Derek Mahon

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two minor, characters in Hamlet, and friends of the young Hamlet from university in Germany. Their part in the story begins when they are summoned by King Claudius to spy and report on the “strange behavior” of the prince, and ends when they die in a counterplot set up by Hamlet himself. Their part in the play is brief and comical at best, and even their deaths are given no worthy development or climax, mentioned only at the end of the play. They play a…

Theme of Drama “Tragedy of Hamlet” is death. In the first scene, hamlet returns to Denmark for his dead father funeral, after meeting with ghost he planned his uncle death. Then the death of Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all relate to the theme. In act 3 scene 1, a hopeless prince Hamlet deliberate death and suicide in his famous soliloquy “to be or not to be”. In which he asks question from himself that whether he should kill himself or let himself suffer from the pain. As…

The narrative of Hamlet tells the story of a son seeking revenge for the murder of his father, the king of Denmark. Hamlet’s uncle poisoned the king, so he could control the kingdom, he betrayed Hamlet’s father just as Hamlet’s father betrayed the father of Fortinbras, the Norwegian prince. Several themes can be traced throughout the play. Two prominent themes include the constant reinforcing of male dominance, and the question of reality vs. unreality. Women are powerless within the play…

In modern times, society considers auditory and visual hallucinations to be common symptoms of mental illness, and the same can be said at the time of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. These are seen through Prince Hamlet’s interactions with the specter of his father, and his actions thereafter. Other characters in Hamlet observe that Hamlet seems to be “going mad” in his ambitious quest to avenge his father. But, Hamlet is the only character to interact with the ghost, and the ghost advises Hamlet to kill…

It is common across many Shakespearean tragedies for at least one character to die; in Hamlet, five characters are murdered. These five (King Hamlet, Hamlet Jr., Laertes, Gertrude, and Claudius) all die as a result of being poisoned by Claudius, directly or transitively. The repeated use of poison across Shakespeare's plays is not a coincidence, and when Shakespeare uses poison in Hamlet, he sets up a strong association of poison to the corruption in man. More specifically, Shakespeare uses the…

After reading a book, write down the title (underline and capitalize), the author of the book, the date you finished the book, the genre of the book and a one sentence summary of the book. If you abandon a book, please write that as well, but it does not count as a book read. 1.I Survived the Joplin Tornado 2011 by Lauren Tarshis The tornado was terrible but this is a historic fiction book about 11 year old Dexter going with a storm hunter/ show host that is chasing the Joplin tornado which…

I disagree with G. Wilson Knight’s claim that Claudius was not a plausible villain. First, I disagree with Knight’s claim that: “Like Stavrogin, he [Hamlet] is feared by those around him. They are always trying in vain to find out what is wrong with him. They cannot understand him.” The character, Horatio, serves as an effective counter to Knight’s claim. Horatio faithfully remains by Hamlet’s side throughout the play; Horatio is with Hamlet before the play in Act 3, Horatio is with Hamlet in…

There are many iterations of the Hamlet story that have been filmed dating from 1907 up until the year 2009 yet only five of those many movies portray a good feeling and meaning for the“To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy. The five movies in mention are the Branagh, Gibson, Blockbuster, Olivier, and Doran’s versions. In the five movies the camera angle, actions of Hamlet, and the music do well at producing emotion in the viewer. But only one is superior to all. The Branagh version is the most…

things that the Grey’s Anatomy fandom, like myself, are attracted by every time the Cosy in the Rocket theme song comes on. The romance begins in the very first scene when Meredith wakes up to an unknown man, later to be named McDreamy or Dr. Derek…

Once upon a time, in a static (5) land called Lake Charles, there was a young college freshman named Courtney Liccardi. She had very transcendent (10) plans for such a small town girl. Courtney had just been accepted into Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard gave Courtney a magnanimous (2), full ride scholarship for a track. Track was her heart and soul, she then later met her whole heart, Bentley North. They were meant to be, he ran long distance, just like Courtney did. He…