Why Did Shakespeare Chose To Modernize Hamlet

There are hundreds of literary devices that are constantly used in books, magazines, articles, etc. Now within books, there are endless ways to insert as many devices as the author pleases. The most common literary devices used in Hamlet are: metaphors, similes, and anaphoras. These literary devices are used to emphasize emotions, help its’ audience interpret, and correlate events that happen in Hamlet.

Known for the immense amount of unanswered questions and mysteries, Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet” has led to many discussions regarding the true feelings of Hamlet and his motivations for revenge. Tormented by the death of his father and the marriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius, Hamlet must struggle through the betrayal while seeking the truth of what occurred. No matter how many times Hamlet’s actions have been analyzed, no one conclusion can be made as to why Hamlet makes the choices he does. This unfortunately has left the character of Hamlet unexplainable to readers. Many scholars are adamant in their belief of Hamlet having an Oedipus complex based on the fact that Hamlet seems reluctant to take revenge on his uncle; however, when

There are many important aspects to consider when making a movie, especially when one is being made after a famous play. Some of these aspects include how they compare to Shakespeare's original play, costumes, setting and casting. This will be comparing 2 Hamlet movies, first one is directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1990 and the second is directed by Kenneth Branagh in 1996.

Shakespeare uses humor in Hamlet to distract from the tragedies and dark plot turns throughout the play. Shakespeare puts these comedy scenes either directly before or directly after a scene of great intensity. He used these comic reliefs as a break for the audience; Shakespeare knew that this was almost overwhelmingly emotion to the audience. There’s only so much intensity that his audiences could take, after every death or emotional tragedy there has to be some sort of humor to allow the audience to relax for a little bit. Normally in a tragedy there’s a minimum of five people who die. In hamlet there’s many more that, this is a major reason of why Shakespeare uses comic relief in this story. The gravedigger scene is one of the best

Hamlet Targeting the Audience Essay The Elizabethan era was very different from the era of today. Attitudes toward various perceptions such as accepted behaviours, relationships, crime were dependent highly on the monarchy as well as religion. People didn’t really form their own perspectives on these values as the Queen had already set expectations and rules on what was ad wasn’t okay.

Hamlet, one of Shakespeare most famous play since it helped be an inspiration for Disney’s Lion

It is hard to decipher the real meaning behind Hamlet when the author focuses on Hamlet’s mind being in a constant state of war with himself. A critical theory lens allows people to view things from a different viewpoints. Marxism claims that a human’s motivation can trace back to the struggle between the upper and lower class. Social division targets the social class. Owners and workers have different ideas about the division of wealth, but in the end the owners makes the final verdict. William Shakespeare writes a play, Hamlet that examines a work of literature from the Marxist perspective. Looking through the Marxist lens, the people in Hamlet value the royal family, which is the reason why King Claudius and Hamlet have the most power, but King Claudius acquires possessions for his social value, not for its usefulness.

Upon an initial read of this particular Shakespearean tragedy, one might wonder why Hamlet does not replace his father as king. Hamlet may be young, but he is of age to assume the throne and he is the dead king’s only heir. Under these circumstances, one might assume that Hamlet would be next in line to become the king of Denmark, however this is not the case. The dead king’s murderous brother assumed the throne instead of the much more logical candidate, Hamlet. One might argue that Claudius is only taking care of the kingdom while Hamlet is in school, but this is never stated. While reading the play, I assumed that the reason why Hamlet did not immediately take his father’s place was either Denmark or the time it was set in had political customs I did not understand. This may still be true, but after reading Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, it is possible that my initial assumption was not incorrect. There was a scene in the play where Guil and Ros discuss the possible reasons for Hamlet’s melancholy and one of the reasons they suggest is that Hamlet was cheated out of his throne. Looking at the original play through this lens, due to Claudius’; lack of interest in killing the prince until the end of the play, paired with Hamlet’s lack of concern for his father’s throne, one may conclude that it is odd that Hamlet was not even considered to be king. Overall, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead draws attention to a major plot hole in Hamlet.

