Category: Hamlet

In the book Hamlet, there are multiple motifs present. Motifs are a recurrent image, word, object, phrase, or action that helps the reader understand the main theme or ideas the author is portraying in books. One motif that appears the most is about weeds, growth, flowers, nature. This motif correlates and puts an emphasis on…

Although revenge is the most obvious theme in Hamlet, Shakespeare writes extensively about madness. As the play progresses, the thin line between sanity and madness blurs, leaving readers to wonder if Hamlet is insane. Ophelia has a minor role in the play, but the theme of madness is central to her story. Even Claudius has…

Throughout history, there have been countless stories of women who have the potential to lead independent lives, but due to societal pressures or truly falling in love, they settle in relationships where they live unfulfilling lives or are led astray by their husbands. While these plays are written in different points in history, Sophocles Oedipus…

Women in her greatest perfection was made to serve and obey man, not to rule and command him is a quote said by John Knox. Society in the 15th and 16th century was built on this quote as it demonstrates how women in the Elizabethan era were overpowered by the men in their lives. In…

The information gathered from an introductory interview lays the foundation where the analysis can begin. This patient is a 30-year-old Caucasian male. Currently has no labelled relationship and without children. Admitted by King Claudius, Queen Gertrude and close relation by the name of Polonius. The subjects biological father died less than six months ago. Two…

The Enduring Influence of Shakespeare’s Hamlet Although written over 400 years ago, William Shakespeares Hamlet has remained one of the most imitated and relevant plays in contemporary society. Interpretations of Shakespeares classic tale of revenge have popped up in some surprising places: childrens television programs and films, a beloved Sunday comic strip, a popular television…

`Hamlet” was completed in the English Renaissance in the early seventeenth century. Its creative process took three years. It is also the longest of all of Shakespeare’s dramatic works. The book is set in the medieval Danish royal court as the background. The protagonist Hamlet investigates the murderer and launches a vengeance after his father…

R. Howard Bloch argues misogyny is a discourse visible across a broad spectrum of poetic types. A pervading mindset which has permeated society since time immemorial, so persistent is the discourse of misogyny Bloch states that the uniformity of its terms furnishes an important link between the Middle Ages and the present. At the same…

Throughout literature and history included in this world there are various examples to answer the questions of who are we and why are we here. This coming from many people of whom are struggling in todays world. The readers explore the appearance vs the reality of expectations followed through the pieces The Great Gatsby by…

Introduction Hamlet life was affected by the series of events especially his personality. Hamlet went in the course of hard time through the passing away of his member of the clergy (Erikson, pg, 5). In a month afterward, he goes in the course of another horrible event, where his nurse Gertrude started an association by…