Ghost Dance

In the tragic play, Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, deception, manipulation, and corruption blinded the main character, Hamlet. The act of pretending to be insane leads Hamlet to madness and his dismay. His madness caused confusion and blinded him from reality. Unfortunately, Hamlet’s insanity leads to misfortune. There are always reasons behind someone’s madness. In the play, Hamlet switches between the behaviors of sanity and insanity. He claimed he was “mad north-north-west” meaning…

Hamlet VS Lion King There are a lot of similarities and differences between Disney’s cartoon, “the Lion King” and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. For a start, both cases are about a prince and are aimed at exploring what it feels to lose a father. However, while Hamlet ends in the death of almost every character, the lion king is young viewer friendly because it is intended for children. In the lion king, Simba who is a very young lion plays the role of the young prince whose father was killed. Simba is…

In class we the students of 11th grade were tasked to read a play write over the Crucible, we were asked to then write a paper over said book, choosing from a number of subjects. I chose to debate whether Proctor's choice of hanging from the gallows was vanity, or valiance. We'll start by discussing whether he should have lied , and about the lie. Then we'll move unto what parts we could consider foolish, or prideful. And lastly finish off in speaking about what we could be considered honorable,…

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, written in the beginning of the 17th century, concern’s itself with the consequences of human frailty, be it mental or moral. The concern is primarily presented using the nature of tragedies, presenting death as the most austere repercussion of decrepitude. Refined and impactful word choices embellish the theme of death with images of rot, decay, and nature. In addition to death, the moral frailty of Claudius, leads to societal corruption, and the mental frailty of…

Normally when students hear the name Shakespeare in their English class, they moan and groan because his writing is “too hard” or “too boring.” Although reading Shakespeare can be challenging, I do believe that his work should still be taught in schools. This is because the themes he wrote about are still relevant today, acting in his plays builds confidence, and the language he wrote with makes us think and analyze more than we would with a different author. The themes that Shakespeare wrote…

In William’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet, characters are utilized to highlight the flaws and discrepancies of others. Through familial duty, actions, and vengeances of the two subplots of Hamlet and Fortinbras, it is evident that both characters are parallel to one another. Fortinbras serves as a foil to emphasize aspects of Hamlet’s personality, which enhances plot and character development. Fortinbras’ purpose of a foil to Hamlet, highlighting his traits, becomes evident in their intuitive to act…

a campfire in the middle of the woods, ghost have been a popular topic for scary stories. For a kid’s imagination a ghost is a provocative and terrifying idea, which are usually accompanied by goose bumps and an eerily feeling. For Cole, a main character in M. Night Shyamalan’s movie the sixth-sense, ghost are not just an idea in his imagination, but are part of his daily reality. Cole had a very strange “secret” in which he can see and communicate with ghost. A child psychologist named Malcolm…

“Here comes Haemon, your only living son.” says the Chorus Leader. (710-711) Haemon is saying that he is giving his all to his father Creon, and that he would never fail him or do him any ill will. But that would soon change after Creon's hatred decision towards Antigone. Ultimately these conflicting motivations develop Creon as a tragic hero by sending his sons, soon to be bride, Antigone to her death and the character interactions advanced the plot and developed the theme by sending his son's…

On the other hand, some people might say that Hamlet takes long to avenge his father’s death because as George Detmold states, “ Perhaps the most significant reason why Hamlet hesitates , the critic concludes, is that although he is tempted by love, kingship, and even revenge, he is long past the point where he desires to do anything about them. None of these objects gives him a new incentive for living” (219). Detmold questions how come it took Hamlet approximately three months to take action…

precipitating event that alters Hamlet’s disposition is when he first communicates with the ghost of King Hamlet and is urged to seek vengeance. The ghost declares that “Murder most foul, as in the best it is. But this most foul, strange and unnatural” (1.5, 27). In this passage Hamlets father is declaring that although murder is indeed unnatural, it is what needs to be done in order for Hamlet to get revenge. The ghost then states “I find thee apt, And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed…