Hamlet Deep analysis

Ophelias breakdown

________: While there are no traditionally female characters in the play, it speaks volumes about the painful and difficult struggles and fates that women have had to face throughout history.

Gertrude

________: She introduces Claudius and makes Hamlet feel isolated.

Title

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Date of publication

1602

Genre

Shakespearean tragedy

The reenactment of Hamlet's fathers death in play form

The scene is very powerful as it gives Hamlet a concrete reason to act against Claudius and overthrow his reign of lies and manipulation, the revelation of his murder opens the questioning about the dark secrets that his uncle must be hiding, therefore fulling him with the raw desire of revenge that moves the plot until the resolution

Ophelias breakdown

While there are no traditionally female characters in the play, it speaks volumes about the painful and difficult struggles and fates that women have had to face throughout history

Hamlet discovers Yoricks skull and his speech about accepting death

Throughout the play, Hamlet muses on the nature of life in relation to the inevitability of fate and death, reflecting on the insignificance of life in relation to the natural order, which applies even to those he admires

Hamlet

Throughout the play, Hamlet's entire attitude is predicated on taking revenge, and this revenge brings him into a state of madness

Gertrude

She introduces Claudius and makes Hamlet feel isolated

Claudius

Claudius contributes to the theme of betrayal