Fortinbras

words in his final moments. He openly admits that he knows everything to someone, another human and for him to tell the world the tragic story of Denmark. He tells Horatio this because everyone who would be hurt by the secrets is already dead. "On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice. So tell him, with th' occurents , more or less , which have solicited-the rest is silence (act5, scene2)." This quote proves that Hamlet kept secrets and deceived everyone by doing so, which resulted in everyone…

1. Gertrude and Claudius spend much of Act I Scene 2 (I.2) chastising Hamlet. Discuss why they are distraught with him and why he is acting this way in this scene. Use examples for illustration. Claudius and Gertrude spend much of their time in Act I Scene 2 reprimanding Hamlet for his melancholy attitude and morning attire. King Claudius and Queen Gertrude are celebrating their wedding; however, Gertrude understands that her son, Prince Hamlet is offended by her seeming betrayal to the memory…

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…

The Revolt of a Prince In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, there are numerous different characters that interact which each other to build the play. One of the main characters of this play is the prince of Denmark, Hamlet. Hamlet keeps, over the course of the story, evolving and changing at many occasions and consequently affects the course of the play. We can clearly see Hamlet changes in mentality and emotionally throughout the course of the play. We firstly see Hamlet in…

and Hamlet refuses to act until he obtained undeniable evidence. Hamlet has a great sense of loyalty and honor, which contributes to his awareness of his emotions and the emotions of others. He was loyal to his father, his friend Horatio, and to Fortinbras, whom he names as his successor to the throne once all have died. He also honors Laertes while…

The ghost in scene five, finally talked. It only wanted to talk to hamlet and only him. And in their conversation we found out that he is indeed Hamlet’s father. He told us that he was stuck in pugatory, until his sins are all purged, then he came back seeking for revenge. This gave the audience something to wander about, because if he needed to to purged, why would he commit further sins. This is comething I thought about and I came to multiple comclusions which I explained in the above…

“The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” is believed to have been written between the year 1599 and 1601, and although the play actually takes place in the Middle Ages occasionally reference to the Elizabethan era are made. During this time plays revolving around revenge and tragedy were quite popular. It was not uncommon to see at the end of a play that all the major characters end up dead. In this particular revenge tragedy, Prince Hamlet is visited by his father’s ghost who tells him his…

In Shakespeare’s most complex play called Hamlet, it takes on the themes of incest, melancholy, and misogyny. Hamlet explores the depth of whether he wanting to commit suicide due to the fact of his uncle (Claudius) marrying his mother (Gertrude), and has taken the throne of Denmark. In addition, his mother is sleeping with Claudius allowing a reign of corruption to start. In Hamlet’s words, “ A little more than kin and less than kind.”(I.2.65) He describes that he is furious with his mother…

To feign or not to feign: that is the question surrounding the behavior and actions of one of literature's most enigmatic tragic heroes. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the question is often asked of whether or not Hamlet is indeed insane, or feigning insanity for his own personal desire of investigating the truth behind Claudius and his role in murdering his father without raising too much suspicion on his part. After centuries of debate on the topic, Franco Zeffirelli came in confidently…

In the stories “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles and the movie Hamlet by William Shakespeare, dealt with the topic of fate. Even though the yet the plots are different both stories have common themes one of them being regicide. In Oedipus the King the past was revealed as the play progressed. In Hamlet the reader already know what is going on. Oedipus’s story surrounds him avoiding his fate. King Lauis and Queen Jacasta received a prophecy from the gods, saying that their son was going to “kill…