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Horatio
Horatio and Hamlet
Although a static character → Horatio represents the good of Hamlet and brotherly love
AO5 → De-yan → “Horatio’s evenness of temper is like sold land to Hamlet after the tumult og his own heart”
significant → Horatio is the only character who continually treats Hamlet with respect
“My Lord is genuine” (to R+G) and shows respect to the Prince → even though he is an outsider to the court
AO5 → 18th century Pope → Horatio is “a fine character of friendship”
seen at climax of the play when Hamlet dies →
AO5 → Duran 2009 → Hamlet dies in Horatio’s arms and swears he “died with him” → Horatio loves Hamlet so much that he would rather impale himself on his won sword than live on after Hamlet’s death
Overtime critics have more focused on Hamlet’s antic disposition and his procrastination as a character however more modern 21st critics view the friendship as crucial
AO5 __→ R&C →__Horatio is the only white character with anotherwise all black cast
Hamlet with sycophants
Hamlet's relationship with sicker fans show his this character to have no time for lying and political ambition
he continually mocks Polonius and challenges R and G as he refuses to trust their deception he calls them a “sponge” act four scene 2
Similarly Hamlet plays with Polonius for the same reasons and again shows no sadness for his death
AO5
Bradley's notion of Tragedy talks about a high-ranking character affected by an unexpected downfall Hamlets inability to deal with sycophants illustrates his purity in a corrupt world
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The tragedy is set in the Danish court of Elisonre
something is rotten in the state of Denmark Act 1 Scene 4
Shakespeare introduces the idea of corruption in the country and Court to enhance the notion that Claudius has corrupted the copereal body → go on to talk about corruption
The opening scene is set outside at midnight what art vowel that you served this time of night together with fair warlike form in which the majesty of buried Denmark
Shakespeare intentionally opens the play in a very eerie setting emphasizing the uncertainty and fierce surrounding the playing characters notions of the supernatural are also conjured and thus questions ghost is a “spirit of health” or a “goblin dammed”
“Sterile concentration on death and evil LC Knights
Act 5 Scene 1 the grave digger scene is the only scene set outside of the court
this scene where Hamlet comes into Direct contact with the ramifications of death is interestingly freed from the court thus one could argue Hamlet is free from his worry and fear once freed from the confines of the court
Hamlet is haunted not by a physical fear of dying but of being Dead c.s lewis
by Act 5 he has aged a decade bloom
Hamlet procrastinates too much to enact revenge
Whilst Hamlet may desire to enact revenge, as conveyed in his Act 1 Scene 5 soliloquy [insert quote here], Hamlet is ultimately thwarted by procrastination. Indeed, the insistent moral pressures which consume the Prince actively hinders the actual task of enacting revenge; in act three scene 1, Hamlet has the opportune moment to facilitate the avenging of his father as Claudius prays, completely unaware of Hamlet’s presence. Yet his vengful thoughts never turn into fruition as he will not kill Claudius when he is “fit and ripe for passage”, suggesting that it is his morality which hinders Hamlet’s revenge. Since Hamlet’s conception, critics have often disputed the cause for such inaction in terms of revenge. Keren Ryan in the 20th century argued that Hamlet was “miscasted” to play the role of the avenger, and that he instead plays the role of the “reluctant revenger”
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