"To Be, or Not To Be?" That is the question and moral of the novel- Hamlet. William Shakespeare composed one of the greatest tragedy's of all time in the 1600's. Hamlet struggles to keep the pain inside him trapped, thinking that the miseries of life couldn't be beard. Hamlet turns against Ophelia and thinks of her as a breeder of sinners, which makes Ophelia go insane. Hamlet and Ophelia develop many ways in the book that make them both alike and different. Hamlet and Ophelia have a lot in common. They both share similarities, For Example, They both pretend not to love each other when they really do. For instance, Hamlet tells Ophelia "Yes, truly, for the power of beauty will transform sincerity from what it is to a pimp faster than the force of sincerity can translate beauty into his image. This used to be contradictory, but now the time proves it's true. I did love you once" (111.i .120-124) Here Ophelia wishes to return the tokens of love he has given her, but Hamlet denies giving her anything then states that he did love her once. I think Hamlet is confused and does not know what he wants, I think the death of his father has affected him and Ophelia, and Ophelia plays along pretending to not love him either, such as when Hamlet states "You should not have believed me, for virtue can't graft a new plant onto our old stock but we shall relish of it. I didn't love you" (111. i .126-128) Ophelia goes along with Hamlet and agrees with him, with whatever he says. I think Ophelia wants to state what's on her mind but Hamlet denies it so she does too. This proves that what Hamlet and Ophelia have in common is denying their love for each other. Apart from their similarities, they both share a lot of differences. When her father tells Ophelia to quit seeing hamlet, she replies "I shall obey, my lord" (1.4.145). Ophelia obeys her father and is very loyal to him, apart from Hamlet. When Polonius uses Ophelia as bait to spy on Hamlet for King Claudius, she has no choice but to do what she's told. As long as she's unmarried, she must live by her father's rules. Ophelia had no control over her emotions or
Shakespeare’s Hamlet “To be or not to be, that is the question”- when uttered this quote resounds with many individuals all around the world. It is the words of young prince Hamlet uttered at a time of utter despair as he questions whether or not to take his own life. Even though the play was produced hundreds of years ago it is still read and performed in schools, institutions and homes all across the world. One begins to wonder what is the magic or enticement of literature that some would call…
capacity to traumatize a person if it is extracted from their life. While we all wish to experience love, many of us tend to find the often inevitable detachment to be quite painful. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby's longing for Daisy Buchanan leads him to his own downfall. Similarly in the novel Hamlet, Hamlet's extreme love for his father and his hatred towards his mother play a major role in his tragedy. In these works, there are a number of motivating factors that contribute to the downfall…
adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” Most of the historic novels and plays tend to include an underlying theme where the character happens to misuse their inherited powers and put personal ambition above all else, putting everything at stake. Characters such as Boy Staunton from the infamous, Robertson Davies novel, Fifth Business and Claudius from the classical play, Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, both display characters who struggle in their journey to the…
Villines Samantha AP English 12 Ms Yu 2015 august 3 The play Hamlet and Macbeth by Shakespeare and the short story “ story of an hour” by Kate Chopin deal with the main female characters and their deceitful lives. Examining these works the authors refer to these marriages as a form of deception and because these characters decided to break away from the deception in their marriage, they broke the balance that society had set on them, which led them to their downfall. The female characters deception…
Pascal In his novel “The Late Mattia Pascal”, Luigi Pirandello tells the story of Mattia Pascal, a man that, after having lost everything and recognizing his unhappiness, has the opportunity to start over. The events of Mattia’s life are dictated by a mixture of fortune and decision making during unusual circumstances, where death, especially of the people he loves the most, constantly surrounds him. This leads to a crisis of identity, which is the main focus throughout the novel while at same time…
Madness is a prevalent theme in both Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, with both authors defining madness in relation to powerlessness. In Hamlet, the prince of Denmark discovers he has been betrayed by his uncle with the murder of his father. As a result of this, he is left with an overwhelming sense of powerlessness over deciding a course of action with his inability to make a finite decision ultimately driving him insane. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,…
most situations. To give examples of characters that may be deemed to be “mad,” Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Hamlet by William Shakespeare will be used in which the protagonists in the story and the play will be examined. In the story of Don Quixote, Alonso Quijano’s madness is driven by his desire for chivalry. Being retired, he spends much of his time reading novels on chivalry that he begins to believe the fictitious stories being told are in fact actually true and not made up. He decides…
that can affect our conscience, like an acid drop it corrodes the soul within and in extreme conditions it demolishes one’s life, it is better known as guilt. Guilt is a reoccurring theme in Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business, and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, that is demonstrated by various characters including, Dunstable Ramsay, Paul…
30 November 2014 Hamlet Parallelism has the power to create rhythm and balance in any work of literature. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the playwright utilizes parallelism as a means to reveal a truth and a connection among his characters. Most of the main characters share a tragic flaw as they each neglect their own lives, and it ultimately leads to their own selfdestruction. Hamlet, Fortinbras, and Laertes are all sons of dead fathers while Fortinbras and Laertes serve as foils to Hamlet as they…
Jesus so I strongly suggest that you reconsider if you are considering writing about Jesus. Trojan war foiguht for prode hated agnomon wasn’t fighting for the war just for pride – Comparing and Contrasting Hamlet and Achilles Brit Jones 11/1/2011 The characters of Hamlet and Achilles, even though from very different time periods, encompass many of the same themes and characteristics. These two characters have many close comparisons, but upon closer inspection they differ on a grand…
