Fortinbras

The Shakespearean drama “Hamlet” is the central work in Western literature and inspired many creative writers into reshaping literature in today’s day. With its popularity, it has become the most written and analyzed play that retains intensity and complexity to move its readers. The prevalent theme of revenge makes it the most well-known tragedy worldwide evoking countless critical opinions of the characters. But before Hamlet, speculation arose that in Shakespeare’s earlier life he had…

him. This act of overcoming obstacles validates Hamlet’s sanity and reasoning for his madness. The last hurdle Hamlet encounters is where he was fencing Laertes and he was poisoned. He also killed king Claudius before he died. The end analysis is Fortinbras becomes the new king and Hamlet did all that just for the vengeance of his Father's death and to make his mother…

Imagine putting on lenses, in which one can uncover underlying issues; one understands the topic but does not fully comprehend it. While most people in the world understand that there are economic separations between the rich and the poor, the concept that the separation is not just economically but is in fact a range of dimensions such as education, family structure, etc often becomes lost in translation. The Marxist lens discusses this issue; it uncovers that the class divide between the rich…

the Garden of Eden, Hamlet implies that when his father was alive, the world was a beautiful place like a garden, but when Claudius takes over, everything becomes “gross” and full of weeds. Also, the garden represents how Hamlet’s father gained Fortinbras’ land with honor, and the weeds represent how Claudius gained power by usurping the throne away from Hamlet. To add on, Hamlet considers the wedding between Claudius and Gertrude as “gross” because Hamlet’s mother betrays him when she…

Hamlet Carnegie, Dale. "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet; evidence suggests that Hamlet would have made a bad king due to his inability to quickly execute his goals with deliberate purposeful action as a result of constant over articulation. After returning to Denmark from the University of Wittenberg, Prince Hamlet encounters the…

Act 5 – Scene 1 1) They were digging the soil for a burial together. “She” is Ophelia. No, the second clown seemed not agree that the girl should be buried like a Christian burial. This is because the clown had thought that the girl was rich and people tend to pretend that the girl did nothing wrong that she was actually commit suicide by drowning herself into the water, so she deserved to be buried like Christian burial. “a gentlewoman… buried out” (5:1:25) , “sings… gravemaking” (5:1:67) 2) He…

interesting, yet often forgotten about, soliloquy’s takes place at the end of Act four, Scene four in Hamlet. The soliloquy occurred near the end of the play, after Hamlet had just left his home. In this scene, Hamlet watched as the Prince of Norway, Fortinbras, lead his large army to fight for a small piece of land, ultimately worth nothing. This caused Hamlet to think about the situation he was in, being that his father was killed by his uncle Claudius, who then took the throne and married…

Act I, scene v Hamlet and Ghost are Alone, the ghost speaks and claims to be Old Hamlet Old Hamlet was murdered by Claudius Official story is that Old Hamlet was napping in the garden and was stung by a snake, but Claudius poisoned him and Hamlet Sr. was sent to the purgatory because he wasn’t given a chance to write right his wrongs Ghost commands Hamlet to seek revenge against Claudius for murder and corrupting Gertrude The Ghost doesn’t want any harm to his mother Hamlet promises to seek…

forget their own country and those whose lives depend on the stability of the monarchy because they do not have a balance of characteristics that would lead to a clearer picture on how to act. After the final deaths, Horatio reminds the new king, Fortinbras, that these events must be seen in the wider scope when he says, “let this same be presently performed, [e]ven while men’s minds are wild, lest more mischance [o]n plots and errors happen” (287). Being too stereotypical led these two into the…

possibly, the most famous speech of all time, in a nunnery Hamlet delivers the, “To be, or not to be?” soliloquy. The end of Hamlet is an amalgamation of sword fighting and poison. In one fell swoop, Hamlet kills his uncle and achieves his death. Fortinbras gives him a hero’s death, “Let four captains bear…