When Hamlet and King Claudius interact in the second scene of Act I,
tension builds: "But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son- A little more
than kin, and less than kind.
While Queen Gertrude and Hamlet are heatedly discussing the "unlawful" marriage to Claudius, more tension builds between Hamlet and his mother: "Have you forgot me? Shakespeare also creates internal conflict within Hamlet himself, using revenge, a common theme of that time.
He struggled with the decision to write Hamlet as a revenge play, and it is evident in the story in Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy which parallels Shakespeare's ambivalence about the theme of the play: "To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer .The fair Ophelia! Shakespeare whips up the emotion onstage by incorporating the conflict and tension between Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, his mother, and King Claudius, his unclestepfather.
This gave Shakespeare a good basis to incorporate this theme into Hamlet: The play begins on guard; Denmark is a warlike state; in Act III, scene iv in the event in which Hamlet kills Polonius displays a bloody and grotesque picture.
The exact origins of Hamlet are unknown, but it is believed that Shakespeare "cut, pasted, and edited" tales before his time that resembled Hamlet.
It is believed that Shakespeare was familiar with both Saxo and Bellforest's tale of Hamlet; his only son was christened Hamnet in 1585 (Hamnet is one spelling of Hamlet) (Lamb 15).
The story of Hamlet came out in the seventh century, but in Shakespeare's version, Hamlet attends Wittenberg, a university founded in 1502 (Lamb 18-19).
While Queen Gertrude and Hamlet are heatedly discussing the "unlawful" marriage to Claudius, more tension builds between Hamlet and his mother: "Have you forgot me? Shakespeare also creates internal conflict within Hamlet himself, using revenge, a common theme of that time.
He struggled with the decision to write Hamlet as a revenge play, and it is evident in the story in Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy which parallels Shakespeare's ambivalence about the theme of the play: "To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer .The fair Ophelia! Shakespeare whips up the emotion onstage by incorporating the conflict and tension between Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, his mother, and King Claudius, his unclestepfather.
This gave Shakespeare a good basis to incorporate this theme into Hamlet: The play begins on guard; Denmark is a warlike state; in Act III, scene iv in the event in which Hamlet kills Polonius displays a bloody and grotesque picture.
The exact origins of Hamlet are unknown, but it is believed that Shakespeare "cut, pasted, and edited" tales before his time that resembled Hamlet.
It is believed that Shakespeare was familiar with both Saxo and Bellforest's tale of Hamlet; his only son was christened Hamnet in 1585 (Hamnet is one spelling of Hamlet) (Lamb 15).
The story of Hamlet came out in the seventh century, but in Shakespeare's version, Hamlet attends Wittenberg, a university founded in 1502 (Lamb 18-19).
Shakespeare uses irony and dramatic irony: In scene iii
of Act III, Hamlet thinks Claudius is kneeling to make his peace with
God, but actually, Claudius is realizing that he can't repent and evil
is the only path for him.
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