The resolution of a story in literature is what brings the story to a close. After the climax and some additional falling action, the resolution is when the problems are solved, the motifs are resonated, and the story draws to a conclusion. Resolution in literature is one of the most significant devices of a story, but storytelling and writings are different throughout the world, and therefore so are the devices within. In Western literature, the resolution most often means a happy ending for the characters and an implication of a bright future. These endings leave the reader with a sense of satisfaction and the knowledge that the characters they came to know throughout the book will have at least a chance at a hopeful life. Other endings,
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This is a motif in the play and a driving force behind so many of the plot points and character decisions. The story contains multiple foils, or characters that serve the purpose of highlighting the protagonist, including Laertes and Hamlet, Old Hamlet and Claudius, Hamlet and Fortinbras, and Claudius and Hamlet, Ophelia and Gertrude. In the final scene, everyone’s death is avenged with the complimenting deaths of the foils. The first to die, Gertrude, dies which then avenges Ophelia’s death. Then, Laertes’ gets revenge for Polonius’ death by stabbing Hamlet. When Hamlet stabs Claudius, he finally avenges his father’s death. When Hamlet dies, it also serves as revenge for Fortinbras, whose father Old Hamlet killed. All the deaths in the story are avenged, and because of that, the external conflict comes to a close. The only survivor, Fortinbras, creates that sense of closure and resolution through the burial of Hamlet. “Let four captains bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage; for he was likely, had he been put on, to have prov’d most royally: and, for his passage, the soldiers’ music and the rites of war speak loudly for him (V.ii.400-405).” Fortinbras buries Hamlet as a soldier, which signifies that Hamlet acted bravely and nobly, much like a king would, and therefore is another symbol that Hamlet’s impotency was concluded. He accepted his fate, and therefore had the ability to seal …show more content…
The death of the Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet in the ending scene concludes the death motif. The death motif appeared beginning with Old Hamlet’s dying and continued to reappear through all the major and minor characters deaths. In the final scene, all the deaths are avenged, and as the exterior conflict is ended, so is that motif of death. Another motif resolved in the final scene is the masking motif. This was a reoccurring theme through the play, including when Claudius used innocence to mask his true intent and actions and Hamlet used madness to mask his intentions. Both of those are unmasked in the final scene, as Claudius poisons Gertrude and Hamlet kills Claudius. The true identities are unmasked. These motifs string through the scenes of the play, reappearing regularly, but in the final scene they resonate. The motifs are presented strongly one more time to remind the audience, and then fade away with the ending of the
This is a motif in the play and a driving force behind so many of the plot points and character decisions. The story contains multiple foils, or characters that serve the purpose of highlighting the protagonist, including Laertes and Hamlet, Old Hamlet and Claudius, Hamlet and Fortinbras, and Claudius and Hamlet, Ophelia and Gertrude. In the final scene, everyone’s death is avenged with the complimenting deaths of the foils. The first to die, Gertrude, dies which then avenges Ophelia’s death. Then, Laertes’ gets revenge for Polonius’ death by stabbing Hamlet. When Hamlet stabs Claudius, he finally avenges his father’s death. When Hamlet dies, it also serves as revenge for Fortinbras, whose father Old Hamlet killed. All the deaths in the story are avenged, and because of that, the external conflict comes to a close. The only survivor, Fortinbras, creates that sense of closure and resolution through the burial of Hamlet. “Let four captains bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage; for he was likely, had he been put on, to have prov’d most royally: and, for his passage, the soldiers’ music and the rites of war speak loudly for him (V.ii.400-405).” Fortinbras buries Hamlet as a soldier, which signifies that Hamlet acted bravely and nobly, much like a king would, and therefore is another symbol that Hamlet’s impotency was concluded. He accepted his fate, and therefore had the ability to seal …show more content…
The death of the Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet in the ending scene concludes the death motif. The death motif appeared beginning with Old Hamlet’s dying and continued to reappear through all the major and minor characters deaths. In the final scene, all the deaths are avenged, and as the exterior conflict is ended, so is that motif of death. Another motif resolved in the final scene is the masking motif. This was a reoccurring theme through the play, including when Claudius used innocence to mask his true intent and actions and Hamlet used madness to mask his intentions. Both of those are unmasked in the final scene, as Claudius poisons Gertrude and Hamlet kills Claudius. The true identities are unmasked. These motifs string through the scenes of the play, reappearing regularly, but in the final scene they resonate. The motifs are presented strongly one more time to remind the audience, and then fade away with the ending of the