The tragedy of Hamlet/ Prince of Hamlet/ (more simply) Hamlet
Plot:
The play, t in Denmark, recounted the story of Prince Hamlet’s revenge. Young Hamlet, prince of Denmark, came home from boarding school to find his father, King Hamlet, dead. To make matters wor, he did not get the throne as his uncle, Claudius, had married Hamlet’s mother Gertrude and taken the kingship. Hamlet was invited by his father’s ghost, who told him it was Claudius did the murder and that Hamlet must revenge for him. The rest of the play involved Hamlet’s pursuit of evidence and of an opportunity to kill the new king. And finally he succeeded.
Background information:
In that time, bourgeois democratic thought won support among many people. The advanced idea was in great contrast with the old feudal system. The play Hamlet reflected the social reality of that time. What’上火了吃什么药好s more, Shakespeare expresd his humanism idea and
his concern for the future of the people. In fact, during that time, becau of the distant between ideal and reality, Shakespeare’s writings had transferred from glorifying humanism into criticizing the reality.
Now, let’s analyze the play in detail.
Hamlet had a tragic life. In fact, his life is not to be like that. It was he who cho his own life. In other words, he can live his life without sorrow and anxiety; however, he cho to explode the truth of his father’s death. When the truth was expod, the only thing filling his mind was revenge. So what are the leading factors forcing him to revenge? I think the first thing was love and loyalty.
As a matter of fact, love and loyalty ran through the play from the beginning to the end. That is to say all what happened are connected with love and loyalty.
Details:
Love:
1. between Hamlet and Ophelia
2. between the dead king and his Queen
地球的故事Disloyalty:
1. Ophelia betrayed Hamlet
2. the Queen betrayed the dead King
Loyalty:
1. Hamlet to his father
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2. Horatio to Hamlet
A湖光春色nalysis of major characters
Hamlet:
Melancholy – Father’s death
His disappoint with his mother
Impulsive – When he stabs Polonius through a curtain without even checking who he is
No premeditating through the whole pay
Looking down upon women – His words often indicate his disgust with all distrust of women in general
Hesitation – He thinks a lot before action
To be or not to be
On finding out the murder
Claudius:
S吃饭英文hrewd – kill he brother and get the throne
Lustful
Corrupt politician – always have parties
Skillful at language speech – persuading to kill Hamlet
Gertrude:
Desire for station and affection
U a man to fulfill her instinct for lf-prervation
Fragile/ brave – former king’s death
新年对爱人说的话 Hamlet’s madness
Becoming the wife of Claudius
To know the plot and understand the characters better, we reheard a fragment of the play.
The script is on the last page of the plan paper
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The play Hamlet reflected a lot of themes. We mainly analyzed two themes: madness and gender discrimination.
上舞蹈课英语Madness:
In Hamlet, Shakespeare incorporates a theme of madness with two characters: Ophelia & Hamlet. Ophelia is definitely mad, while Hamlet is frequently disputed. Some think his madness is all an act, but some think over the cour of the play, his mental state deteriorates to a point where it is accurate to call him truly mad.
Different people hold different view upon this issue. And the different understanding of Hamlet’s madness stems from different plots of two important plots in the play.
One is (act 3 scene1), after he say he did love Ophelia, and he revers and resists not, even insults his lovely girl.
Another is (act3 scene4) his murder of his uncle in his mother’s bedroom even without knowing who it is hiking there.
Some people think tho impulsive actions prove to be true mad, here, I want to share my understanding. In my opinion, it is all an act.
First, after his pretending of madness, Hamlet becomes a very alert man, watchful to everybody. He always doubted somebody is tempting him, so he behaves like this.
Second, his murder of his uncle is really very impulsive, but this can not prove his true madness. He shows his sadness and regrets after he knows what he actually does.
There is also much textual evidence in this play.
One is after he es Ophelia’s suicide; he shows his sorrow, if he is actually mad, how can explain tho painful words.
Another is in the last part, he killed his uncle, if he is actually mad, and how can he recognize his enemy.