"Her whole character is that of simple unselfish affection" (Bradley). In comparing the characters in the play Hamlet, Ophelia’s purity and delicate beauty make her comparable to a flower. Ophelia signifies the nature and righteousness of the Elizabethan Era, with her willow trees and flowers visible, and epitome of a goddess. Throughout most of the play, Shakespeare uses Ophelia to enable other characters in reaching their goals. Elizabethan society created impossible expectations for women, considered to be the weaker sex, exploited, and in need of protection. With no exception to this expectation, Ophelia is mistreated, scorned and ultimately shamed by the men in her life. Ophelia is the most innocent victim of Hamlet’s revenge in Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”.

Derived from opinions and views of the Father of Communism and adapted to fit literature both modern and classic, the Marxist lens is a particular way to view literature in relation to a powerful bourgeoisie that abuses a less powerful or economically prevalent proletariat. Upon viewing a text through this lens, common themes such as said abusement and commonly struggles for power become commonplace. Through these lens, one can view Shakespeare’s Hamlet and find social classes set in the book and desires for power within and between them. While viewing Hamlet through the Marxist lens, one could identify the tragedy as a struggle for power and a lesson on retaliation and violence overall.

The tragedy of Hamlet written by William Shakespeare a famous writer in the 1590’s who wrote many plays including The Tragedy of Hamlet; this play contains the protagonist Prince Hamlet making the rigorous decision of taking revenge on his father’s murder, when King Hamlet dies all of the sudden and Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, marries her brother in law, Claudius, weeks after her newly dead husband, Prince Hamlet gets a warning from a restless ghost who is King Hamlet, Hamlet learns the truth about the cowardly way Claudius kills his brother for the crown and wife. To revenge Hamlet’s father's death Hamlet promises on taking vengeance on Claudius, with this decision in his hands the question we face is whether Hamlet is justified on taking

Literary theory is tools set in place to better understanding literature. One type of tool used in literary theory is Historicism, which reveals a period and place in time that contributes to the subject of Hamlet. Another type of literary theory is Feminism, which reveals another assumption in a female's eye and changes the approach to the story Hamlet. Both of these theories allow readers to interpret literature into two different viewpoints. Historicism demonstrates the monarchy flaws starting with Queen Elizabeth, who was a woman in power of England in 1500's.

Hamlet is an intensely cerebral character marked by a desire to think things through and pick situations apart. As such, for the first three and a half scenes of Hamlet, Hamlet broods over his father’s death instead of taking action against Claudius, his father’s murderer. Hamlet finally acts because he experiences three intense emotional jolts that allow him to view his situation from a new perspective and spur him to action. Together, these emotional experiences alter his personal philosophy about the nature of death and God’s relationship with creation, and compel him to finally take decisive action.

New Historicism is a modern literary theory that focuses on how events, culture, and places within a society influence a written work. New Historicists analyze allusions to characteristics of the time period in which the work was written. By definition, new historicism seeks to discover the significance in a text by taking into account the work within the construction of the established ideas and assumptions of its historical era. Literary texts are entrenched with historical context and the author is seen as subject to the forces of the culture that he or she works within. New Historicists reject the New Critical principle that texts are autonomous and should be read without any comparison to history, and instead argue that texts are

A tragedy is a drama or literary piece of work in which the main characters is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow most likely at the consequences of a tragic flaw or moral weakness and also a inability to suffer the unfavourable circumstances. The protagonist and driving force of a tragic drama is known as a tragic hero. In order for a protagonist to qualify as a tragic hero certain elements must be met regarding the character. The tragic hero must be of a noble birth entailing that the protagonist has a higher social status that the average person. The protagonist must go from a state of extreme high to a state of extreme low. The protagonist must go through a change and achieve enlightenment. The tragic hero must have a fatal character flaw which will result in his undoing. The tragic hero must have an emotional climax causing emotional change. The finally element needed to be a tragic hero is that the protagonist must die. Hamlet fits the definition of a tragic hero because Hamlet has a moment of change about himself during the play, he is a person of nobility who