Hamlet Act 5 Sc 2
... In what ways is Act 5 Scene 2 a fitting climax to the play? Shakespeare wrote his most popular play Hamlet using Aristotles principles and Greek tragedy, most notably Agamemnon as a foundation. Hamlet was probably written around 1602, during the Elizabethan Era ? ... The story introduces us to three young men whose fathers had been brutally killed (Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras). ... But each needed to avenge their fathers deaths: Hamlet and Laertes choose to take the law into their own hands while Fortinbras bides his time and hence finds that his fathers death is involuntarily avenged without him having to take action. ... "Hamlet", tells the tragic story of Hamlet Prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for the murder of his father. ... In the interim, Hamlet goes to England. ... Then comes the burial of Ophelia, which is when Laertes and Hamlet fight as Hamlet feels that Laertes is not truly sorry for Ophelias death as Hamlet says, "even Forty thousand brothers " cant make up the love he had for Ophelia. It is after this that Laertes joins Claudius, and schemes to kill Hamlet by poisoning the foil they plan to use in a joust between Hamlet and Laertes. The appearance of the two clowns in Act 5 Scene I provide a respite to the intense and somber mood so that the audience is put at ease before the dreaded climax. At the start of the play, from Act 2 till the end of Act 3, Hamlets intention was to segregate himself from the rest of the court; instead it brought him more awareness. ... "I took thee for thy better”-this is when Hamlet was speaking to his mother. As Hamlet was intimidating his mother, she cnied in fear for help. Polomious, who was eavesdropping on their conversation came to her rescue and Hamlet, believing him to be the king, killed him. ... initially, Hamlet had to prove that what the ghost was saying was true, so he sets up a play, which he calls, "The Mousetrap". ... his first chance is while Claudius prays, but Hamlet believes that killig him then would allow him admittance to heaven. ... Hamlet follows the regular convention of typical Elizabethan revenge tragedies very closely. ... Hamlet has many good traits such as valor, fidelity and astuteness and one tragic flaw of hesitancy, which brought him his ruin. ... As Hamlet finds out all contain lies and have hidden intentions within them. As each character is presented in the play all appear to be good and honest making it a difficult task for Hamlet to uncover the hidden truth about the nature of each character. As Hamlet best said it "somethings is rotten in Denmark”. Polonious would always speak in a prescribed and preserved manner in order to capture the thoughts of Hamlet. This made it hard for Hamlet to respond to any of his questions, as he knew that any answer he gave, would be misinterpreted. ... Claudius was a person who would always think before saymig or doing anything and so made it harder on Hamlet to assure the truth in the ghost’s saying. Claudius tried using a fatherly approach in order to gain his trust but Hamlet knew what his true intentions were. ... He fooled Hamlet into havig a fencmig match with him. Hamlet did not even think that Laertes might have been plotting with Claudius to kill him as he thought that Laertes was a forgivmig person but little did he know that the smiles and politeness was only a cover for the scheming and evil revengeful person behind them, "but till that time I do receive your offered love like love, and will not wrong it".