Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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…

This depression is because of his father’s loss and the fact that his mother, the Queen, does not mourn her dead husband at all. His own mother betrays him and especially his father, by marrying his uncle without even mourning King Hamlet’s death. He asks himself various times if it was more noble to fight his misfortunes or die. Someone who is not in his or…

William Shakespeare is renowned for his extraordinary works in the tragedies he has composed. A Shakespearean tragedy is so well distinguishable from other writings that someone with little knowledge of his work could easily recognize it. Shakespeare’s signature is his use of the tragic hero: A person of nobility with several redeeming qualities that inevitably meets his or her own destruction due to a judgment error or character flaw. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the tragic hero in “The Tragedy…

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the most considerable literary figure of the Elizabethan Age and often called the English national poet is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. He occupies a unique position in world literature. The opening lines of Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Preface to Shakespeare are tribute to Shakespeare’s long–continued popularity, which Johnson considers to be an acceptable criterion of greatness. According to Johnson, no other test of the greatness of…

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 pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught.” (Act 1 Scene 5 86-90) The ghost is telling Hamlet to not take out all this anger and…

Art has been a pivotal element of human development, expression, and survival for thousands of years; it is something powerful. It has been used to persuade, to dissuade, to provoke. In February of 1601, Richard II was performed by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in an attempt to provoke a rebellion in England. This rebellion ultimately failed. However, the eminence of art, in particular theatre, is not to be underestimated. Hamlet explores the importance and influence of theatre. Hamlet acts insane…

The Death of Polonius Hamlet has gone through a vast amount of change. His father is dead and his uncle, whom killed his father, is now married with his mother Gertrude. These changes have vastly effected Hamlet in a way in which he seeks revenge. Hamlet should not be held accountable for the death of Polonius. There are many factors contributed solely by Claudius himself, to prove that Hamlet in fact should not be held responsible. First of all, Hamlet has his mind set that behind the curtain…

indecisiveness is contrasted with the decisiveness of Laertes who proclaims he will do anything to avenge his father, even kill the murderer in a church. As a church is a religious building, this statement implies that Laertes wants his father’s murderer dead, and their fate after death is unimportant. In addition to Laertes being used as a foil to highlight Hamlet’s indecisiveness, Fortinbras is also employed as a foil character to display the same characteristic. Hamlet’s regret of taking so…

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was considered a prominent play across the world. Hamlet is a well-known play in modern European culture and has been performed throughout the centuries in many countries. Moreover, it has a great deal of death. All the royals die, which leave no one to rule Denmark. Hamlet, contains retaliation, murder and treason, unfulfilled endearment, and insanity. Also, there were many forms of betrayal by the characters. The betrayal of Ophelia, Gertrude, and Hamlet himself…

speaks to the ghost, Hamlet’s father, which she cannot see. After Hamlet went on a rampage about what he thinks of his mother, he then talks to a ghost. The ghost of his father is telling him to not make his mother feel too bad. This shows that the dead king still has feelings for…