Hamlet is a famous play written by William Shakespeare that have been played throughout the century. Also, it was a popular play in modern European culture. In William Shakespeare play Hamlet, it caused a lot of death to the royalties because of the death of Hamlet father. Hamlet shows revenge, murder and treason, unfulfilled love and madness. Throughout Hamlet there was many forms of betrayal towards the characters. The betrayal in Hamlet causes an entire family to fall. Three characters portray different forms of betrayal, Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet himself who shows the means of betrayal.
Hamlet the prince of Denmark is the main character of the play. Returning to Demark to attended his father and the king Claudius who marries …show more content…
Therefore, when his friends try discover the reason for his madness. Meanwhile Polonius thinks Hamlet is insane due to his daughter Ophelia who had rejected Hamlet love. Therefore, Polonius decided to set Ophelia on Hamlet by leaving them alone. Hamlet had now decided to attended the players to see if they can play the tragedy of his father death and to catch Claudius reaction. When Hamlet was alone with Ophelia, Polonius was watching both along with Claudius to hear and observe both having a conversation. In addition, Hamlet prepares his play and calls it the mouse trap. In his play as the audience there was Hamlet mother joined by his Uncle Claudius and Polonius with Ophelia with many people. As the play began Hamlet mother and Uncle became angry for different reasons. One being Claudius began to feel guilty of killing his brother. Another would be his mother Gertrude for remarrying after her husband death. Meanwhile Claudius decided that he will get rid of Hamlet by shipping him to England. After the play Hamlet mother, had called him to her room. Polonius was hiding behind the curtain listening to Hamlet and his …show more content…
No one knows the proper birth date of William Shakespeare; however, he was baptized in the Holy Trinity Church were his mother was buried. William Shakespeare is known to be one of Literature most famous poet. He is “called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time” (Brown). Also, he was a “writer of great intellectual rapidity, perceptiveness, and poetic power” (Brown). Shakespeare was one of “John and Mary Shakespeare 's oldest surviving child” (“Shakespeare”). His father, John Shakespeare, has been described as a glover or whiteware, and his mother Mary Arden, was from a noted local family (Griffith). Shakespeare did not attend a university. Instead he got married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway. In addition, he had worked in London, the center of England theater. During renaissance period, men could become actors, which they play both male and female characters. Shakespeare was known to be an actor, playwright and leading in company. Shakespeare plays were written in the 16 and 17 centuries and was being played in theaters in many countries throughout the