Hamlet. A comparison of the love relationship between Ophelia and Hamlet and Gertrude and Claudius‚ will illustrate that betrayal‚ selfishness and lack of love cause the downfall of these relationships. There are many examples of betrayal in the play Hamlet. In these examples betrayal leads to the destruction of relationships. Claudius is the king of Denmark and he will do anything to stay that way. His wife Gertrude loves her son Hamlet and Claudius knows that. In order to stay king he must
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the death of the king‚ Hamlet’s father‚ arise as his mother marries his uncle. As the play progresses‚ Gertrude begins this process of further maladjustment from her environment due to the inability to make her own‚ independent decisions leading to her failure of properly representing the strong‚ female character. The death of a character is needed to move along the plot of a story‚ even Gertrude plays upon this thought when she says “Thou know’st ‘tis common‚ all that lives must die‚ Passing through
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mask of loyalty and eloquence with the sole purpose of moving up on the chain of being. Although Shakespeare does not provide us with a certain statement proving Polonius’s selfish motives‚ they become apparent when he tries to convince Claudius and Gertrude that the reason behind Hamlet’s madness is his love for Ophelia‚ Polonius’s daughter. " I went round to work…"Lord Hamlet is a prince among stars‚ this must not be" and then I prescripts gave her‚ that she should lock her self from his resort… which
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Additionally‚ Gertrude struggles to demonstrate her authority as Queen due to being reduced to nothing more than a women who should obey all men. Gertrude has a hard time getting the respect that she deserves as royalty due to her being a woman‚ and that is the only thing that the men in this play see her as. Her husband‚ Claudius‚ has given Gertrude demands before to which Gertrude replies "I shall obey” (III‚ I‚ 37). Without a doubt‚ the word "obey" exemplifies the dominance that Claudius has
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Hamlet Writer-William Shakespeare Movie Producer-Mel Gibson Characters: Hamlet-Prince of Denmark‚ son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude King Hamlet-ghost seeking revenge of his death Queen Gertrude-Queen mother to Hamlet and future bride of Claudius brother of King Hamlet Claudius-King Hamlet’s deceitful brother and his murderer Horatio-best friend to Hamlet Ophelia-Polonius daughter‚ sister to Laertes and love of Hamlet’s Laertes-revenger of his father’s
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dismissed by both women in his life. His first negative experience is with Gertrude‚ his unsympathetic whore of a mother. He attempts to form a relationship with Ophelia‚ whose weak naive nature demolished any prospect of love. The women in Hamlet’s life drive him into a state of misogyny. He did not innately hate all women‚ but slowly as he reserved rejection after rejection he snapped. Hamlet’s relationships differed between Gertrude and Ophelia‚ but both were for the same purpose of Hamlet having someone
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hadn’t been under the control of men for long‚ but Gertrude‚ a woman three times her age‚ has had a lack of power for a greater period of time making it harder for Gertrude transition into a state of autonomy. Gertrude is a perfect example for the type of woman at that time who was struggling with this new idea of self-governance. Hamlet believes that his mother’s “appetite” to hurry with “such dexterity to incestuous sheets” is the reason why Gertrude remarried so quickly after the death of Hamlet’s
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play called‚ “The Mousetrap” to try to catch Claudius in his guilt. Claudius’s reaction to the scene where the king was murdered is undeniable proof of his guilt. Hamlet schemes to “speak daggers” to his mother‚ Gertrude‚ when he goes to meet up with her. He will emotionally harm Gertrude by speaking brutal words to her but has no intention of physically harming her. When Hamlet discovers his death warrant on the way to England he changes his name on it to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ thereby sending
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He then joins in conference with King Claudius and he explains to Laertes that it was Hamlet who killed his father and the reason why he couldn’t charge Hamlet for it because of his mother Queen Gertrude. So King Claudius produces a plan to get rid of Hamlet but would also benefit Laertes. He would challenge Hamlet to a duel in which Laertes sword will be dipped in poison and anything such as a simple scratch with the tip of the sword would kill
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In Wil liam Shakespeare‟s play Hamlet ‚ the protagonist Hamlet shows a negative viewtowards the women in his life. He considers that both his mother Gertrude and Ophelia havedeceived him through their actions; Gertrude married only a month after Hamlet‟s father‟s death‚ and Ophelia heeds her father‟s command not to see Hamlet despite confessing her love for him.Hamlet sees both women as fragile and too dependent on the men in their lives which make himsay ‚ “Frailty‚ thy name is women.” Now‚
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