Essay On The Stoutest Soul In Shakespeare's Hamlet

Even the Stoutest Souls can be Broken: An Interpretation of Hamlet It is clear that William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, is meant to present perhaps the greatest and undeniable truth of mankind, even the best of us can fall into corruption. Hamlet is a vivid description of one’s descent into madness. It begins by detailing the seed of anyone’s separation from goodness or faith, the death of a beloved family member. From that point on the seed only grows within Hamlet from the number of events that transpire against him. This becomes too much for the young Dane to bear, and he falls prey to the demons that now haunt him as one can only weather the assault of misfortune and misdeeds for so long before they descend into darkness. Most understand …show more content…
After his course of action is decided, Hamlet convinces himself that everyone, including his closest friends, are plotting against him. Consequently, sowing distrust among friends and family causes Hamlet’s sanity to deteriorate into madness, blinding him from the attempted aid of others. Once loved and adored by those around him, Hamlet shuts himself off from the world and all those close to him, as he knows that his planned actions will forever damn his image and more importantly his immortal soul. With so much weighing down on him, Hamlet acts rashly and murders an innocent man in the wake of his rage. By this point Hamlet is so broken from the actions and events of the past he accepts the consequences and resumes his plans undaunted. Having another death to bear upon him, Hamlet plummets into darkness as he now contends with his faltering self-worth.Through and through, Hamlet is disgusted with himself and his actions, and in some cases his inaction. Viewing himself as cowardly and worthless, Hamlet sees there is no further level to descend and accepts the inevitable result of his decided course of