CRITICAL INTERPRETATION

Critical Interpretation of the Act Four, Scene Five of Hamlet



Critical Interpretation of the Act Four, Scene Five of Hamlet

Introduction

The fourth act is divided into twenty-four scenes and it is a link between the III and V act. It is within the banishment of Hamlet to England, planned by the king, following the death of Polonius. The king planned for Hamlet to be killed in England. This act takes place focusing on the madness and subsequent death of Ophelia as a result of the death of his father. This will cause the wrath of Laertes which reaches a pact with the king to kill Hamlet. He prepare a duel between them, and brush the edge of the sword of Laertes with poison, if this fails, the king will have prepared a glass to poison Hamlet (William, 2006, Pp. 33-41).

Poland was quickly buried without due ceremony. His sudden death at the hands of the sword of Hamlet's sanity had broken Ophelia. The distraught girl enters, singing like crazy and playing a lute. Laertes becomes a rageful, he attacks the castle with a crowd of supporters, trying to overthrow the King to avenge the murder of his father. In her madness, Ophelia distributes flowers to symbolic King, Queen, and his brother. King Claudius urges Laertes to calm down. Once you know the truth about the murder of Polonius, Laertes will see that King Claudius is innocent (William, 2006, Pp. 33-41).

Critical Analysis

The structure of an initial situation which shows the place, time, characters and the circumstances under which they are then begins the unfolding of events organized in nuclei. After this, there is the final situation or outcome, the role of the father, the ghost, is to divert the world the seeds of misfortune. Without him there is no disclosure of fratricide, and without revelation there is no tragedy. But I know from the scene, that this king is dead long ago, in single combat, your neighbor Fortinbras of Norway, and has annexed their land. It is not impossible to link the event to end the drama: the victory of young Fortinbras and the reconquest of the lost kingdom. Far from being the first victim, King Hamlet would then be the first murderer, and it is his account that would be necessary to add the source of the tragic cycle (Mooney, 1999, Pp. 37-48).

The main character of the play is Hamlet, acting as lead actor, speaking in first person, he knows what he does and thinks, but can act as a witness to others at the same time. It targets a specific receptor, but an unreal or nonexistent. Claudius is the antagonist of Hamlet How does the author compares and contrasts these two figures?

If the contrast is the basic weapon of Shakespeare to highlight the dubious character of Hamlet, the main contrast is given between Hamlet and Claudius.

It acts quickly and firmly when stability is threatened. Hamlet, however, delay the action and wait to be dying to kill ...