Category: Hamlet

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 use two different devices and mediation tools that are used…

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 as Instagram, Snapchat, etc. However,…

Hamlet: An Existential Crisis in the Making Through the dawn of mankind, one thing has remained constant for humanity, and that is our crippling mortality. The tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare is about the self-doubt of the tragic hero Hamlet and his journey towards revenge in order to honor his father. Shakespeare uses the…

A tragedy enhances the destruction of characters leading to their downfall and often has an unhappy ending that can cause a form of loss. Every person experiences loss with varying degrees of severity. The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy written between the years 1599 and 1602. It revealed many themes, including this…

The act of revenge does not fail to collect an extraordinary audience which gives their full attention, thanks to the easy indisputable fact that revenge raises one in every one of the good queries with reference to human life: however do I ask for justice once the law ceases to perform properly? Shakspere abroaches into…

R. Howard Bloch argues misogyny is a discourse visible across a broad spectrum of poetic types. A pervading mindset which has permeated society since time immemorial, so persistent is the discourse of misogyny Bloch states that the uniformity of its terms furnishes an important link between the Middle Ages and the present. At the same…

In plays, many outside forces such as geography, other characters, religion, culture, and society play an important role in the development of characters. In William Shakespeares Hamlet, Hamlets strong beliefs in Christianity influence his behavior and lead to his internal struggle of action versus inaction and ultimately tragedy. Hamlets Christian beliefs about heaven and hell…

Hamlet is a contradicting play about a contradicting character. Its a revenge story that focuses on the lack of revenge. The primary character, Hamlet, is reluctant to do what seems to be his main purpose in the play: avenging his father. He not only struggles with completing this task, but he also seems to struggle…

There were times when Hamlet would give out a piece of advice to one of the actors of the play on how to read the lines when in honesty if he would have taken and listened to his own advice he could have avoided running into multiple problems. That showed that he is not very…

Shakespeare’s breathtakingly composed catastrophe, Hamlet, is created with disaster and subjects of vengeance, yet it is similarly prominent for the double-dealing and lies that the players have towards one another. All through the play, characters incubate plans and keep an eye on one another, making a high-strain state of mind. Shakespeare does this so as…