This is how Hamlet felt. ... Hamlet's character didn't. ... Hamlet had definitely hit rock bottom. ... In an attempt to kill Hamlet, Claudius poisons Hamlet's drink while at a gathering towards the end of the play. ... While this battle was ensuing, Hamlet's mother drank from Hamlet's cup, which Claudius had earlier poisoned. ...
While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this mission of Hamlet's is in stark contrast to Claudius' fervent effort to obscure the truth of King Hamlet's murder. The question of Hamlet's sanity is irrelevant, but instead his melancholy disposition is the centering aspect of the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ... Hamlet "[...] is a disappointed candidate for election, still clinging to a delusion of adequacy."2 Issues that once enticed Hamlet now hardly satisfy h...
Ophelia was in love with Hamlet. ... She innocently agrees to help spy on Hamlet without thinking of the possible consequences. During their encounter, Hamlet treats her as though she is utterly hateful. ... Ophelia's fragile sensitivity is evidenced in her response to Hamlet's ranting. ... During the play in Act 3 scene 2, Hamlet is cruel to Ophelia. ...
The Problem of Hamlet In Shakespeare's timeless tale of Hamlet, Hamlet is described as having very many problems. ... Now although Hamlet and his friends do see the ghost of his father at the beginning of the play, the third time the ghost appears, (Hamlet III, 4, 117-156) no one sees the ghost but Hamlet. ... In Hamlet's Revenge by Eleanor Prosser, she points out that this could be a cause of why Hamlet is so vulnerable. ... Hamlet's feelings of intense jealousy towards Claudius are great tools for Hamlet's motivation to kill him, but yet again Hamlet is torn between k...
Hamlet's Soliloquies Throughout this play, Hamlet likes to engage in soliloquies to voice his innermost thoughts and conflicts. ... However, Hamlet himself feels weak in comparison. ... Hamlet is a very pious person, who is propelled by a rigid moral code. ... However, this name calling is what Hamlet needs to get himself worked up. ... Hamlet's soliloquy in Act IV is in direct contrast to his former thoughts. ...
Hamlets first real action of madness happens when the actors come to the castle and put on a short act. ... When Hamlet comes back after he is exiled Ophelia soon finds out and comes to see Hamlet. ... After Ophelia's death, Hamlet is in the spotlight for what is to come next. Hamlet's madness comes from a revenge of his father's death. ... Laertes ends up poisoning Hamlet with a cut from the sword during the fight. ...
He also believes that he is basically acting like a whore by using his words rather than his actions (Hamlet/Line 539). ... Hamlet undeniably wants to seek revenge no one can dispute that, but it seems he's lost the passion to actually do it, which he seems to realize in himself when he states, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I"" (Hamlet/Line 505). ... Hamlet believes that if the first player had the motive that he had, he would "drown the stage with tears"" (Hamlet/Line 517). ... As we continue, Hamlet condemns the way he's been handling the situation so far. ... This is how ...
Hamlet and his mother In Shakespeare's play of Hamlet, we are under the impression that Hamlet is emotionally suffering with his troubled relationship with his mother, Gertrude. ... Hamlet views his mother as both weak and false, as a consequence, other aspect of Hamlet's psychology are affected, namely his inability to act on his father's death. ... In the scene, Hamlet discusses the view of his mother's behavior following his father's death. ... In addition to his view that Gertrude is false...
Hamlet then watches Claudius very closely while a re-enactment of Hamlet's father's death is being performed. ... Hamlet declares that Claudius is guilty. ... Hamlet had plenty of opportunities to kill Claudius. ... Hamlet finally kills Claudius, while he is also dying. ... This left Hamlet's father's death avenged as Claudius was dead, but at the cost of Hamlet's own life. ...
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet was thought to have gone mad or insane. ... Seeing Ophelia dead was a reality shock to Hamlet, and his true feelings were brought out. ... There are several clues that help prove the stability of Hamlet's emotions and mental abilities. ... This, however, never occurred in the play which proves that Hamlet was not insane. ... The clues in the text clearly provide the proof that Hamlet was not insane. ...
In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the title character's love for Ophelia comes into question. ... In this essay I will demonstrate that Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia are true and he loves her. ... Hamlet being discreet and personal time and time again reassures Ophelia of his love for her. ... At first, it seems as though Hamlet is mocking her and trying to get rid of her. ... This might imply that Ophelia is pregnant with Hamlet's child. ...
The protagonist Hamlet from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, is unhappy and wants revenge for his father's murder. ... Hamlet is also unhappy, his father had been murdered, and his mother had remarried his uncle Claudius. ... In both stories, the protagonists follow their emotions, Hamlet's anger, and Dunstan's guilt. ... Although he suffered, Dunstan goes on to become a successful schoolmaster, whereas Hamlet was less fortunate. ... Hamlet dies for revenge on his uncle, meanwhile killing his mother. ...
In Hamlet, Ophelia is seen as an innocent young woman, who cannot make decisions for herself. ... From the beginning of the play, Ophelia had been discouraged, and even forbidden from being with the man she loved, Hamlet. ... She begins to realize no matter how much she loved Hamlet, and no matter how much he loved her, she would never be truly happy; because of the fact that it was not in Polonius' best interest. ... With her brother Laertes away in France, and her love Hamlet mentally distant, Ophelia had no emotional outlet, which inevitably led her to a crazed and distracted state. ....
