William Shakespeare Was A Famous Play Write And Was Widely Known For His Sonnets
William Shakespeare was a famous play write and was widely known for his sonnets, plays and was considered as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote many tragic plays, one of which was Hamlet. In Hamlet, there are many themes; one of the most pertinent themes is death. Throughout this play, Hamlet encapsulates the theme of death. Death is represented in the play when the late King Hamlet dies, by the hands of the villainous Claudius, Hamlets uncle. Hamlet is obsessed with the idea of death, and over the course of the play he considers death from a great many perspectives. He contemplates both the spiritual aftermath of death, embodied in the ghost, and the physical remainders of the dead. Throughout, the idea of death is closely tied to the themes of truth, and the corruption that lies in the walls of Elsinore. And, since death is both the cause and the consequence of revenge, it is intimately tied to the theme of revenge and justice. Claudius’s murder of King Hamlet initiates Hamlet’s quest for revenge, but throughout the play, tragic spreads as Hamlet kills Polonius, and Ophelia commits suicide due to her grief and madness. It is then followed by Claudius’s death and our tragic hero dies. This essay will deal with the theme of death.
The question of his own death plagues Hamlet as well, as he repeatedly contemplates whether or not suicide is a morally legitimate action in an unbearably painful world. His famous line,
“To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer.” soliloquy 3
Hamlet’s grief and misery is such that he frequently longs for death to end his suffering, but he fears that if he commits suicide, he will be consigned to eternal suffering in hell because of the Christian religion’s prohibition of suicide. Furthermore, Hamlet philosophically concludes that no one would choose to endure the pain of life if he or she were not afraid of what will come after death, and that it is this fear which
The question of his own death plagues Hamlet as well, as he repeatedly contemplates whether or not suicide is a morally legitimate action in an unbearably painful world. His famous line,
“To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer.” soliloquy 3
Hamlet’s grief and misery is such that he frequently longs for death to end his suffering, but he fears that if he commits suicide, he will be consigned to eternal suffering in hell because of the Christian religion’s prohibition of suicide. Furthermore, Hamlet philosophically concludes that no one would choose to endure the pain of life if he or she were not afraid of what will come after death, and that it is this fear which