Hamlet Character Analysis Essay

In the Franco Zefirelli's film version of Hamlet Mel Gibson plays Hamlet and portrays him as being intimidated and not as confident when going into the fight with Laertes. Before the fight begins the king is portrayed as anxious and on edge waiting for Laertes to kill Hamlet and win the fight when he stabs Hamlet with the poisoned sword or if and when Hamlet drinks from the cup which the king has poisoned. Either way the king and Laertes want revenge and plan on getting it through a series of…

nothing but lust. Hamlet was so consumed in revenge that he ended up killing people who cared for him. In the play Hamlet, Laertes felt that Hamlet never loved Ophelia and only wanted sex from her. This was one of the reasons why Laertes hated Hamlet. Laertes also believed that Hamlet would only marry Ophelia just to become king and not because he truly loved Ophelia. Claudius also thought the same way Laertes did, that Hamlet would never want to marry Ophelia and that Hamlet only wanted her…

Hamlet and Ophelia fall madly in love with one another because Hamlet is acting crazy to see if king Claudius killed old king Hamlet. Hamlet is the son of the deceased old king Hamlet. Ophelia is the daughter king Claudius and he thinks along with everyone else that Hamlet is going insane. Hamlet and Ophelia are secretly talking to each other as Hamlet is setting up a play witch will re-enact the murder of old king…

daybreak, with a slight drizzle against the large windows, which would let in gray muting light to the white room, creating a washed out but bright effect. Various decorations, such as painting and shelves with decorative vases on them, one of which Hamlet smashes during the scene, would line the walls of the room. In the center of the back wall there would be a massive portrait of the new king about half way done with a red curtain skewed to cover most of it. To the side of the room there would…

Laertes’s Advice to Ophelia In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare implements numerous forms of literary devices in order to reveal characters’ tendencies and exploit motifs. The passage that reveals Laertes’s interpretation of Hamlet’s character takes place in Act I, scene iii. In this passage, Laertes includes examples of symbolism, military imagery, patronizing diction, and metaphors to warn Ophelia about what kind of person Hamlet is and inform her of who she is in comparison to him. When…

The ghost in act one scene one of Hamlet represents many different things. The first appearance of the ghost (1.1.47) shows that there is something ominous looming over the state of Denmark. The ghost appears and is silent. He simply stands there and watches Marcellus, Barnardo, and Horatio. Barnardo says “Looks he not like the King?” (1.1.50). By the ghost taking on the image of the deceased King Hamlet, the ghost is enlarging the shadow left over Denmark by the king’s untimely and unexpected…

antic disposition. Ophelia and Hamlet shared a strange relationship ending with both of them going mad. Ophelia's madness came from a love of her father while Hamlet forced himself into his madness. Hamlet truly loved Ophelia through his madness and tried to protect her from it. On the other hand, Ophelia's love for Hamlet was merely a crush and she was able to be swayed greatly by the opinions of others. When Ophelia is first introduced, the main topic was Hamlet and how she needs to stay…

within the Christian church graveyard since her death seems apparent that it was a suicide, and if this is the case that is prohibited within the Christian church. “Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she willfully seeks her own salvation?” (Hamlet …) They first begin to joke around with each other when talking about gallows making. “What is he that builds stronger than either the mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter?” (5.1.46-47) They only joke around…

Precarious Emotional Balance”, Lidz analyzes the mental state and indecision of the character Hamlet in William Shakespeare’s famous play, Hamlet. Lidz begins by explaining how by the second act, the audience must rely on the reports of people spying on Hamlet to learn of his current mental state. He then goes on to reason why Hamlet may have greeted Ophelia in such a disheveled fashion in act II, suggesting Hamlet may have wanted to create the idea that his madness has come about from Ophelia’s…

In the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Ophelia is shattered into a million pieces. She is shattered by the people around her. Her loved one, Hamlet, her family and friends. She experiences love and betrayal. It sinks into the heart and suicide runs through her mind.She who wants happiness and love, but her life ends in tragedy. Ophelia is loving and innocent. Ophelia is loved by everyone, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not win all their quantity love...” (Hamlet: I. i.…