on older works of art as well‚ including the Oedipus trilogy written by Sophocles.
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analyzing the tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Here he explained the attachment of the theories of Oedipus complex‚ and Hamlets character in the story. In the play Hamlet‚ Hamlet is presented as the prince of Denmark who had just returned from school upon hearing of the death of his father. To add to this horrible news of his father death he is also informed that not only did his father’s brother inherit the throne‚ but he is also remarrying his mother Gertrude. Hamlet has an extremely hard
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SHAKESPEARE DRAMATISES THE TENSION BETWEEN PASSION AND REASON IN HAMLET TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THIS VIEW SUPPORT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAY Acts of passion and acts of reason can be differentiated by a sense of underlying tension‚ Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ published in 1601 explores these universal ideologies by dramatizing this underlying tension. ‘Hamlet’ presents challenging representations of the traditional values of passion and reason through their varying forms. The representation of these
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How does Shakespeare introduce the theme of madness in the first two acts of Hamlet? It is debatable whether Hamlet’s apparent madness is natural‚ due to the series of previous events‚ or whether he feigns his madness. The first line of the play- ‘who’s there?’ immediately creates a sense of the unknown‚ and this is supported by the fear of a potential invasion from Norway on Denmark at the time the play is set. The first sign of Hamlet’s madness is evident when the Ghost departs after speaking
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what will become of us. The choices we make are in our complete control. Whether we make choices during the heat of the moment or with an open mind there are going to be consequences that follow whether good or bad are can only be blamed on us. Sophocles’s Antigone portrays human emotions and consequences that follow two distinct choices. We can broaden the spectrum by saying that Creon represents public policy and Antigone represents individual conscience. According to E.S. Shuckburgh we must
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In Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare depicts the struggle of Hamlet a young man who discovers his father was betrayed by his own uncle‚ and now seeks vengeance at any means. Hamlet finds himself cornered and goes through trials that most would not be able to endure; he even contemplates suicide at times. Shakespeare illustrates the undying loyalty a son has toward his father. Hamlet would have his vengeance however‚ he would learn‚ revenge is a bittersweet affair attained at a high price. Hamlet is slowly
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Shakespeare uses minor characters to represent significant themes throughout Hamlet. Minor characters often contribute to the plot and illuminate key themes just as much as major characters do. Seemingly meaningless conversations where minor characters are present can actually contain important underlying information. Minor characters often reflect the same problems that major characters have and contribute to major themes in the work. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses the minor character Guildenstern
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Hamlet is much more clever than those that surround him: he mocks people without them knowing they are being insulted. He has a much superior understanding of language than almost every other character in the play and uses his wit to make fun of them‚ especially in death. While his humor is insensitive and unfair‚ Hamlet uses it to cope with his unresolvable feelings. While he does have a heightened sense of language‚ he lacks emotional intelligence. Though he is self aware‚ the majority of the
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and naieve girl in “Hamlet”‚ is clueless about the world around her and she thinks Hamlet loves her‚ when in reality he doesn’t and he rejects Ophelia. Ophelia innocently loved Hamlet even though Hamlet was slightly crazy‚ she gave her all to hamlet and he took her for granted even after her own brother Laertes told her to watch out for the king because he’s of noble birth and she’s nothing to him. Polonius her dad is over protective and doesn’t want Ophelia to talk to hamlet because he knows what
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advantage of their pride and hold it against others. In Antigone there were an exotic amount of examples of pride. Pride can from many characters; although the main signs of pride came from Antigone and Creon. It all started with the sons of Oedipus. Oedipus’ sons were completely full of their own pride. Neither one of them could come to an agreement as to what was the best decision for the city of Thebes. Eteocles wanted the power to rule everything and so did Polyneices. Instead‚ Polyneices and
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