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The True Meaning Of Life In Hamlet By William Shakespeare

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Hamlet Hamlet; the play about death, the psyche of a man, love, and revenge. Throughout the play you see one guy, Hamlet, go through such a large shift that he contemplates if what he is doing is just or if he should end his own life. Hamlet lets his mind get the best of him, to which causes himself to lose control and hurt everyone around him, ultimately resulting in him losing the meaning of life. The meaning of life is something that us and philosophers have all tried to figure out at some point in time. Hamlet raises the question that we ask ourselves all the time, is the life we are living worth something. I would use the troubled psyche of a broken man to push the plot forward in my play of Hamlet. Hamlet is a man who lost his father and the respect of his peers and family because he felt that everyone had betrayed him. A revenge story about Hamlet, who wants to kill his Uncle because he believes he …show more content…

It is named this because it wants to capitalize on the main character to show what tragedy he goes through. Tragedy is a perfect word or idea to sum up this play in one word. Hamlet a character who came from a wealthy status and a loving family, fell to the full of vengeance and crazy Hamlet we see during the play. Hamlet goes through such a gantlet of terrible things that causes him to lose his sanity even more, to the fact he loses his idea of if his life is even worth living anymore. Hamlet during one of the acts shows he is a confused and broken man and contemplates suicide because he loses his meaning of life. I feel the message of this story is to not let your sins take over because they can take over your mind and cause you to hurt everyone around you even the ones that you loved. The idea behind Hamlet is to show that the meaning of life to a person is important and people must not lose their meaning. If they do, they end up hurting everyone around them even the ones they

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