Gertrude Stein

King Hamlet wanted to leave Gertrude to God and heaven, and to let God judge the rights and wrongs of Gertrude. “But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught: leave her to heaven…” (page 1824). The ghost didn’t want to drag Gertrude into the issue because he wanted to protect her and believed that she was unaware of the murderous act of King Claudius…

Shakespeare’s reputation for using imagery in his plays is perfectly exemplified in Hamlet. Among the many instances of imagery in the play, the scene in which Ophelia distributes her imaginary flowers, Act IV, Scene v, is an example of how Shakespeare conveys the realities of his characters. The traditional characteristics of each flower are specific to each character of the play and allude to their previous experiences, actions, or personalities. Ophelia’s invisible bouquet, collected in the…

In an ingenious masterpiece, Shakespeare weaves trifling events that appear inconsequential, yet become essential to the plot and flow of the play. Upon discerning the role of women in the Shakespearean era and analyzing the relationships both Gertrude and Ophelia had with the men in their lives, can one comprehend the role and treatment of women in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The presence of only two women in the entire play denotes a certain message from the beginning, additionally with both…

In the Shakespearian play ‘Hamlet’, the portrayal of madness is one of the driving themes, which widely affects all characters and the main plot. The representation of madness is not only complex, but was cleverly planned out, as the madness between the characters are linked. Because of how intricate the play was written, there is much speculation to be made. There is a debate in the audience over whether Hamlet was truly mad or not - something that will likely never get a definite answer as…

wanting him to get revenge on the new found king, also Hamlet’s long time friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, have come back into the picture but not in the way you would think! Infact his friends are there to betray him for King Claudius and Gertrude to notice them and give them glory and riches in which is promised to them if they spy on Hamlet and to escort him to England. Finally last but not least of the problems Hamlet is dealing with as stated before in the text King Claudius his…

It is immediately following the death of Queen Gertrude that Hamlet at last delivers the killing blow to his treacherous uncle. When Hamlet finally kills his uncle, there is no certainty in his vengeance. Laertes claims Claudius is Gertrude’s murderer, saying, “The King, the King’s to blame.” Hamlet,…

the perfect and pure exemplar of a woman and Gertrude, being the disloyal and negative portrayal of a woman. However, to the male characters in Hamlet the actions of these women do not matter, both women are treated with scorn and mistrust. Shakespeare may have used this display…

through the duration of the play having them appear a certain way to the ‘public eye’ also, through their soliloquies that reveal their true characters. Major characters such as Hamlet, King Claudius, Polonius, Rozencrants and Guildenstern, Queen Gertrude, and Ophelia all appear seemingly focused on an external subject but in reality are focused on an internal one. Hamlet not only puts on an antic disposition to investigate the reality of others, but also of himself. Hamlet ends up putting off…

He tells his son that while he was sleeping, Claudius poured poison into his ear. Hamlet is shocked by the ghosts words. The ghost asks Hamlet to “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” (I.5.25) Prince Hamlet vow’s to avenge his father’s death, and promises not hurt his mother even though he blame’s her for re-marrying to his uncle right after his father’s death. Since the revenge was requested, and not Prince Hamlet’s own decision, we could question if Hamlet would consider avenging his…

Sanity and insanity can be either depicted as having a fine line in between them or being similar.The characters in Hamlet all take on completely different personalities. Some of them are either sane or mad, but how can you tell which are which ? Sanity is believed to be the capability to be able to know the difference between your thoughts and emotions, while insanity is when you cause yourslef to be caught your own lies, neglecting your own health and not acting rationally. The differences…