William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the titular character struggles to engage in his desired plan of revenge. Hamlet shows throughout the play that he is inconsistent, indecisive, and unsure of himself, as well as his actions. The play focuses on Hamlet’s revenge; however, he continuously fails to happen at opportunistic moments. Throughout the play, Hamlet insists that he intends to avenge his father’s death through the murder of Claudius, but Hamlet fails to act on occasion because of his indecisive personality.

So, what is this shortcoming the unfortunate Hamlet possesses that brings about his undeserved end? Before discussing the frailty of this tragic hero, let us examine the word, hamartia, used by Aristotle in “The Poetics”. Hamartia is a particular error in the protagonist’s personality that eventually produces his or her downfall in a tragedy.

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, it is clearly evident Prince Hamlet is overcome with “madness” due to his father’s murder and other malicious actions taken against him. Throughout the play, there are many examples of how Hamlet displays his insanity due to certain situations he experiences and how he handles them. Hamlet shows his madness through the killing of Polonius, his treatment of Ophelia, his thoughts of suicide, and the treatment of his mother Gertrude.

Death weighs heavily on the minds of Hamlet and Desiree as it turns out to be the only solution to escape from the world which brings them sadness and pain. “To be, or not to be; that is the question.” – the same question that both of these characters contemplate on how to deal with their life after they realised the grim truth about the people they should be able to trust most.

Seeking revenge can cause a person to turn insane and blindly seek retaliation. Shakespeare’s Hamlet contemplates revenge throughout the story. Madness and revenge are similar themes in the movie, The Lion King, where the main character, Simba, is faced with the death of his father, leading him to do whatever it takes to seek revenge. This is where madness usually is introduced as a problem within a character, and this problem leads to the character doing things that they don’t usually do, sometimes dangerous things. The fathers of both Hamlet and Simba die, and the only one to blame is someone trusted amongst them. They seek revenge for their father’s unjust deaths. Betrayal, love and loss drive both characters to seek revenge. The death of their fathers leads them to go mad, and this mental state leads to them questioning the motives of close people in their lives.

Hamlet’s greatest flaw was his inability to act. His father’s murder, his mother’s new marriage, and his uncle becoming the new king all play a part in Hamlet’s flaws. The thought of his own uncle killing his father left Hamlet extremely confused. His intelligence leads him to question the things the ghost told him. In times that called for quick decision-making, Hamlet was too busy over thinking. Act three is an example of Hamlet over thinking the situation when he held a knife over Claudius’s head but then talked himself out of committing the murder. Hamlet’s procrastination ended up leading to not only his own death, but also the result of many unnecessary

The film Hamlet by William Shakespeare was made by two directors in two different versions which one was Kenneth Branagh and the other Franco Zeffirelli. By watching the four scenes of the play of the two versions, the viewer has come up to the conclusion that Kenneth Branagh’s version best captures the essence of the play in terms of costume design, acting, directing, and cinematography. The directing and cinematography in Act IV, Scene V the Ophelia Madness Scene as well as the acting, costume design in Act V, Scene II the Final Scene showed that Branagh’s version of the film Hamlet is the most effective.

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet is a unique character due to his unpredictability. He is attempting to discover the truth in a way that no other character of Shakespeare’s has done. We find Hamlet in a state of deep melancholy due to the death of his father, as well as the very sudden and lewd marriage of his uncle and his mother. Hamlet is inspired by the player giving the speech about Hecuba witnessing the massacre of her husband, Priam. He goes off on his own, and he is bewildered at how this player can show an enormous amount of passion to something that doesn’t exist. Hamlet contemplates on the reason of how he has not been able to act yet, and he feels like he has stalled for far too long. Hamlet’s main issue isn’t that he is a coward, but a truth seeker. He is skeptical about what is true, and that is what plagues him with his duty to avenge his father.

Often, and justly, referred to as the greatest story to have ever been told, Shakespeare’s Hamlet never ceases to cause debate amongst two individuals. The complexity within the play’s characters allows every individual to perceive a different variation of them, instigating these endless debates. Consequently, one of the most famous debates, questioning Hamlet’s antic disposition, has split the population into those that believe he was not mad, merely acting, and others who believe he had gone completely mad and his occasional “sane” episodes were just a coping mechanism to deal with the insanity. Standing with the latter side, my perception on the play is somewhat different as I believe that Hamlet’s vulnerability had exceeded not just to

Quintessentially speaking, revenge is a thing that many have sought in response to a tragic event unfolding. Typically, as a result, vengeance is contemplated upon by the victim as a means of retribution, a way of making things right and seeking justice on the behest of the victim, if the law will not grant justice through due process due to corrupt forces stemmed deep within it- corrupt seeds of a corrupt plant. Therefore, revenge become an apparent option for those willing to walk that path [of no return]. However, instances of revenge not being attained in the “clear cut” way it is ordinarily acquired have occurred from

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, is one of the most popular and influential tragedies in English literature. In his most famous play, the tragic figure is represented through Hamlet. The protagonist, Hamlet, possesses a tragic flaw which alters the result of his goal to achieve revenge for the murder of the former King of Denmark which is also his father. This tragic trait labels him as a character who is destroyed because of a major weakness, due to the fact his death that occurs later on could have possibly been avoided. Hamlet’s flaw of being indecisive, not having or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively, is illustrated when he states his third, second, and sixth soliloquy.

Hamlet’s popular soliloquy which begins “To be, or not to be --,” shows the strong aspects of Hamlet’s state of mind. Within these lines there is hesitance, motivation, and suffering. Each of these characteristics can be seen in The Kite Runner portrayed in the character Amir. These characteristics are also portrayed in the character Matilda from Mister Pip. Though each of these characters, Hamlet, Amir, and Matilda, all have very different story lines, they are all relatable through the characteristics of hesitance, motivation, and suffering.

Inside the bedroom of Gertrude in the palace, where this scene starts off, is where the Queen and Polonius are having a discussion. Polonius tells Gertrude that she must tell Hamlet his actions have gone too far. Not only that, but she is the reason why he is still here, and not in any real trouble. Once Gertrude gets what she has to say, Polonius gets into hiding position, and then comes in Hamlet.

In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Hamlet speaks this soliloquy at the end of Act 3 Scene 2. At this point, the play-within-the-play has just been performed for the royal court and more specifically, Claudius. Hamlet was ready to observe anything unusual Claudius might do. The king’s strange behavior, after the Player King commits the same murder Claudius did to his brother, delivers the proof that the ghost of Hamlet’s father was right and that he can continue with his plan of seeking revenge on his uncle. Following the kings abrupt exit, Hamlet is confronted by Guilderstern and Rosencrantz who lets him know that the king is was irritated and that his mother is upset and in distress. Hamlet suspects that his mother might have been involved or at least had known of Claudius unspeakable act. The bombarding of emotions from the proof of his uncles murder, to the realization that he must kill Claudius and confront his mother for possibly being involved in the assassination, he gains an amount of anger and courage that produced itself in this soliloquy.

William Shakespeare is known as the greatest writer in the English language. We don’t know much about this guy, but we know he had to be smart to write some poems and plays. With a deep understanding of human nature, he knows how to get all types of audiences to come to his plays more than once and also with other little things that we know helps us understand them more. To this day we still have people that read his plays and learn more and more things about them and his writings still have a big impact on us today. In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare there are 3 messages from hamlet says a silique to be or not to be.