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Shakespeare Coursework: Hamlet Jade Brindley
11T
By developing the concept of the tragic hero, Shakespeare dramatises the struggles of the Elizabethan era. ...
Intro and social historical cultural context
Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, was first performed in 1601/02 at the globe theatre. ...
Some comic or parodic figure often undercuts the figures of authority, by using unbalanced rebellious or mocking voices to reject, resent or defy the established order, for example hamlet with the king and the court in Hamlet. ... Prince Hamlet returns upon the funeral of his father, and discovers through a ghost of his father that it was in fact his uncle that killed him. The ghost asks hamlet to avenge his death and then disappears. This leaves hamlet in a state of depression and indecision, confused he pretends to be mad so that no one will suspect that he knows. ... Hamlet doubts the ghosts’ credibility, so organises a play to re-enact the story of the murder, to uncover the truth by Claudius’s reaction. The king reveals his guilt and Hamlet visits his mother to make her confess aswell. However during their conversation, Hamlet accidently stabs Polonius who was eavesdropping through the curtain. Hamlet leaves for polonius’ funeral. ...
Ophelia turns mad and drowns, this heightens Laertis anger and Laertis and Claudius plot to kill Hamlet in a ‘’Friendly” bout of fencing. ... However Hamlet and Laertis get stabbed with the sword and Laertis dies. ... Hamlet kills Claudius just before he tells his story and predicts the fore coming king as Fortinbras, then Hamlet dies. ...
Shakespeare portrays Hamlet as a ‘’tragic hero’’, which is a combination of the two. ... Hamlet was a very sheltered adolescent because of his confined upbringing, this made him moral as well as extremely naïve and this innocence and good sets him up as the protagonist hero as he is the only one who displays good and the need to do the right thing.
Through the first soliloquy Hamlet expresses his melancholy and disgust at Claudius who is now king. ... It begins with Hamlet wishing he could die ‘O that this too solid flesh would melt. ...
Hamlet conveys weariness through listless tempo, ‘’How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable’ This build up of adjectives highlights how difficult hamlet is finding it to live with himself. A connection is established between Hamlet and the audience through his despair and torment. His description of the world is ugly and foul, ‘‘tis an unweeded garden’ this suggests that Hamlet is feeling trapped by the world and that the ‘’weeds’’ represent the evil in the world, that is taking over and strangling the garden or good.
Approximate Word count = 2171
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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