Fortinbras

The Limit as ‘Rot’ Approaches Infinity “To be or not to be: that is the question” (3.1.56) is possibly the most famous rhetorical question in the world. It has been pondered by many bright minds, stripped to its basic structure and yet it eludes a definitive answer. Part of that elusiveness lies in the multitude of motifs/ image patterns that represent the question throughout the course of the play. Out of he many motifs, the one that seems to add the most to the elusiveness to the answer is…

The Most Moral Choice He Had William Shakespeare’s tragedies are very popular; however, his most famous play in the genre is Hamlet. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet to illustrate sometimes the only choice a person has may not always be considered right. He proved to his audience that sometimes one must choose morality over immorality from the choices. Certainly, the unavoidable wrong choice will still leave consequences but in the end, the choice will provide more help. In the play, Hamlet meets…

Deception leading down a destructive path ending in corruption is a primary theme displayed in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Deceit is like quicksand because the more someone sinks into it the more they struggle to get out and getting out of it is the hardest part. The characters around Hamlet sink into the deceit and corruption so quickly that they can no longer act as they normally would. They begin to act irrationally and be completely filled with the lies they tell. One single thing does not…

The tragedy genre is most often seen in drama. It encompasses a plot in which a protagonist “is brought to a disastrous end… in some cases… [is a] direct result of a fatal but common character flaw” (Mays A13). The protagonist is often portrayed “as noble and statuesque” (Wallace 201). Tragedies are still a respected and well-studied genre of literature, although they are not considered a common theme in the modern era. An analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and William…

mass and charge led by a delicate and tender prince, whose spirit with divine ambition puffed makes mouths at the invisible event,” (4.4.47-50). Hamlet is inspired by the large army that passes by him and at the front of the army is the prince Fortinbras himself. The prince shows tremendous courage leading an army to a war instead of sending someone to war for them. The prince has the type of courage and “divine ambition” (4.4.49)…

Hamlet, being a loyal son, has been prolonging his vengeance in order to properly take action against Claudius. After the play, Hamlet had the opportunity to kill Claudius, but Hamlet saw that he was praying to God for forgiveness for murdering his brother. He pondered whether to act or not, realized that killing Claudius at that instant would surely send him to heaven. Hamlet does not want him to be saved, but to suffer in hell doubtlessly how his father is suffering and having to endure a…

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play written by William Shakespeare. The play is about the death of a beloved father/king and a revengeful son. In the opening Scene Act one, after learning about his father death Hamlet returns home to not only be fatherless but crownless as his uncle is now king and partnered with his mom. He was visited by this ghosts which we are suspecting to be the soul of his dead father. The ghost that is suspected in being Hamlets dead father states “But howsoever thou…

Scene 1- For scene one I would like to incorporate a scary, sickening environment. This scene will have a dark backdrop, with a moon on the top left hand corner. The lighting required for this scene will be a blue mixed with green and black tints of lighting along with a fog machine and sounds of groans and a bit of howling of wind to give the scene an ominous feel. The stage will have four actors upon a synthetic stone front faced platform giving the looking of a castle lookout. With the use of…

In the final scenes after the blood bath that kills the noble family takes place Fortinbras says “Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this becomes the field, but here shows much amiss” (act 5 scene 2). Even the king of the opposing army realizes that none of this should have ever taken place. Hamlet reached the end of his quest successful…

and the murders of "… thou so many princes at a shot". (Act 5, Scene II, Line 358) Hamlet could not do it himself because he died along with other important characters. He told Horatio, "But I do prophesy the election lights / On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice; / So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less,". (Act 5, Scene II, Lines 348-350) At one point Horatio wanted to finish the poisoned wine, but Hamlet convinced him to tell his story. Hamlet truly needed Horatio…