Vocabulary Log + Explanation - Hamlet

Vocabulary Log and Explanation : William Shakespeare 's Hamlet

Explanation

The tone of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet is set by the theme of madness and deception . The death of Hamlet 's father and the appearance of his ghost to his son sets into motion a series of events that end in leads to the near safe from the pervasive nature of their own guilt , real or imagine , as the character 's fall victim to Hamlet 's madness and the king 's deception . Revenge and fear , in particular , play central roles in the eventual

conclusions of the play , as it provides a vehicle for the concepts of madness and deceit , as well as the bloody and darkening shadow that falls upon Denmark itself

Even before he sees his father 's ghost among the castle walls , the seeds of suspicion and disgust have already grown to fruition within Hamlet 's mind . All that is needed to touch off this dark depression into full-blown action is a spark . This spark comes in the form of the deceased king , who gives voice to his son 's suspicions . It 's interesting , given the full blown form that Hamlet 's madness later takes , to consider that the conversation between father and ghost may have been a delusion . Though it 's hard to write off the apparition itself as false , since it is the guards who first see the ghost walking silently , the conversation between father and...