After he expresses this he begins to fill with rage as he speaks on his mother and Cladius’ marriage. “But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: / So excellent a king: that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr;” (I.ii.130-142) Here, Hamlet begins to compare the great God that was his father, to the half man, half goat that is his uncle. Hamlet is filled with rage that his mother could possibly pick such a foul beast over his father. Hamlet exclaims, “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (I.ii.148) In this quote Hamlet not only curses his mother, but all women. This soliloquy introduces the feelings of hatred towards women that Hamlet expresses throughout the entire play.…
Another reason why Hamlet’s criticisms of women are justified is due to the profound resentment he has for his own mother, which is reflected whenever he talks to any woman. Since he had a very close relationship with his father and thought very highly of him, Hamlet feels personally betrayed by his mother when she gets married to Claudius. He feels that Gertrude should be mourning his father’s death as deeply as he himself does, and thinks her decision to marry again was brash. Since he is expected to behave politely at all times due to his station, Hamlet does not feel as though he can express the hurt he feels to anyone, and instead keeps it bottled up inside. He is only able to release this anger when he is approached by another woman,…
in all words Hamlet is talking to his mother (gertrude) hinting his depression,the whole fact of his mother marrying his fathers uncle already sickens him, and the fact that his mother show no grief or sadness about king hamlet ( Hamlets father) hurts hamlet more and that whole crazy sitoution is whats making him act so depressed and gloomy. Yet his mother and claudius completely void out their incest marriage, they put all his gloom from just his fathers death.…
Father’s prepare their children for the outside world. They nurture them with the children's mother by their side. Father’s are protective, caring, dependable, etc. In Hamlet Act I, We encounter three fathers, who are Polonius, Claudius, and The Ghost. Each of these men are different from their garments to their personalities. Like all fathers they have a special bond to their children. Shakespeare uses different literary techniques to characterize these men and how the give advice to their children.…
Many playwrights utilize foils to assist the audience in deeply understanding the meaning of a play or the motivations of the characters . Foils are minor characters that have similarities or differences with a major character. Often the minor character is in the play so that the major character has someone to speak with. The similarities between the foil and the major are typically gender, same social class, or being in the same situation. The differences between the two may be an important aspect in their character. In his play Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses the Ghost, Laertes, and to foil Prince Hamlet and help define his character for different points.…
Stephen, like Telemachus, is rather obsessed with ideas of paternity and this establishes a further link to Homer's work and provides the basis for the eventual Bloom-Dedalus relationship.…
Hamlet was considered to be wallowing in self-pity over everything that had recently transpired. His father’s death, his mother’s marriage to his uncle as well as he had been stripped of his rightful place as King of Denmark. Hamlet was of high morals and religious background. He was raised within the Lutheran Christian Faith and was appalled by everyone’s behavior. Resentment now raised its ugly head towards his mother in her “incestuous” union when Hamlet during his soliloquy, proclaims “Frailty, thy name is Woman!” to reflect his disgust of her weakness. But due to the love for his mother Hamlet keeps his resentment and disappointment to himself at this time. Faced with the realization of the murder of his father, who he had idolized and compared to a Greek sun-god and whose ghost has demanded revenge in order to leave purgatory, Hamlet is further torn between his moral values and his Christian faith, as his faith does not allow murder (“Thou shall not…
Hamlet was a man that looked up to his father throughout his life, during and after his father's death. The younger Hamlet tried to follow in his father's footsteps, but as much as they were alike, they were very much different. The man named Hamlet had a son named Hamlet and after everything was over, that is one of the few things that they had in common. Although they may exhibit some similar traits, all fathers and sons are individuals. They are, or will become, their own man. This development is based on life experience, which is never the same for any two people. In the case of King and Prince Hamlet, this is true.…
In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, there are many allusions to greek mythology that lend to a deeper understanding of the characters in the play. Hamlet’s thoughts about his father, mother, and himself are made clear through his references to allusions. Hamlet compares his father to Hyperion while comparing his uncle to a Satyr, Hamlet compares his mother to Niobe, and states the contrast between him and Hercules.…
He now feels the desertion of not one but two parents. The reader can recognize how this might drive Hamlet’s depression about the loss of his father even deeper. He feels as though he has no one and begins to question his father’s death, and most of all his mothers’ loyalty to his father when he was alive, as she was able to grieve and move on in such a short period of time. Following those life-changing circumstances, Hamlet receives word that his father’s apparition has returned in the silence of the dark. From his fathers supernatural figure he realizes the true nature of the old king's death, murder. And by none other than there own flesh and blood, Old King Hamlets brother, King Claudius. Although a part of Hamlet mistrusted his uncle…
With knowledge of the book from previous research and actually reading the play itself in my opinion, the play “Hamlet” is about a troubled man going through very difficult time in his life after his father is murdered by his uncle which is now married to his mother (which would have been his sister in law). Hamlet throughout the play seeks revenge on Claudius for the murder of Hamlet’s father.…
Hamlet appears to still be loyal to his mother even after she married her husband’s murderer. This is because Hamlet tells his mother, “I shall in all my best to obey you madam” (I.ii. 120). However, Hamlet really thinks of his mother a malevolent woman. As he is talking to himself, he says, “O most pernicious woman!” (I.v. 105). Even after the ghost of King Hamlet told Prince Hamlet to not go blame his mother for this--“Leave her to heaven /And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge / To prick and sting her” (I.v. 86-88)--Hamlet still chooses to hate her.…
Day 1 - I was once again reminded of my mothers’ marriage to my uncle, Claudius. To this day I still feel disgusted and outraged that either of them would think it is morally okay to do such a thing. My father had only past away under a month before my mother had married my father’s brother. I think it’s terribly disrespectful and ignorant towards my father. He would have given the world and more. He loved her more then anything, and I don’t understand how she marry his brother in such short time, and not feel guilty or disgusted by herself. It just astonishes me.…
“List, list, O, list! / If thou didst ever thy dear father love– /…Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (I.v.22-25). The ghost of Hamlet’s dead father had just told Hamlet that he is burning in purgatory, and had been murdered by Claudius. Now, Hamlet wanted to kill Claudius for murdering his father; however, instead of swiftly taking action like other young men such as Fortinbras and Laertes did, Hamlet hesitates time and time again. He plans, schemes, and allows his emotions to build up, but does not actually take action when the opportunity arises. On the contrary, Hamlet’s philosophical nature and indecision lead him to contemplate paths of actions instead of carrying them out.…
In the quote “I shall in all best obey you, madam,” (I.ii.120). This shows how he will listen to her and respect her. Then in the soliloquy later he said, “Why she, even she- / O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer!”(I.ii.149-151) This shows how he feels about her for not being sad for a longer period of time and how he is upset that she got married that quickly. Clearly, Hamlet acts differently about his mother in public then in reality.…