Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

William Shakespeare's Hamlet can be compared to Disney’s Lion King, because of their similarities of characters, plot line, and intervening themes of loyalty and power. Both stories center on these themes and even progressively change together when the main characters morals start to change and fade. Throughout Hamlet and The Lion King there are examples that link both of these plots together. The first example being both stories is the king being killed and the revenge is being sought after by…

Within the play Hamlet, Ophelia, Laertes, Polonius, Gertrude, Guildenstern, Rosencrantz, and Claudius all die. All but Claudius’ could have been avoided if Hamlet had just swiftly killed the King as he originally said he would. Polonius’ death is a result of the pressure Hamlet is under to kill the King and the fact that Claudius…

Act 5 scene 1 begins with two gravediggers digging a grave for the late Ophelia while carrying a discussion about the rumor of her suicide. They state that her burial would not proceed normally had the King not provided for it. As one of the gravediggers leave, Hamlet enters along with Horatio and Hamlet is startled at how lightly the gravedigger takes his job. Hamlet and the gravedigger discuss his depressing job and as the gravedigger begins to throw skulls out of the grave, he explains how…

The story of Hamlet mostly takes place in Elsinore, Denmark during the late middle ages. However, it also has aspects of Shakespeare’s time, the 16th century, scattered throughout the play. During both the 15th and 16th centuries, public image played a crucial role in every noble’s life. How society viewed a noble was just as important as a noble’s honor. Hamlet, the main character of the play, grows in that society, but he fights against the pressure to maintain a positive public view. Instead,…

In (2.2.342-43) Hamlet lets Guildenstern and Rosencrantz know that he knows when to act crazy and when to not. He tells them, “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” If someone was crazy, would they be able to distinguish what is in their mind vs. reality? No probably not. However, Hamlet knows what is real, and what is not real. He knows if someone is playing him or not. For example, in (3.3.313) Hamlet tells Guildenstern…

Hamlet is a serial killer. He killed his best friend’s father, Polonius; his uncle, King Claudius; and his best friend since birth, Laertes with his own two hands. He was also responsible for the deaths of Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and Ophelia. How would you feel if the murderer of 6 people was allowed to run around free in your neighborhood? I know that I would be scared for my life. Hamlet shows no remorse for his actions; he is soulless and bloodthirsty. Hamlet is guilty for the Polonius’…

Mika Shapshovich Mr. Doherty English 8 January, 2018 The Human Nature of Manipulation for Power: Hamlet, Claudius, and Polonius in Hamlet by Shakespeare Manipulative individuals use their power to deceive others for social status or power. Evidently, manipulation is used to alter the perception of others through deceitful and misleading acts. When a person possesses surplus power they become insecure and unstable, which causes the person…

Originality is a concept which has changed and evolved over hundreds of years. Indeed, the definition of originality, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as the “ability to think or express oneself in an independent and individual manner” , has not always been so rigid. In the Elizabethan era the concept of originality was not concerned with whose idea was whose. In fact, originality was all about how the idea was portrayed, for instance, whether it was performed on stage or by other…

lot of deaths is Hamlet. Hamlet is the tragic hero in the play and although his plan was only to kill Claudius he ended up taking out a lot of other characters along the way. Three major deaths that were directly Hamlet’s fault were Ophelia’s and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s. It is often thought that a lot of the deaths in the play had nothing to do with Hamlet. This stance fails to consider that although Hamlet didn’t directly cause all of the deaths in the play, he played…

friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet acts cold and aloof. Since the two followed the King’s orders, Hamlet demonizes them and manipulates them into getting beheaded: That, on the view and knowing of these contents,/ Without debatement further, more or less,/ He should those bearers be put to sudden death...” (5.1.47-49). Hamlet is telling Horatio how he escaped going to Britain with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet faked an official letter that stated that Rosencrantz and…