Module B Essay
Through a critical analysis on William Shakespeare’s enduring revenge tragedy play ‘Hamlet’ (1599-1602), explores complex forces of humanity of revenge, suicide, destiny and procrastination. Composing during the era of the Renaissance paradigm,
Revenge: Shakespeare reveals the challenges that face individuals who endeavour to take action by chronicling Hamlet’s journey to seek revenge for his father’s death that is both timely and morally justified. By portraying Hamlet’s propensity for rumination as a vice which causes him to delay taking action, Shakespeare cautions the audience against wholeheartedly embracing the emerging principles of Renaissance humanism, which celebrated the capacity for reflection and introspection to provide individuals with moral guidance. …show more content…
However, Hamlet’s later use of metaphors and similes pertaining to the proletariat, including “Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I!” and “like a whore”, “like a very drab, a scullion!”, reveal his guilt and disappointment in his failure to take revenge, suggesting that he perceives his inclination to defer action is unbefitting of his status as a prince. His aphorism “And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought”, utilises visual imagery and reinforces his disease motif, and captures Hamlet’s recognition that his introspection and desire to reflect on the consequences of his revenge are
Through a critical analysis on William Shakespeare’s enduring revenge tragedy play ‘Hamlet’ (1599-1602), explores complex forces of humanity of revenge, suicide, destiny and procrastination. Composing during the era of the Renaissance paradigm,
Revenge: Shakespeare reveals the challenges that face individuals who endeavour to take action by chronicling Hamlet’s journey to seek revenge for his father’s death that is both timely and morally justified. By portraying Hamlet’s propensity for rumination as a vice which causes him to delay taking action, Shakespeare cautions the audience against wholeheartedly embracing the emerging principles of Renaissance humanism, which celebrated the capacity for reflection and introspection to provide individuals with moral guidance. …show more content…
However, Hamlet’s later use of metaphors and similes pertaining to the proletariat, including “Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I!” and “like a whore”, “like a very drab, a scullion!”, reveal his guilt and disappointment in his failure to take revenge, suggesting that he perceives his inclination to defer action is unbefitting of his status as a prince. His aphorism “And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought”, utilises visual imagery and reinforces his disease motif, and captures Hamlet’s recognition that his introspection and desire to reflect on the consequences of his revenge are