As C.G Jung once said‚ “The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense‚ not between right and wrong.” In Willam Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the protagonist Hamlet and antagonist Claudius struggle with basic of notions of right and wrong bringing their morality into question. The murder of an innocent‚ the abuse of the women closest to them and‚ the quest to murder one another are simply the indications of how both characters are morally weak. Murdering an innocent is among
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The Mask of Denmark Under the mask of a well governed country‚ there lays the terminal disease of Denmark. William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” portrays the image of disease which causes the deterioration of Denmark. The country had a king with the ability to keep the country healthy. Then Denmark experienced disorder upon his sudden yet unnatural death. Upon his death‚ the ghost of King Hamlet sent his son Hamlet to avenge his death. The entire kingdom is filled with hate and discouragement. The thematic
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In an attempt to avenge the murder of his father‚ Hamlet faces a crucial decision: to take revenge on Claudius or to commit suicide. Hamlet’s hesitation to take action is caused by his moral values. Although he is filled with hatred‚ he cannot get himself to kill his uncle. Hamlet fears “the unknown” and potentially purgatory after death. Hamlet’s compelling ambition to seek revenge on Claudius contributes to the underlying theme: Revenge is an unwarranted action that leads to tragedy. Prince
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Defined by her sensual nature‚ Gertrude is heavily associated with the pitiful collapse of the Kingdom of Elsinore. “Gertrude’s flaw of lust made Claudius’ ambition possible‚ for without taking advantage of the Queen’s desire still to be married‚ he could not have been king” (Bloom 325). Unmistakably‚ Shakespeare portrays Gertrude as the corruption that accentuates the play. While the murder of Old King Hamlet lies at the hands of Claudius‚ the preceding circumstances come as a result
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Although one of the parts of this plan‚ the cup filled with poison which would be given to the naive Hamlet‚ led to the death of Queen Gertrude as she unknowingly drank the contents of the aforementioned cup‚ leading to her death. Thus‚ in the case that Hamlet was quick to enact his revenge and did not affect any other being in the process‚ his mother would not have died. Next‚ Hamlet’s plan devastated Ophelia as amidst this plan he declared that he never loved her. This assertion affected her as
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emotions towards others throughout the novel. The first signs of an unstable‚ untrustworthy‚ lying relationship seen in the novel are between Hamlet and and his uncle Claudius. Every since the father of Hamlet died‚ Hamlet has been very upset with his mother and Claudius. What makes it worse is the fact that Hamlet’s mom‚ Gertrude‚ was seeking out pleasure right away instead of waiting for a true love to come. So now‚ Hamlet has two betrayals that already disturbed him mentally. “‘By what it fed
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many examples from the text that the kingdom as a unit experiences the grief of losing their king and others throughout the play both as one dysfunctional family and individually. The individuals in this dysfunctional family include: Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Claudius‚ Polonius‚ Laertes‚ and Ophelia. A major tenet of the ‘Five Stages’ theory which is vital to understanding its practical use is that one is not required to go through the five stages in order‚ nor is one required to go through all five stages
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The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark‚ the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet‚ Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father‚ and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude‚ the old king’s widow and Prince Hamlet’s mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery
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his bedroom. The spirit tells him that Claudius was the one that killed him and that he needs to seek revenge in place of his father. This causes the beginning of Hamlet’s madness in the tragedy. His madness continues to build up throughout the play finally until he was not able to take it anymore. When Claudius ended up poisoning Hamlet’s mother all the anger inside of him snapped. He killed Claudius and not in any type of polite way either‚ he made Claudius suffer for all the pain he had caused
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In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Claudius completes many evil acts. Claudius does many kinds of evil things throughout the whole story‚ and Claudius causes everyone’s death. First‚ Claudius kills Claudius’s brother‚ Hamlet’s father‚ then Claudius marries Gertrude to be king. Next‚ Claudius sends Hamlet to England because hamlet killed Polonius‚ father of Laertes and Claudius knew Hamlet would find troube there. Caudius wrote a leter to the King of England saying if they see
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