Thursday, January 16, 2020
Poor Prince Hamlet Essay
The dearly depressed Prince Hamlet, featured in William Spakespeareââ¬â¢s Hamlet, reveals his true and deeper feelings of sorrow and grief for himself and his father but also the hatred and revulsion masked beneath his quick and unkind words, directed more to his mother and Claudius. Hamlet, being the only person to see through to the true character of Claudius, dares to question as to why his mother would betray him and his ââ¬Å"poorâ⬠(1, 2, 48) dead father. For this reason, Hamletââ¬â¢s vile words of truth are spoken because of the wrong doing of his mother leading to deeper devastation and despair for the loss of his father. Consequently, the result of the death of Hamlet Sr., the father of Hamlet Jr. and former King of Denmark, would be true misery and heartbreak for the ââ¬Å"so excellent kingâ⬠(1, 2, 139) that he once knew. To begin with, Hamlet grieve over the loss putting it upon himself to commit ââ¬Å"self-slaughterâ⬠(1, 2, 132) seeing as how the world is turning to be ââ¬Å"an unweeded gardenâ⬠(1, 2, 135), as Denmark is falling apart before him. Similarly, the new addition to his family is to blame for the inner and outer conflicts submerging within Hamlet causing question to his life. Gertrude also generates an increase of stress and grieve for the loss of his father particularly because of the remarriage. After Hamlet realizes that he cannot bear to live with such arrangements of having worse than ââ¬Å"â⬠¦a beastâ⬠(1, 2, 150) for a mother and a foul king that is ââ¬Å"â⬠¦no more to my (his) father ââ¬â than I (he) to Herculesâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ (1, 2, 152-153), he begins to construct a conclusion that is it is not he who is at fault but his mother. In particular Hamlet recurs ââ¬Å"within the monthâ⬠(1, 2, 145) (1, 2, 153) representing the time period of Hamlet Sr. death but also the time period of when the marriage of Gertrude and Claudius occurred. The repeat of the time period supports the reason of Hamlets theory being that, although his mothers earlier cries were ââ¬Å"all tearsâ⬠(1, 2, 149), her cries are ââ¬Å"of most unrighteous tears,â⬠because the sorrow she utters is insincere. Further more, Hamlet claims, ââ¬Å"Frailty, thy name is woman!â⬠(1, 2, 146) and his mother include, that all woman are weak, being that she does not have the capability to be a widow and have human feelings of sorrow and grief. He also makes a referral to his motherââ¬â¢s grieve comparing her to ââ¬Å"a beast that wants discourse of reasonâ⬠and how it ââ¬Å"would have mournââ¬â¢d longerâ⬠than she, representing the short episode of lament. All in all, the dear Prince Hamlet remains in his sorrowful and depressed state from the works of his more than beastly mother and newly wed, ââ¬Å"within the monthâ⬠of Hamlet Sr. death (1, 2, 145) (1, 2, 153), step father/king controlling his raw emotion of despair and hurt for his own blood father.
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