In act one we find out that hamlets father has been killed by his newly instated step father, which is his fathers brother, hamlet then creates a plan that allows him to find out that if the ghost of his father is telling the truth by producing a play with a slight twist to the story.
He is doing this becasue he also thinks the ghost could be the devil so he needs to be sure before he gets revenge.
I think Shakespear has already established Tragedy becasue there has already been a death, a betrayal, lies have been created, and we have a plot to murder someone else. Also where hamlet is telling to many lies he is causing his own tragedy by lying to the one s he loves like ophelia and his mother.
Hamlet is also stuck in his plans becasue the ghost of his father has told him to leave his mother alone and not get her involved but he will eventually end up hurting her.
We instantly feel for hamlet becasue as he is hurtintg he is having to lose so many things that he wants to hold close to him, his mother, ophelia and he has already lost his father.
He doesnt have time to mourn his father before he has to avenge him.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Hamlet 1+2
Posted by Anne - As English Lit <3 at 4:58 AM
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You sum up the tragic elemnets very concisely. I agree that betrayal is an important element and that H has to act before he has finished mourning his father. We do feel sympathy for H but don't we also get frustrated by him? Isn't this what makes it such a powerful tragedy, that the audience gets sucked into H's dilemma?
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