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Traditional Staging vs. Contemporary Cinematic Interpretations of William Shakespeare's Plays

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

Protagonist Comparison in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

Hamlet and Macbeth and the Art of Murder

easy" (III.iv.159,165-166). And its as he tries to persuade her to rethink her marriage that Polonius, who is eavesdropping behind...

Hamlet and Ofelia and the Threats They Face

the not-too-distant past; the guards on the battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on th...

Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

This will sorrow Hamlet greatly and make him feel guilty, perhaps the only time he feels guilty, in his actions towards her....

The Position of Women in "Hamlet" and "To the Lighthouse"

Ramsay is not really a monster, but he is an autocrat who is cold and so detached from his family that he doesnt seem to realize h...

Gertrude and Ophelia

father in the dust" (Shakespeare I i). She also tells him that he should not make his mother worry so. In short, her role is to be...

Critiquing the Critic: Henry Mackenzie on "Hamlet"

Mackenzie is also correct in attributing his hesitation to an overly sensitive nature; Claudius remarks on this when he says that ...

Hamlet and Oedipus as Avengers

both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

Queen Gertrude in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Four ‘Ghostly’ Commands in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

Using Aristotle to Analyze "Hamlet"

in thought - that is, the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in given circumstances" (Aristotle). The fourth element...

A Poem on "Hamlet"

the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...

Morbidity of Death in Shakespeare

have no real concept of death, it becomes hugely romantic, and greatly desired. Most people assume that "Romeos suicide is motiv...

Hamlet and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

directly to the psychiatrist-patient encounter" than the real thing, because the fiction is after all written by real people (Podr...

Reflective Essay on Hamlet by William Shakespeare

to have an impact open Hamlet and his self critical guilt. The well known quote that shows the motivation for the play is "the pla...

Delayed Revenge in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

be condemned if he were killed at prayer. This speaks not only to the strength of religious belief at the time, but to the depth o...

Words, Words, Words

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

Revenge as a Theme in Literature

thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy fathers life / Now wears his crown." Ham. "O my prophetic soul! My uncle?" (I, ...

Playing in Hamlet: Ophelia

who are listening can better estimate if he is mad or not. Ophelia is essentially being used by the leaders for their own gain but...

'Hamlet' and 'Dr. Faustus'

tells him that he was murdered, and that it is his (Hamlets) task to avenge his death: "If thou didst ever thy dear father love .....

Evaluating Hamlet

Ophelia: More than Just Friends? A Palace Source Tells All"). Then there is also the almost-incestuous relationship between Haml...

Justice, Murderers, Susan Glaspell's Trifles and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

Cinematic Interpretations of Hamlet

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Influence of Seneca

to follow it, which he does. The ghost says that he is Hamlets father, and that he was murdered; further, he says that the crime ...

The Concept of Ambition in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Essays by Michel de Montaigne

he was aware of; they are both of them things pre-eminently vain glory also, like a shadow, goes sometimes before the body, and so...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Theme of Conflict

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Themes in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Sophocles' Oedipus

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...