Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, as Hamlet pursues the revenge of his deceased father, he acts in a state of feigned madness. Demonstrating such behavior allows him to disguise his intentions and construct a plan for murder, yet is also the cause of his inaction as he is held back by sane and rational thoughts. Hamlet seeks the ability to enact revenge when he reaches a state of true madness as faked insanity overtakes him throughout the play, releasing him from sensibility. Hamlet’s desire to seek…

encountered on his journey. In this step Hamlet learns that his old friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are no longer people he can consider friends because they have followed Claudius in his attempt to see what is wrong with Hamlet by spying on him. Leading Hamlet to only have only one ally left, Horatio. The seventh piece is the approach to the climax. In this case Ophelia has no idea what to do with her life now that her father is dead which leads to the vengeance of Hamlet for killing…

French actress Jeanne Moreau once stated: “Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it’s what makes life interesting and suspenseful” (1). The mysterious element of death is found throughout many of the noted tragedies of William Shakespeare. Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous dramas, is permeated with “murder, suicide, revenge, and accidental deaths” (Jamieson, “Death in ‘Hamlet’”). An analysis of Hamlet brings about a key question regarding one of its central themes:…

William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet follows the Danish royal family’s cutthroat actions to gain individual power and success, Prince Hamlet is called upon by the ghost of his father to seek revenge upon his uncle, Claudius’ part in his murder; furthermore, Claudius marries Gertrude, Prince Hamlet’s mother a short time after the murder of his father. The injustices in the play correlate differently to the affected person. Shakespeare portrays how actions taken to resolve an injustice have…

taking a risk and ends up winning. Fortinbras on the other hand is an example of a completely opposite phenomenon; Denmark is presented to him in the end completely unguarded with the king, queen and the future prince lying dead. He, thus does not risk anything but attains the kingdom completely by luck. Hence we can, according to Machiavelli evaluate their gaining of the state as Claudius: Gaining his kingdom of becoming price by crime and Fortinbras: Gaining his…