making a decision quickly and efficiently. In the book Hamlet, the main character, the prince of Denmark. Hamlet has shown that he is indecisive throughout the book. Hamlet shows that he is mostly indecisive when it comes to his father’s death, King Hamlet. Hamlet also doesn’t trust anybody. Hamlet can’t even trust his own family or his girlfriend. Hamlet has been acting like he is mad because he doesn’t want to confront people so he just acts like he is crazy. Hamlet always acts with an impulse, Hamlet can only show bravery when it doesn’t involve his family. Such as when his boat was attacked in England by pirates. At this point Hamlet just doesn’t know what to do with his life. Everything is moving too fast, like his mom getting married quick after his father’s death. Also the fact that Gertrude married Hamlets uncle is just too much for Hamlet right now.

One must always be able to see the flaws in their idols. The play Hamlet centers on protagonist Hamlet as he questions whether to take revenge against his uncle for killing his father or leave him alive. Written by William Shakespeare in the early 17th century, Hamlet addresses motifs of indecisiveness, insanity, as well as death and suicide. Furthermore, the majority of these motifs are left up to interpretation. Throughout the play, the family, friends, and acquaintances of Hamlet insist that he has lost his mind drowning in his melancholy over his father’s death. Some may argue that he remains in this state of mind throughout the play. However, it is clear that Hamlet develops more clarity of thought by his final soliloquy. Through the contrast between Hamlet’s thoughts and actions in Act II and IV, Shakespeare effectively establishes Hamlet’s sanity by the end of the play. Furthermore, through this Shakespeare also establishes the catalyst behind Hamlet’s decisions in his third and sixth soliloquies to be his idolization of others.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, regularly just called Hamlet, is a catastrophe composed by William Shakespeare somewhere around 1599 and 1602. Village is Shakespeare 's longest play and conveys a standout amongst the most acclaimed lines ever, "regarding life, what to think about it." The story is set in the Kingdom of Denmark and recounts the vengeance Prince Hamlet has on his uncle Claudius. Claudius killed his own sibling, Hamlet 's dad and assumed control over the throne. Claudius likewise weds Hamlet 's mom, Gertrude. Retribution, being the main impetus in the play is additionally one motivation behind why it is a catastrophe.

During the time of Shakespeare, women had a limited role within society. Even though a female monarch ruled England, women had no control over their own lives, and females were completely dominated by a patriarchal society. Ophelia’s role in Hamlet, written by Shakespeare in 1603 was a perfect example of a female who, despite her own feelings and desires, had to adhere to society’s construction of a submissive female. Her love for Hamlet ultimately was the reason for her destruction, because it caused her to become a pawn for her father, Polonius, and her love interest, Hamlet. Since Ophelia’s role was as a pawn, she constantly received mixed messages from her father, who was the man who controlled her entire life, as well as from the man she loved, Hamlet. The burden of double messages she received from the men in the play, lead her to question the duplicity of love, man, and society, and ultimately culminated in her madness and death; through her madness she was finally able to express how she felt because she was no longer required to behave in a way that was deemed acceptable by society, but because she rejected society’s rules, she had to come to a tragic end.

Somewhere between the years of 1599 and 1602, William Shakespeare wrote his longest, most influential and powerful tragedy, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play stages the revenge that a young prince seeks against his uncle for murdering his father, inheriting the throne, and subsequently marrying his mother.

When Laertes and Polonius tell her that Hamlet is only using her for sex and that she needs to wait for the proper husband that they choose for her and stay a virgin until she becomes a wife, she doesn’t know whether to believe them or go with her heart. Hamlet doesn’t make it any easier on the poor girl (or the audience) to decipher his true feelings. One moment he tells her that he loves her­­the next he is insulting her and assuring her that he never did love her. This is enough to make any woman go insane. After all, Ophelia was quite honestly dazed and confused about the entire situation and didn’t know who she was supposed to trust and believe.

The play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, is set in an anti-feminist era. Women traditionally have been seen inferior to men. This was an intellectual as well as a physical issue. Women were to raise a family, cook, clean, be pretty and not be smarter than any man. The main characters Ophelia and Gertrude are both depicted with these characteristics as powerless and frail people. This illustration of helpless women affects one's understanding of what their true selves could be.

Shakespeare writes in a way that is difficult to understand for anyone that speaks the modern language. His story Hamlet is understood through the emotions felt by his characters. Hamlet is the main character who is conflicted with revenge and conspiring friendships. Hamlet returns home from Germany for his father’s funeral only to find far more troubling things. Hamlet is a conflicted character but that doesn’t stop him from knowing what he wants. Revenge is the main cause of his confliction but with great reason, which is important to understand about this play because it helps explain all the betrayal and tragedy.

Hamlet is one of the most enigmatic characters in literary history, and for decades many people have asked many questions about who he is, what his motives were, and what he thought of the situation he was in. Hamlet has many different viewpoints and is much more complex than your average character. So for a character like this to be so complex, there must be a point. But what did Shakespeare intend for us to see once we saw through the shroud of complexity? There could be any number of possibilities, but since Shakespeare is the only one who knew, the ultimate truth has been lost to history. However, by examining this play, we can see that Hamlet struggles with taking action and isn’t used to the enormous responsibility he has

Ophelia appears delegated to the background of most of Hamlet, a passive character who only acts when told to act and who serves as a pretty object all the characters toy with. She doesn’t truly do anything; she just lets people act upon her. Feminist critics look upon Hamlet through many different theoretical lenses that allow Ophelia and her role within Hamlet to be seen in different lights. Elaine Showalter and Virginia Woolf especially provide ways to interpret Ophelia’s role within Hamlet.

Thirdly, Hamlet feigned madness was another cause of delay to his avenging his father’s death. He feigned madness to enable him to buy time to make a decision and plan on how to kill Claudius. Although people like Grenadier believed that Hamlet was really mad by saying “This is no mock-madness, to see it as such is to miss the power of the central theme of the play, Hamlet walks alone within the prison of mental death” (Grenadier 70). These does not help him much because Claudius does not believe that he is actually mad that is why he sent for Guildenstern and Rosencrantz Hamlet long time friend’s to spy on him and found out the reason for his behavior. Hamlet himself does not completely act insane, the only scene where madness may be inferred is when Hamlet killed Polonius, and Hamlet killing Polonius might be an accident, probably he thought he was Claudius, but even if he presume him to be Polonius, he equally dislike him by calling him a “fish mugger” (Act 11, scene 2 ). This means he does not trust him. Polonius is dishonest than a fish mugger. His killing of Polonius reversed roles for Hamlet and Claudius. It is now the prince who becomes the pursued and the king who become the pursuer. Claudius, certain now of Hamlets being a threat to his safety, is able to hustle the prince off to England and remove him from the place where alone he can pursue his task of vengeance, precisely when he has established the basis for a just revenge, Hamlet actually loses