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Hamlet
When do you know a work of literature has stood the test of time? ... One of his most famous works, Hamlet, is still a favorite among actors and occasional readers, alike, but why? ... One of the first reasons why Hamlet will never lose importance is because of the incestuous relationship between Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude, and uncle, King Claudius. Even in Elizabethan times, Hamlet was disturbed by his mother’s new love. In scene II of the first act, Hamlet’s disgust with his mother’s incestuous relationship and pain over his own father’s death is no more clear then in the lines of his speech: But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: so excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother that he might not beteem the winds of heaven visit her face too roughly. ... (Act I, Scene II, line 138-158) As shown by Hamlet’s words, his feelings are very clear. ... The fact that incest will never go away and always be an issue in whatever time Hamlet is read in, people will never grow tired of the play and always argue about the incest element to the play. Another reason why Hamlet will always be well read is the character Hamlet’s indecisiveness. ... In Hamlet’s case, the fact that he had a chance to murder Claudius but didn’t, could be seen as a huge mistake and the climax of the play. If Hamlet had been able to make the decision to murder his uncle there, instead of waiting until later on in the play in which ultimately every one of the main characters died, the whole play would have ended before it truly had begun, hence that would have been the climax of the play and no one else would have died. ... (Act III, Scene IV, 73-79) But Hamlet, true to his character, was unable to make that decision fearing his Uncle going to Heaven instead of Hell where he felt he deserve to be.
Approximate Word count = 1616
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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