Ghost hunting

It isn’t long before this disconnect aggravates itself, quickly spiralling into the uncapped psychosis commonly attributed to Hamlet in the latter part of the production. The catalyst? As The Mousetrap continues along its course, King Claudius stands before the crowd and takes his leave of the scene, retreating to places unknown. Hamlet, seeing this singularly ambiguous action as proof positive of his uncle’s guilt, allows an unconfirmed suspicion to congeal as fact in his delusion-wracked…

Throughout literature, authors manipulate their characters in certain manners to help the audience discover their identities and their personalities. One way that Shakespeare presents Iago’s character in Othello is through Iago’s sacrifices throughout the play. Shakespeare communicates Iago’s pure craving of revenge through what Iago is willing to give up. Iago is willing to sacrifice all the honor that is and could ever be associated with his name for the simple idea of Othello’s downfall. As…

Shakespeare has written many plays that seem to all revolve around a common theme of all the main characters suffering with an inner conflict. In Hamlet, hamlet has undergone a series of difficult events that cause him to so some questionable actions. A common question asked in regards to this play is “is Hamlet's character stable or unstable?” Being unstable consists of sudden mood changes, lack of emotional control and being highly violently reactive. Hamlet’s character shows none of these…

HAMLET’S MADNESS AS FEIGNED: Though many critics have delivered the verdict on Hamlet’s madness as genuine and real, but their judgments were counter answered by others who proved logically and rationally that Hamlet’s madness was feigned or assumed, but not real and genuine. The very first argument given by them is that, “A mentally deranged Hamlet could not have proved a tragic hero, because in our definition of the Shakespearean tragedy we have seen that the tragic consequences must proceed…

We only think it's only sadness that hurts, but sometimes, happy memories hurt the most. Findley of remembrance proudly and sadly recalls a heart-warming and precious memory of him and his brave uncle Tif who died because of war, while Liam of Black Mirror tries to figure out his suspicion about his wife Ffi but when he finds out the truth that she has cheated on him for a long time with Jonas, he takes out his grain where all of his memories are stored. Though this two protagonist both gets sad…

Shakespeare utilizes the characterization of the ghost of King Hamlet to convey significant and climatic messages to the protagonist who , based on the information that is provided , carries out major plot - shifting developments . This leads the reader to make the connection to all that the protagonist does within the text and the initial meeting between the younger and elder Hamlet . It could be fairly speculated that the actions that are taken by the ghost of King Hamlet's character bring…

Honest Criticism The movies reviewed in the videos include Halloween, 300 and Frozen. They all contain different types of Criticism. The movie Halloween has two different types of criticism, feminist criticism and reader-response criticism. Secondly, in the movie 300 the type of criticism used is reader-response criticism. Finally, from the movie Frozen the type of criticism used is psychoanalytic criticism. I will provide examples of why I feel these types of criticism are used in each of…

Jake Risavi Dr. Jadwin English 9/24/17 The Truth of the White’s Tragedy In the movie Apartment 143, a ghost is haunting the main family and they hire a paranormal investigative team to stay there and help them rid the apartment of the demon. In the beginning of the movie we see the head investigator, Dr. Helzer, interview the father of the family, Alan White. Alan claims he believes the ghost is most likely is deceased wife, Cynthia. Alan tells us the story about how his wife died in the…

Out of all the people around us, our family and friends have the capability of hurting us the most because we would drop our guard around them. Resulting in the loss of Hamlet’s trust in his family and friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s betrayal, among other people’s, forces Hamlet to act overly cautious of his surroundings when planning for his father’s revenge. This sets the play up to end in tragedy when he misses opportunities and makes mistakes. Initially, when Rosencrantz and…

Two murders, four consequential deaths. This story follows the path of dark themes including murder, revenge, and tricks. After the King’s own brother murders him, his son, Hamlet strikes for revenge. Tragically, Hamlet mistook Polonius, his lover’s father, for the recent King and kills him. This action causes Hamlet's lover, Ophelia to slowly lose grip on life and sink into a constant state of confusion and loss. Mental disorders have existed since the beginning of time; they play a part in…