How the protagonists deal with their difficulties: Hamlet vs Othello In William Shakespeare Hamlet and Othello‚ the author creates two similar yet vastly different protagonists. The major source of contrast lies within each characters approach to decision making and premeditated action. As David Nichol Smith puts it‚ Hamlet “is not a character marked by strength of will or even passion‚ but by refinement of thought and sentiment.”(Smith 288) This very refinement of thought is what characterizes
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different contexts a text can be received. In your response‚ compare your personal evaluation of Hamlet with one other perspective on the play. A valuable text is one that is able to articulate its ideas‚ allowing understanding amongst the audience. Shakespeare’s Hamlet performs this but does it so well that even audience of different contexts can grasp its notions. This is also because Hamlet explores a universal human condition where overwhelming emotions dominates the susceptible and initiates
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state of Denmark" (1.4.90)‚ says Marcellus after he has seen Hamlet follow the Ghost into the dark. When Marcellus says this he concludes that there is a lot of corruption inside the walls of the leaders of Denmark. Many things in Denmark are pointing to the destruction and decay of denmark and is a common thread of rottenness in the first act "For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog‚ being a god kissing carrion" (2.2.181-182)‚ hamlet says this while he is talking very bitterly
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The specific ways in which an author uses context‚ allow readers to develop a greater appreciation for the text. The play‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ heavily adopts the use of context in numerous ways to allow the reader to embrace the text and its contextual meaning. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare has encouraged us to focus on historical context‚ social context and ideological context to allow the audience to develop this appreciation for the text It is the ways in which context can be observed
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deaths of his beloved mother Gertrude‚ his only love Ophelia‚ her father and brother‚ along with his old friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet is a young‚ childlike character who is also a student of life due to his contemplating nature in which he is always questioning everything “to be‚ or not to be: that is the question” (Act III‚ Scene I). Hamlet delays to act because he does not know how to respond to Claudius’ action because secretly that is what he wanted—to kill his father and marry
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and a lower species than that of men. Similarly in the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet’s view of women is decidedly dark. There are only two female characters in the play of Hamlet; Gertrude and Ophelia. In the play‚ the roles of women are minor yet essential to the plot and flow of the play. Ophelia and Gertrude are both unappreciated women that are considered frail and weak-minded by the men in their lives. Throughout “Hamlet” it is utmost apparent that women are completely dependent
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[Bevington presents an in-depth survey of the dramatic action and major themes of Hamlet The critic initially focuses on Hamlet’s role in the play‚ examining his interactions with the other characters as well as his several soliloquies in an attempt to determine his "tragic flaw‚ " the diifect in atragic hero which leads to his downfall. fA soliloquy is aspeech delivered while the speaker is alone‚ devised to inform the reader of what the character is thinking or to provide essential information
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In representing intense human relationships in Hamlet‚ Shakespeare reflects human characteristics and so makes his play more accessible to audiences across the ages. In particular‚ Shakespeare explores familial relationships such as Hamlet’s strong love and loyalty to his late father‚ which manifests itself first as grief‚ then as a desire for revenge. Hamlet’s method of revenge is contrasted with Laertes’ in order to communicate the value of contemplation of rash action and to demonstrate the
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Hamlet Act 1 1) Bernardo had seen the ghost at prior watch (1.1.38). He is explaining how it has been two nights that this has occurred 2) Marcellus believe that Horatio should speak to the ghost because he’s well educated (1.1.49) He thinks that Horatio is better at communicating to the ghost and wont offend him 3) Fortinbras wants to get revenge on the king who killed his father‚ therefore he wants to kill Hamlet instead because he is the kings son. (1
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s character serves as the backbone behind the tragedy’s portrayal of good moral consciousness. From Hamlet’s first encounter with his father’s ghost‚ the audience becomes aware of Hamlet’s honorable motive to avenge the death of his father. Hamlet’s honorable desire “to right the wrong sets him apart from Fortinbras and Laertes‚ who desire merely to retaliate in kind for an injury done their fathers” (Palfrey Utter Jr. 141). This propelling aspiration
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