Hamlet+Papers



Paper 1

During Hamlet’s soliloquy, Hamlet expresses a message of determination to intentionally be evil and anger towards betrayal. He speaks of the actions he is going to take after the success of his plan. In order to emphasize Hamlet’s tone and language in his statement, to murder Claudius and hurt Gertrude, Hamlet incorporates rhyme, antithesis and personification, which then further develops the plot, theme, character and mood. At the end of few pairs of the line are end rhymes, which strengthens the tone of Hamlet. From this end rhyme, Hamlet’s soliloquy brings a beat that makes the readers feel for his lines and emotionally touch the readers. These rhymes here define Hamlet's character in verbal speech. By being able to manipulate and emotionally share the character’s emotions, we can infer how persuasive and powerful his speeches are. For instance lines 390-391 has an end rhyme shent and consent! which are two strong words that signifies Hamlet’s anger. And of course when a character is angry, he sets a negative and fierce mood on stage. Line 380-390, “. . . Night” and “out”, also sets a mood that is creepy and scary, which develops the scene in tone of character, and mood. Antithesis are another conU*&** found ones that further develops the theme and the mood. Some pairs include church and hell, natural and unnatural. Natural and unnatural speaks of a big theme of the play, betrayal. hamlet says “Let me be cruel, not unnatural” (387) with the inference of his uncle Claudius who murdered his father. Hamlets says he would rather admit his desire for this murder than hide and secretly murder former king for the crown (like his uncle did). Hamlet believed Claudius’s action to be unnatural. To Hamlet, death of his father remained a mystery and legen like history to the kingdom due to the unnatural, caused by Claudius. And evidently Claudius and Hamlet are two contrasting foil characters -- like an antithesis. The word “hypocrites” is also another word that emphasis the theme of betrayal for his mother has once sworn forever love with his father had left only in few months to another man -- a brother of her former husband -- and sworn love for him again. The antitheses and these words such as hypocrites, witching, contagion, bitter, cruel, shent all develop Hamlet’s desire for this murder. These wicked words generate a characteristic of Hamlet of evil and malicious. And in a play with a protagonist mad, it naturally creates a plot which is this case is the murder of the king or his uncle. . . or his step-father. In the soliloquy itself, we see a change in mood. In line 381 “when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out,” Hamlet foreshadows that churchyard, a righteous yawns, or is ready to be asleep where as hell, a place of since starts to breathe or comes to life. This personification of rise of hell and fall of church reflects the plot, character and theme of betrayal. The once obedient good son falls, maidjfsda;ks murder rises. Happy kingdom falls, tragedy rises. Royalty falls, betrayal rises. As can be seen, just from the soliloquy we can find many literary elements that delivers more than Hamlet’s message, “”I am mad!” In this several lines of the play, just by looking at far words and lines of it, we can foretell the plot, define the character, visualize the actual mood of the play and even take a closer look at the theme.

Paper 2 In Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet’s soliloquy after the play reveals Hamlet’s true nature. By learning that Claudius is guilty of his crime after the play, Hamlet is excited with utmost lust and vengeance. However, his humane mind toward Gertrude implies that Hamlet is not truly a mad man. In this soliloquy, Hamlet develops into a vengeful spirit with a clear goal: to send Claudius to hell. Hamlet’s control over his massive thirst for revenge, however, is shown through his softness toward Gertude. The soliloquy provides readers of the possible development in plot of Hamlet initiating his revenge while developing Hamlet into a dominate character and arousing the violent theme and mood. The language in this soliloquy is very emotional and powerful. Hamlet shows his zealous devotion to the revenge: “now could I drink hot blood” (line 382). Hamlet of course, would not really drink Claudius’s blood, but it portrays how much anger and hatred he has been hiding, developing him into a much more powerful character. Despite such obsession with vengeance, Hamlet is shown to b in control as Shakespeare hints the readers with alliteration: “let not ever the soul of Nero enter this firm bosom” (386 - 387). Shakespeare compares Hamlet’s excessive thirst for revenge with the soul of Nero. By mentioning Nero, readers are more open to get a grasp of Hamlet’s current mental status. The language in this soliloquy concentrates on hamlet’s character development. hamlet’s soliloquy after the play informed the readers of a significant development in character, plot, theme and mood with the content and language of this soliloquy. Shakespeare's use of the powerful word choices and alliteration reinforced the readers to understand Hamlet’s complexive mind with a greater fluency.

Paper 3

The Ghost of Hamlet’s father seems to have put Hamlet’s mind and heart on flames. His anger against uncle Claudius is too great to overpower his love for his mother. Compared to the repressed and silent Hamlet in the beginning, Hamlet is ready to face the mission to kill his most hated person, Claudius, which is evident from his after-play soliloquy. Just by reading Hamlet’s speech, on can imagine the fire burning in his two eyes. The language of Hamlet allows the readers to sense the anger of Hamlet, and this foreshadow a violent revenge tragedy at last. he compares the physical settings to the dark world, “. . .the very witching time of night” (380). He further uses personification to illustrate inhumane imageries that heightens the scene. For example he says: “When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out” (381). By such description, it is evident that the obedient Hamlet, indeed, does have a manly and ghostly personality within him. Readers may find such monstrous Hamlet unfamiliar. More because Hamlet himself finds his abnormal anger unlike him. In the previous scene, he compares himself to the actors and used theatrical terms, which indicate that he lives a figurative, yet real, life having to live a mad life for his father in the ‘other world.’ In this soliloquy, there are also indications to the co-existing conscious and unconsciousness of Hamlet. He says, “O heart, lose not they nature; let not ever / The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom:” (385-386). He prays to his his heart which means that his soul and body are separate and not within Hamlet’s control. Such lines of Hamlet ensure the readers that Hamlet is indeed mad, not because of Ophelia but because of Claudius and his only loving mother. Hamlet is determined to tell his mom the dark secret of Claudius. He say: “How in my words soever she be shent, / To give them seals never, my soul, consent!” (390 -391). More than wanting to bring Gertrude on his side, he wants to justify his anger to make her feel sorry for him, which is what the Ghost tells him to do = to let her suffer her own guilt. Hamlet’s soliloquy shows the peak of Hamlet’s change in character. Because the language he uses are so cruel that allows readers to naturally sense the anger and to even hear imaginary thunderstorms, in my case, it is obvious that hamlet will stand for his father’s sad death. The intensity of Hamlet foreshadows a Hamlet who doesn’t know forgiveness.