Tiffany Li Ms. Hall ENG 4U1 December 13th‚ 2010 A Life Without Love‚ is No Life at All As the flawed in protagonists of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and T.S Eliot’s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ both Hamlet and Prufrock live in a times of disharmony. Feelings of passion are controlled by realistic tendencies and neither allows sensitivity to rule their order. This underlying journey or quest for female contact causes both characters to live meaningless lives eventually leading to harsh
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pensive atmosphere (3.1.56). Hamlet truly contemplates his life and what has all happened to him. He struggles with the death of his father‚ the reappearance of his father as a ghost‚ and his mother’s recent incestuous marriage. Throughout the whole soliloquy‚ Shakespeare utilizes a meditative tone‚ depressing metaphors‚ and frequent repetition to create the theme the mystery of death. The “To be or Not To Be” soliloquy implements a meditative tone where Hamlet is faced with a serious decision
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Claudius in Hamlet In William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”‚ Claudius‚ the new King‚ is striving for absolute power and strength over everyone and would stop at nothing to get it. His actions seem to be overlooked by some of the other characters and their actions. Claudius’s actions resulted in many deaths. He ordered others to do all of his dirty work‚ he was selfish and thought only about how to gain more power‚ and he was a master manipulator. His selfish ways led to the tragic ending of Hamlet. Claudius
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The story starts out by quoting part of Dante’s Inferno‚ in which the speaker chose to speak of the horrors of hell. This is very similar to the start of Hamlet in which “the ghost of King Hamlet returned from purgatory” (McCormick 43). Each story tells of a visit from beyond the grave. Even though the visits have “different effects in their respective works” it still shows the relationship between Eliot’s work and Shakespeare (McCormick 44). Another point that is similar in the writing style
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Hamlet Through Mel Gibson’s Perspective The use of special effects in Mel’s version of Hamlet was a much needed improvement. Kenneth Branagh’s original version was not the greatest and did not appeal to the senses in any way. The setting was more of what I had imagined‚ the emotions were more obvious‚ and he actually felt the ghosts emotions. Mel Gibson’s film portrayed Shakespeare’s play Hamlet better than Kenneth Branagh’s version. The setting in Mel Gibson’s version was more of what I had imagined
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The death of his father and then the sudden marriage of his mother to his uncle king Claudius‚ Hamlet doesn’t know how to handle these situations so he seeks for a way out which is suicide. Another issue that is raised in Shakespeare’s play hamlet is bullying it is shown to the character Ophelia who in the end actually commits suicide or so it is represented in the play when queen Gertrude enters and says “But long it
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Examining Hamlet and The Great Gatsby 1/9/13 According to Roger Lewis‚ “The acquisition of money and love are both part of the same dream‚ the will to return to the quintessential unity that exists only at birth and at death” (41). In both William Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the protagonists are willing to sacrifice all that they have in order to achieve their unrealistic objectives and ambitions‚ resulting in their tragic demises. While there
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The Destructive Nature of Depression on the Mind in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Depression destroys a person’s ability to maintain concentration and is most often linked with feelings of hopelessness. From the moment the audience meets Hamlet‚ this deep depression is easily seen to surround him. Depression is not only responsible for Hamlet’s madness but also his improper downfall. Shakespeare’s dynamic character is trapped in a cycle of depression and madness; stemming from his father’s murder and
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Due to the task given to him by the ghost‚ Hamlet feels life is not worth the torment and the struggle it demands. In the soliloquy‚ Hamlet considers the option of suicide against that of life and its continued privation. The tone of despair and depression is made by Hamlet’s statement of his internal battle‚ the alternating of opposite arguments‚ as well as a plethora of metaphors and comparisons. The soliloquy simply highlights Hamlet’s serious indecisiveness and constant overthinking. It is used
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OPHELIA- FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOMAN Hamlet says‚ “Frailty thy name is woman”. Consider this statement in the light of the presentation of Ophelia; • Identify key scenes and soliloquies for analysis • Discuss various productions/interpretations • State your preference of interpretation The word frail means when a person or object has the quality of being weak‚ fragile‚ weak in health or being morally unstable‚ also someone who is easily manipulated and influenced by people that surround
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