Gertrude Baniszewski

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’

clearly lacks trust in his son who is far old enough to understand the concept of responsibility. Polonius’ prying nature however is unable to stop him from getting involved into yet another plan to eavesdrop on a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude. A decision that will cost him his life. During the conversation, Polonius mishears something and yells for help behind the curtains, prompting Hamlet to say, “How now, a rat? Dead for a ducat, dead” (III. iv. 24) killing Polonius. Polonius’ fixation

A christian shall not wrath, lust, envy, pride, gluttony, greed or sloth. These are the seven deadly sins and in this play’s setting, everyone is assumed of being a christian, and if so everyone who was involved with Hamlet and Claudius is without a doubt going to hell. In this particular situation between Hamlet and Claudius it is unthinkable that any one of these two will still being going to heaven, for all the deaths that has accumulated between their family feud.Each character’s moral obligation

In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is approached by the ghost of his recently passed father, the King of Denmark, and tells that he has been killed by his brother, and the new king, Claudius. He asks Hamlet to avenge his death by killing Claudius. Hamlet contemplates his options and eventually becomes adamant in his mission to murder Claudius. In Act III, Scene II, Hamlet organizes a play that re-enacts the death of his father and believes that if it was Claudius who murdered

Hamlet's madness is only apparent when he is in the presence of certain characters. When Hamlet is around Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he has unreasonable behavior. When Hamlet in the presence of Horatio, Bernado, Francisco, The Players, and Gravediggers, he acts

Hamlet The story of Hamlet has become an age old telling of the idiom, “what goes around comes around”. Throughout the play, there were many different themes and symbols that were portrayed. The play begins in describing the lies and deceit that were played out by one of the most important characters, it then turns to revenge toward that character, and eventually becomes the cause of each death that takes place. In essence, these three themes lead the story into each form of irony that occurs. This

dramatize her innocence and sweetness, creating a haunting effect.  Literary critic Michael Pennington describes Ophelia’s madness by stating that she can hear the passage of time, can read people’s minds and sees through the facades of Claudius and Gertrude.  (Pennington 75).  Ophelia's madness stems from her depression of expectations and crushed dreams. [The final blow has been made, (the killing of Polonius]), [Ophelia loses all touch with reality], [resulting in the deterioration of her relationships

In a short time span, Denmark had tragedy and despair but most effected were the royal family with the death of a king, the loss of a father, the betrayal of a brother, a traitorous mother, and a downfall of a son. Hamlet by William Shakespeare illustrates the factors of what a man can go through upon losing a loved one by another loved one. From being depressed and contemplating suicide to plotting revenge and achieving what his father asked from him, Hamlet went through the grieving process unlike

Reasonable disfunction Throughout Hamlet and The Count of Monte Cristo, the protagonists of the story adopt a identical approach to avenge the wrongdoings that devastated their ordinary world. Throughout Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet", the main character is perceived to be overwhelmed with madness by the death of his father when, in fact, he is aware of his actions and wishes to be suspected of insanity to exact out his vengeance. Likewise, Edmund Dante's, disguises his true intentions behind

Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' can be valued as a representation of moral corruption and its disastrous implications, an issue which transgressed the morals and values of the homogenously Christian society of Shakespeare's context, through the portrayal of the corruption of certain characters, especially Claudius, and its detrimental impact on the state of Denmark and the natural order. This is supported by Alexander Crawford, "there is disposed in the play considerable evidence of a general corruption