Shakespeare / Hamlet

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Shakespeare / Hamlet

I . Introduction

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare , probably written in 1600 or 1601 . It is often considered his supreme achievement , and one of the world 's greatest tragedies . Considered as one of the greatest of Shakespeare 's tragedies , Hamlet is also one of the best-known plays in world literature . It is distinguished to be one of the first of its kind of being peculiarly a philosophical play , in addition to having a variety of metaphysical and psychological theories . Although revenge

br tragedies already existed during and before its time , Hamlet best exemplifies the genre of Elizabethan revenge

A center of many arguments is the apparent delay of Hamlet 's revenge Critical discussion of this supposed procrastination has a long history Goethe thought Hamlet too sensitive , Coleridge and A .W . von Schlegel too intelligent to be capable of action . The early 20th century English critic A .C . Bradley saw him as restrained by melancholia , the 19th century German scholar Herman Ulrici by moral scruples the Freudians viewed him as too complex-ridden to kill his uncle ( Hamlet . This aspect of Hamlet 's behavior is seen either as a flaw or a virtue . The story contains four sons of murdered fathers (Hamlet , Laertes Fortinbras , and Pyrrhus , but Hamlet differs from the three 's pursuit for revenge . He even goes as far as feigning insanity in to conceal his real agitation and divert attention from his task of revenge . The subject of revenge , which is one of the focal themes of the play , transcends every genre , for there is a Hamlet in every one of us

II . Background of Hamlet 's life

Hamlet was the only son of the late King that was named too as Hamlet His father was murdered when Hamlet was away from home . He had an uncle a brother of his father , named Claudius and later married Hamlet 's mother named Gertrude . Since Hamlet 's father was murdered , it was Claudius who took over the palace and became a king . On the other Hamlet had a girlfriend named Ophelia . Ophelia was dearly loved by Hamlet . But there were many obstacles and hindrances that tested their love as lovers . Ophelia 's father , Polonius , and brother , Laertes , had strongly disagreed with their affair . They even reprimanded Ophelia not to talk again with Hamlet due to the reason that it was not inappropriate for Hamlet and Ophelia to have a relationship because they both came from different world . Moreover , Hamlet was very depressed and sad when his father died . He really searched and did not stop in finding for the truth in to have justice for his father 's death . Hamlet had an intuition that his uncle , King Claudius , was responsible for the death of his father but Hamlet did not have enough evidences to prove the said accusation . But since he was clever enough , Hamlet made a plan that surely helped him find out who was the master mind of the death of...