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Love & Revenge in Hamlet

Introduction

Hamlet is undoubtedly the most recognized and famous play in the history of English language. The drama was written by William Shakespeare more than 400 years ago and shows the dramatic development achieved by him. Shakespeare is able to artistically depict prince Hamlet's struggle with moral integrity and the responsibility to take revenge of his father's death. Shakespeare is able to provide a new direction to dramas based on the theme of revenge and tragedy. Traditionally these tragedies focused on showing violent acts on the stage; Hamlet took a new approach to tragedy by introducing dilemma into the story.

The idea of admiration and respect was recognized in the 17th century and turned out to be a sense of right and wrong. In accordance with history of early up to date England duels were mainly duels of respect. Challenging to a fight was well thought-out a natural reaction to offense and other harm to reputation. The idea of respect and admiration in the play is that, a man must stick to his words. As in case of Hamlet, his aims were not to take life of the king except to catch his conscience.

This paper includes a response on the criticism on Hamlet's character, as his character is strongly criticized by the literary critics.

Discussion

According to Alfred Kinsey, when it comes to love, we are all in the dark. Many attempts have been made to describe love but it greatly varies depending on the situation that a person is subjected to. Similar is the case with prince Hamlet, whose love for Ophelia changes its intensity in order to protect his love. This puts his love for Ophelia in a questionable state and Shakespeare has cleverly left the question unanswered, which has led to discussion regarding the true state of affairs. In some parts of the play, Hamlet completely ignores her, whereas in other cases, his intense love for Ophelia captures the warmth of every heart.

Description of main Characters

Prince Hamlet is the son of the first king ofDenmark , also known as "Hamlet." He is a student at the University of Wittenberg . The specter of his father to avenge his murder charge. He finally succeeds, but only after the royal family was evicted and that he himself was mortally wounded by Laertes a sword poisoned.

Claudius, the uncle of Prince Hamlet is the current self-proclaimed king of Denmark. He married the widow of his brother, whom he succeeded. The spectrum of the latter accused of killing Claudius while sleeping, by paying a deadly poison in his ear. The room organized by the prince and the death of Polonius tells him that he is covered by the prince. To defend himself, he manipulates Laertes and mounts a plot to kill Hamlet. At the end of the play, Claudius is killed by Prince Hamlet.

Gertrude, Prince Hamlet's mother, Queen of Denmark and widow of the late king, remarried shortly after the latter's brother, that the prince Hamlet, ...