Category: Hamlet

Who, If Either, Showed Greater Resilience: Oedipus Or Hamlet? As Confucious points out, Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall (‘Confucius Quotes’). Both Shakespeares Hamlet and Sophocles Oedipus are tragic heroes and, therefore, are designed to have low resilience. A resilient character would have traits such as…

Role of William Shakespeare in English Literature: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew A little over 400 years ago on April 23rd William Shakespeare passed away, however, he became somewhat immortal through his fantastic dramas and literature. We learn about his tragedies, comedies, and poetry even today all around the world…

Lessons to be Learnt in Hamlet Hamlet brings many contrivesal topic to life during the story including death, depresssion, and suicide. The main characters bring these topics into the spotlight by the struggles they endure during the story. They show these points by the multiple monologues in the story, some being what Shakespere is known…

The Reasons For Hamlet Madness The word madness or insanity can be linked with the malicious acts of many. Being mad can be defined as the state of being mentally ill, or unable to behave in a reasonable way (Cambridge Dictionary n.d.). In the setting of a courtroom, a culprit may plead insanity as an…

The Revealed Human Nature in Hamlet The human nature, a through an interweaving of good and evil, a mingling of kind and cruel, a bundle of two very dissimilar ways of thinking and acting, it has it all. The sophistication of the human mind, the way how of its working system, the questions of morality…

Portrayal of Oedipus Complex and Displacement in Hamlet: Analytical Essay In order to approach and analyze any literary texts using any cultural theory to make sense of the text in question, the School of Psychoanalysis, for example, we need to have some cultural and literary tools that help mediate between literature and culture. we can…

Elements of Revenge Tragedy in ‘Hamlet’: Analytical Essay Choose one tragedy from your setlist of plays. Drawing on two or more different theorists of tragedy, discuss the different reasons why the play is regarded as an example of the genre. Throughout this essay, I will be commenting on and analyzing, reasons why Hamlet can be…

Hamlet as a True Character Revealed One of Shakespeares most popular characters from one of his most timeless works of literature, Hamlet, is the center of some controversial discussion of whether the main character deserves to be remembered as a tragic hero or not. It can be concluded from further character analysis that Hamlet deserves…

Hamlet Madness An An Identity Crisis Throughout William Shakespeares play, Hamlet, the writer displays the protagonist as someone who thinks of himself inferior to others, yet he rationalizes the choices he makes in his life. On these two occasions you either can contemplate whether or not he is even mad or is he just putting…

Marxism in William Shakespeares ‘Hamlet’ In todays complicated society, a billionaire CEO of Facebook comes to realize that accumulating wealth is another way of influence. Having been praised for creating Facebook he is a huge influencer in todays society. An example of his influences the amount of social media platforms he owns and influenced such…