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Prince. Despite his antic disposition or pretending to be mad as another ploy to ensnare Claudius in his revenge trap, maybe Haml...

soliloquies: "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I," (II.ii.550) in which Hamlet discourses on the art of the theater, and compar...

an illusion. Playing it that way would needlessly complicate things and make Hamlet truly mad, so its probably best to assume that...

Wittenberg in order to attend his fathers funeral, and although he is melancholy, he is not yet acting openly against the king. In...

things rank and gross in nature / Possess it merely. That it should come to this! / But two months dead! Nay, not so much, not two...

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

even if there were a few sinful missteps along the way. However, if they put themselves and their own needs ahead of what God exp...

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

lovd me for the dangers I had passd / And I lovd her that she did pity them" (I.iii.167-168). Pity here doesnt mean that she was s...

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

place and who that person is. Throughout the play Hamlet is seemingly confused in many instances, which again embodies the theme...

reader wonder why hes reacting so strongly. Hamlet is a college student, and although no child wants to believe that their parents...

not of noble blood and its no good for her to dream about marrying a prince "out of thy star; / This must not be" (II.ii.141-142)....

Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all dead. This is a bleak, tragic world, which is why...

is apparent in Hamlet in many ways. First, when Polonius asks Hamlet what hes reading, Hamlet says "Words, words, words" (II.ii.19...

lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...

the man is very chaotic, regardless of mental illness. With this simple illustration in mind the first thing that one can argue is...

ever written, and it continues to excite audiences because of Shakespeares masterful examination of the psychological aspects of i...

Shakespeares "Big Four" tragedies (King Lear and Othello are the others, since you ask) and they both involve the most horrific of...

of Fortinbras, a military man and the individual who will now assume the kingship: "Go, bid the soldiers shoot" (V.ii.403). Cannon...

films of the play and specifically, the "To be or not to be," "Get thee to a nunnery" and "Now might I do it pat" speeches from th...

before he sees the Ghost and receives his deadly mission. When the Ghost appears to him, Hamlet voices his apprehension as to th...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

as it seems. Is Hamlets revenge motivated by a desire to avenge his fathers murder or is it sparked by the betrayal he feels over...

sent from God, and in return, the monarch was expected to keep their best interests at heart and to protect them. Not only h...

condition involves the paradoxical feeling on the part of the spectator that what has happened could not have happened otherwise, ...

out of joint. O cursed spite / That ever I was born to set it right!" (I.v.206-207) The pivotal moment in terms of Hamlets sanity...

his father had died that day. Depression and melancholy are hallmarks of his character, in other words, and may not derive entirel...