Gertrude

Claudius is Hamlet’s uncle and King Hamlet’s brother who later disdainfully takes the royal throne of Denmark by murdering King Hamlet and marrying Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. Claudius is portrayed as a selfish man who only agonizes about his royal position. He does not care about the people in his environment including his wife. He is also portrayed as a manipulative man. He manipulates his courtiers to do his dirty work while he sits back and deceives everyone in the castle but Hamlet. Claudius

Shakespeare’s exploration of corruption throughout Hamlet, is obvious and poignant to the audience. The construction of all characters, even pure or demure characters like Ophelia, act as symbols to the horrors created by extortion. There is corruption amongst family, expressed in Hamlet’s hatred for Claudius over the assassination of his father and the constant spying on each other as seen with Polonius and Laertes. Corruption of morals, as the audience sees Hamlet slip into madness over his plot

king, Claudius. The king has a major role in being the primary antagonist of the famous play and we can learn a lot from this villain. Claudius comes to the throne, not by inheritance, but by murdering his own brother and marrying his wife, Queen Gertrude. Not only does he kill his own brother, but plans an in depth plan to kill his own stepson, Hamlet as well. His actions expose him for being the power-hungry, evil man who he is. Throughout the reading of Hamlet, readers can see the inner thoughts

an act she has done. Gertrude is shocked when Hamlet starts to talk to the wall and she says “O gentle son, upon the heat and flame of thy distemper sprinkle cool patience! whereon do you look?"(3.4.132-141). As the ghost just talked to Hamlet and since Gertrude did not see the ghost she thought that Hamlet was talking to the wall. Hence Gertrude is convinced that Hamlet is insane as he is talking to the wall. It also was a move by Hamlet to talk to the wall to make Gertrude believe that he was insane

individual who wants to avenge the death of his father. Prince Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet, was once king and the throne was inherited by his evil brother, King Claudius. In addition to inheriting the throne, Claudius has married Prince Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, which is perceived as weird and unlawful. Interestingly, Prince Hamlet has cohesive evidence that King Claudius is responsible for the death of his father. As a result, Prince Hamlet’s main goal is to kill Claudius as revenge for killing his father

different women in his life. Hamlet has very few woman in his life, and none of their relationships seem to be dysfunctional. Ophelia and Hamlet share a romantic relationship, but struggle throughout the story to express their feelings about each other. Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, struggles to prove that she had nothing to do with the death of Hamlet’s father, resulting in resentment from Hamlet. Throughout the play, Hamlet pushes these women away and eventually ends up losing his relationship with them altogether

Rachel Lopez Professor Brender ENGL 1220 29 June 2015 The Tragedy Effect From sudden death, to catching a loved one in an affair, what effect does tragedy hold on a person? Hamlet from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Biff Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman both experience life changing tragedy. Hamlet’s father died and his mother remarried to his uncle Claudius within two month of his father’s death. Hamlet is also compelled to avenge his father’s death and against his will he must kill King

Shakespeare and Webster represent the female characters in ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The duchess of Malfi’ by using general themes such as the patriarchy and the social control, the female identity and its independence, this institution of marriage, the expressions of sexuality and finally women shown to be either conformist or transgressive. Men were firmly in control in the Elizabethan and Jacobean era, and the expectations for women were to stay home, cook, clean and raise a family. Women’s status and roles

Claudius slowly unravels the details of his dirty act, and Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, and Ophelia all have a part in the deaths that occur throughout this eventful play. The crimes that are committed only help to destroy the pitiful existence that each of these characters portray. The horrific murders that take place throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet provide the motive for revenge by the characters of Claudius, Hamlet, Ophelia, Laertes and Gertrude. The tragic death of King Hamlet represents the motive

The deaths in Hamlet by William Shakespeare, is significant to the play because the main motive for murder is revenge. Hamlet, is initially the mastermind behind the deaths because he is caught in the act to avenge his father’s death against Claudius. The multiple deaths occur once Hamlet uncovers the truth of his father’s death; he learns that Claudius poisoned his father in the ear. Nevertheless, the deaths begin to go downhill when Hamlet exposes his plan to kill Claudius; as a result, Claudius