Theme Of Death In Hamlet

As humanity strives to live, humans use language as an indicator to communicate their thoughts and needs. Language conveys more than words depending on the way it is delivered and why it was said. Although the same line can be said by two different people, people use their body language, diction, symbols, or images to get their message disclosed to their audience. Within William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the main characters go through a whirlpool of conflicts in his mind. His mentality has been going through a controversy between action and contemplation since his father’s murder. He debates whether he should kill himself or not and whether he kills Claudius or not. As he suffers through this dispute between acting and reflecting, he symbolizes and illustrates his emotions. Shakespeare has characterized Hamlet to be a man who struggles through the deliberation of action and contemplation; however, illustrates his thoughts and feelings rather than just telling a story.

    William Shakespeare found that imagery was a useful tool to give his works greater impact and hidden meaning. In Hamlet, Shakespeare used imagery to present ideas about the atmosphere, Hamlet's character, and the major theme of the play. He used imagery of decay to give the reader a feel of the changing atmosphere. He used imagery of disease to hint how some of the different characters perceived Hamlet as he put on his "antic disposition". And finally, he used imagery of poison to emphasize the main theme of the play; everybody receives rightful retribution in the end.

The main plot point of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is for Hamlet to seek revenge for the murder of his father. His uncle, Claudius, is responsible for killing Hamlet’s father. All of the main characters in the play end up dying because of Hamlet’s decision to kill Claudius. Each death has its own purpose, and as most believe, each person brings it upon themselves.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there are different themes displayed throughout this play like death, revenge, and suicidal. Through hundreds of years have passed since Shakespeare wrote hamlet the various themes of the play still relate to modern-day society. Mortality can have a big effect on family relationships and individuals in today society just like it did on hamlet. Individuals are passing on today by various means. There are present motion pictures and network programs that are based off Shakespeare play Hamlet like lion king, ten things I hate about you and deliver us from Eva. hamlet and lion king are very similar in a way. For instance, Hamlet is the story of Prince Hamlet and The Lion King is the story of Prince Simba. Both tales explore the loss of a father by their uncle of wanting to become king. However, the People still die to this day by different means. Death is one of the leading themes in Hamlet and many of the main characters, including the title character himself, die in the play. One primary part in the topic of death in this play is suicide, and individuals' perspectives regarding the matter. In the play, it was accepted by numerous that Polonius‟ just little girl Ophelia had taken her own life when she suffocated in a waterway, after her reality was torn separated because of her dad's murder. The undertakers in Act 5, Scene 1 cruelly assert that: "If this had not been a refined woman, she ought to have been covered out o' Christian internment."

After experiencing a devastating event such as loss or pain, one enters the process of grieving. There are many stages of this series, starting with denial and ending with acceptance. However, some do not encounter all stages and pause at one in particular: anger. Many of William Shakespeare’s works revolve around the universal theme of revenge, in which his characters use to cope with their griefs. One of his earliest-written characters Titus Andronicus suffers from his sons’ deaths and especially his daughter’s mutilation, with whom the general has an affectionate relationship. Later on, Shakespeare created the renowned character of Prince Hamlet, whose uncle kills his father, the King, and marries his mother. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a revenge

Shakespeare uses imagery to make the reader visualize how Hamlet has been dressing and acting. Hamlet refers to his “inky cloak”, “suits of solemn black”, “windy suspiration of forced breath”, and “fruitful river in the eye”. (1.2. 77-81) The imagery used here allows the reader to get a sense of how Hamlet has been behaving, and why his mother and father/uncle think he is only pretending to be depressed.

Throughout the tragedy of Hamlet, images of weeds, rotting flesh, poison, decay, and corruption are all common throughout the entire length of the play, but what exactly do these recurring motifs serve? I believe that these grotesque descriptions serve to help the reader understand the idea and feeling of the hostile relationship between Hamlet and the Royalties as well as the overall feeling of the tense and volatile atmosphere, in addition to the gradual decline of the country Denmark under Claudius’ rule. Weed and gardens in Hamlet. The weed imagery in Hamlet is first introduced in Hamlet’s first soliloquy, where the garden pest is is used to depict the unkempt and neglected state of Denmark under Claudius’ rule. Hamlet describes the

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, begins with the appearance of a ghost, an apparition, possibly a hallucination. Thus, from the beginning, Shakespeare presents the air of uncertainty, of the unnatural, which drives the action of the play and develops in the protagonist as a struggle to clarify what only seems to be absolute and what is actually reality. Hamlet's mind, therefore, becomes the central force of the play, choosing the direction of the conflict by his decisions regarding his revenge and defining the outcome.

