Hamlet a critical analysis
Hamlet a critical analysisHAMLET
Hamlet by William Shakespeare is the tragedy of a young man named Hamlet. His fragile idealism shattered by his fathers brutal death causes him to laose faith in humanity. When his late father's phantom visits him, he persuades Hamlet to take revenge against his uncle Claudius, his fathers true executioner. Hamlet feigns madness, and in his so called unrestfull stage he devises his plan to take retribution.
Throughout the play the death of a character becomes a frequent event. Although most people lose their lives because of their own self centered wrong doing, there are a few whose death is caused by manipulation and deceit. In this case it is the Family of Polonius. Contrary to popular belief, the tragedy of Hamlet is not about him nor of his family. It is however the tragic fate of Polonius’ family Because their deaths were not the consequences of their own sinful actions rather by the innocent involvement in the schemes of Claudius and Hamlet. Although some may say that polonius deserved his death because of his surreptitious style. Even though all he was really doing was following the king's inclinations. Polonius was slained by Hamlet after having been mistaken for the King. The next to die is Ophelia, she, is entirely manipulated by Hamlet and the king, for their own selfish reasons. She killed herself after knowledge of her fathers' death. Last to die was Laertes, it is easily seen how laertes, in the heat of his anger could conspire to murder, though he kills hamlet he is avenging his fathers' death, an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600’s. Therefore it is condoned. Laertes in his attempt to kill, loses his life by the very poison that was to kill his enemy. Hamlet dies on a poison tipped sword but not till he has killed Claudius and ridded Elsinore of its plague.
Shakespeare utilizes, character, plot and setting to create a mood of disgust and the theme of proper revenge. He use’s these elements as brush strokes to paint a powerful picture. He employs the castle of Elsinore and it’s vicinity to depict a sordid and depressing place where incest ant murder is a normal part of life. Where revenge is a common place motivation, and where feigning of madness is a normal excuse to dissemble one's feelings Shakespeare incorporates other subplots into the play. Without these subplots, of revenge we are left with a lugubrious play where the ending although necessary is pointless.. Shakespeare created this setting to tell us a story of revenge gone wrong. He created disgust and when we look back and see the depraved way of life that existed in castle Elsinore. We see the room littered with dead and Fortinbras taking his rightful throne among the vengeful.
There is also a bit of foreshadowing found in Hamlet all the way in the beginning. Hamlet drawing...
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