Hamlet Appearance Vs Reality Essay
Tiffany Tran
Mr. Little
English 12
18 November 2014
Hamlet
Hamlet learns the cold truth about his father’s death in Shakespeare’s play. Though out the play, the most tragic things happen throughout the royal family. Shakespeare tells a tragedy about the king being murdered by his brother. Everything goes downhill and William shows us repeatedly throughout the play about how different appearance and reality are. Appearance may differ from reality in a huge way and can have an impact on those you love. Claudius fakes his love strongly towards his stepson Hamlet by telling him to not leave for school so he can kill Hamlet and continue on with his plan. “I must to England, you know that”, (Shakespeare 220-225). In this quote Hamlet is sent by Claudius to go to England knowingly that he will be executed and it shows the fake love between them. Another way appearance differs from reality is when Claudius doesn’t appear to love his wife, Gertrude. “No, no, the drink, the drink! O, my dear Hamlet! The drink, the drink! I am …show more content…
Claudius acts like he cares about the king’s death but in reality he really doesn’t and he’s the one that killed him. “Through yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe. . .” (Shakespeare 5). In the beginning of the play Claudius pretends to care about the death of the king, he truly doesn’t feel that type of way towards his brother at all. In the play Hamlet purposely puts on a play that Claudius believes Hamlet would like him to see, about the same act that happened between Claudius and his brother to test his guilt. “There is a play tonight before the King. One scene of it comes near the circumstance Which I have told thee of my father’s death” (Shakespeare 80-85). Hamlet plans a whole scene where he shows how his father’s death and appears that nothing is
Mr. Little
English 12
18 November 2014
Hamlet
Hamlet learns the cold truth about his father’s death in Shakespeare’s play. Though out the play, the most tragic things happen throughout the royal family. Shakespeare tells a tragedy about the king being murdered by his brother. Everything goes downhill and William shows us repeatedly throughout the play about how different appearance and reality are. Appearance may differ from reality in a huge way and can have an impact on those you love. Claudius fakes his love strongly towards his stepson Hamlet by telling him to not leave for school so he can kill Hamlet and continue on with his plan. “I must to England, you know that”, (Shakespeare 220-225). In this quote Hamlet is sent by Claudius to go to England knowingly that he will be executed and it shows the fake love between them. Another way appearance differs from reality is when Claudius doesn’t appear to love his wife, Gertrude. “No, no, the drink, the drink! O, my dear Hamlet! The drink, the drink! I am …show more content…
Claudius acts like he cares about the king’s death but in reality he really doesn’t and he’s the one that killed him. “Through yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe. . .” (Shakespeare 5). In the beginning of the play Claudius pretends to care about the death of the king, he truly doesn’t feel that type of way towards his brother at all. In the play Hamlet purposely puts on a play that Claudius believes Hamlet would like him to see, about the same act that happened between Claudius and his brother to test his guilt. “There is a play tonight before the King. One scene of it comes near the circumstance Which I have told thee of my father’s death” (Shakespeare 80-85). Hamlet plans a whole scene where he shows how his father’s death and appears that nothing is