Life Lessons of Hamlet
Hamlet: arguably one of the best plays ever written. This play is tells the story of a young prince, Hamlet, whose father, King Hamlet of Denmark, is killed. Soon after, the prince’s mother, wife of King Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, marries the king’s brother, Claudius (Shmoop, 2008). Weird family tree, right? From these events, Prince Hamlet’s anguish and anger take over his entire personality, and he begins to resent both his mother and his step-father/uncle. Throughout the five acts of Hamlet, he begins to avenge his father’s death. In many acts, the ghost of his recently-laid-to-rest father appears, telling Hamlet that Claudius is the one who murdered him. In the meantime, Hamlet is also “dating” Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. …show more content…
Poor Ophelia even ends up going completely insane by the end of this thing! Probably because the love of her life, Hamlet, kills her own father! Not intentionally or anything, but because he was seeking vengeance against King Claudius, his father’s brother, his new step-father (Shakespeare, Acts I-V). With all of this being said, people, especially teens, could learn some important life lessons from this exciting play. One thing that people could take from this play is to not let the past affect your future as Hamlet did. People need to let the past be in the past. The next lesson that could be taken from the five acts of this tragedy is always staying true to you. Lastly, do not let your emotions determine your actions. Spur-of-the-moment decisions can be made while you are angry or sad. You shouldn’t let your feelings in a few short moments affect …show more content…
My blessing season this in thee.”
By saying this, Polonius is telling Laertes that if he stays true to himself, he cannot seem fake to anyone else (Bilanich, 2015). This is one of the truest lines I have ever read, though it is so simple. People need to be clear in their purpose and direction in life. This is an important lesson for anyone, anywhere. You can look at it in any perspective: friendships, relationships and even jobs! Lastly, spur-of-the-moment actions can make or break a situation. There are many examples of this in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. One that I will come back to is Ophelia’s suicide. Her madness and sadness—See what I did there?—causes her to choose the worst option out there. Now she has to live, well not really, with the consequences of the choice she made. Hamlet is a great example of this type of character. In the play, Hamlet has the actors do a scene that makes it seem as if Claudius kills his father, making him look like a complete and utter douche. He angers King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. Queen Gertrude’s death could also exemplify a spur-of-the –moment act. She doesn’t even think about what she is doing when she puts the cup of poison to her lips. Complete stupidity, in my opinion. People could really use Hamlet to learn how to make better, more rational choice that could better the situation the feel they might be trapped in. People could use this play to know that there are other options out there, especially after reading all the dumb
Hamlet: arguably one of the best plays ever written. This play is tells the story of a young prince, Hamlet, whose father, King Hamlet of Denmark, is killed. Soon after, the prince’s mother, wife of King Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, marries the king’s brother, Claudius (Shmoop, 2008). Weird family tree, right? From these events, Prince Hamlet’s anguish and anger take over his entire personality, and he begins to resent both his mother and his step-father/uncle. Throughout the five acts of Hamlet, he begins to avenge his father’s death. In many acts, the ghost of his recently-laid-to-rest father appears, telling Hamlet that Claudius is the one who murdered him. In the meantime, Hamlet is also “dating” Ophelia, daughter of Polonius. …show more content…
Poor Ophelia even ends up going completely insane by the end of this thing! Probably because the love of her life, Hamlet, kills her own father! Not intentionally or anything, but because he was seeking vengeance against King Claudius, his father’s brother, his new step-father (Shakespeare, Acts I-V). With all of this being said, people, especially teens, could learn some important life lessons from this exciting play. One thing that people could take from this play is to not let the past affect your future as Hamlet did. People need to let the past be in the past. The next lesson that could be taken from the five acts of this tragedy is always staying true to you. Lastly, do not let your emotions determine your actions. Spur-of-the-moment decisions can be made while you are angry or sad. You shouldn’t let your feelings in a few short moments affect …show more content…
My blessing season this in thee.”
By saying this, Polonius is telling Laertes that if he stays true to himself, he cannot seem fake to anyone else (Bilanich, 2015). This is one of the truest lines I have ever read, though it is so simple. People need to be clear in their purpose and direction in life. This is an important lesson for anyone, anywhere. You can look at it in any perspective: friendships, relationships and even jobs! Lastly, spur-of-the-moment actions can make or break a situation. There are many examples of this in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. One that I will come back to is Ophelia’s suicide. Her madness and sadness—See what I did there?—causes her to choose the worst option out there. Now she has to live, well not really, with the consequences of the choice she made. Hamlet is a great example of this type of character. In the play, Hamlet has the actors do a scene that makes it seem as if Claudius kills his father, making him look like a complete and utter douche. He angers King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. Queen Gertrude’s death could also exemplify a spur-of-the –moment act. She doesn’t even think about what she is doing when she puts the cup of poison to her lips. Complete stupidity, in my opinion. People could really use Hamlet to learn how to make better, more rational choice that could better the situation the feel they might be trapped in. People could use this play to know that there are other options out there, especially after reading all the dumb