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, death is an essential motif in the play. By Hamlet grieving the loss of his noble father, King Hamlet, Hamlet throughout the play seeks to find meaning, in what he now perceives to be, a meaningless world. After the death of Hamlet’s father, Hamlet is revisited by his father’s spirit who has now become a ghost seeking vengeance. The ghost narrates the account of his death to Hamlet and informs him that he was heinously murdered by his brother, Claudius, in which “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” (1.5.46-47) and has robbed him of his life, crown, and queen. Throughout the play, one can see the role that death plays in shaping Hamlet’s life in which it results in Hamlet contemplating his existence, finding the purpose in his life, and results in him having a discontentedness attitude towards which only be fulfilled by avenging his father’s death.

In Hamlet’s first soliloquy, he speaks about “O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,/ thaw, and resolve itself into a dew” (1.2.129-130). The imagery created including the melting of flesh is an example that Hamlet is not in the state of mind he should be in and he thinks the whole world is disease comparing it to “an unweeded garden” (1.2.135) and “things rank and gross in nature” (1.2.136). The ghost of the King is another example of imagery for he is a walking example of death and decay and the images he creates about his death aids in developing the theme. He describes the moment of his death as “a most instant tetter barked about,/ Most lazar-like with vile and loathsome crust” (1.5.69-70); the ghost tries to create the feeling the death is becoming like a leper.

Shakespeare is very well known for the content of negative mood in his plays. This can be best described in Hamlet; as his plot develops the mood of the play becomes more intense. Through his internal thoughts and the people that he was being surrounded by, this led to Hamlet becoming crazy; for real. Among other topics, the main theme is clearly indicated to be mental illness. To fully reveal the theme of Hamlet’s madness, Shakespeare uses such imageries as disease and decay frequently through soliloquies, dialogs and descriptions of the characters. However not only Shakespeare uses imagery to emphasize the theme in his literary works, but also other poets, as Margaret Atwood uses imageries of disease and decay to disclose the problem of

Shakespeare’s gruesomely famous play Hamlet is a complex and morbid take on the torment of living in a corrupted country. The leader of Denmark is manipulative and greedy, and due to his acquiring power sinfully, the country and its people deteriorate. Shakespeare uses the motifs of disease and madness to emphasize the condemnatory potential of corrupted power figures. The added motif of death emphasizes the potential of an extensive deterioration and its power to destroy individuals.

Hamlet and suicide Suicide is one of the themes in Hamlet. How is suicide as an idea treated morally, religiously and aesthetically? You can base your reply on the «O´that this too, too solid flesh would melt» soliloquy and the «To be or not to be» soliloquy. In what way do Hamlet believe that, even though the opportunity of suicide is there, most human beings choose to live; despite the cruelty and injustice in the world. Suicide is a reoccurring theme in Hamlet.

In Hamlet, imagery of disease, poison and decay, are used by Shakespeare for a purpose. The descriptions of disease, poison, and decay help us understand the bitter relationships that exist in the play and Hamlet’s own cynicism. We see Hamlet’s pessimism in his soliloquy when he contemplates suicide. The resentful relationship that exists between Claudius and Hamlet is heightened with the use of imagery when Claudius asks about Polonius. Imagery enhances Claudius’ abhorrence of Hamlet. Shakespeare uses imagery in this play to deepen our understanding of the emotions experienced.

Mortality, revenge and obsession remain very apparent throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Though every character has faced challenges and trying times of their own, it is very apparent that Shakespeare’s theme of mortality is indeed intended. From the wake of Hamlet’s Father’s death to the downfall of King Claudius, readers experience complexities and intricacy through matters of life and death which allow them to understand the mind of those affected in the play.