Hamlet

In this life there are great plays written by people in the past. We are Lucky enough to be able to read these great plays and analyze them until we become very knowledgeable and studied. One of these great plays is “Hamlet,” written by William Shakespeare. It is tale of corruption, seduction, and revenge brought forth by the killing of King Hamlet. As young Hamlet finds this out, he is enraged with anger that his father’s life has been taken away from him. This structure of young and old is used throughout the play of Hamlet in order to dramatize the Father and Son Relationship.

For instance, some person who has killed the father’s has destroyed every father son relationship; in turn making the sons seek out revenge. In the case of Fortinbras the king of Norway, was killed by Hamlet Senior. This made Fortinbras junior mad and revengeful of Hamlet. Since young Fortinbras has the same goals of the older Fortinbras then this makes both son and father alike. Old Hamlet however, has been killed by someone who has put poison in his ear

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It is a vicious cycle of killing and revenging making many people ill.

Besides the Father and son relationship, there are comparisons made between the old generation and the new generation.

All of the sons, Fortinbras, Hamlet, and Laertes, in the book, share a common feeling of revenge and anger. Hamlet senior and Fortinbras senior are men in power who are killed because of it. Polonius trying to listen in on a conversation is killed by Hamlet. Fortinbras has the least amount of revenge because his father was killed in the line of duty. All of the sons share anger for their father’s deaths; which is expected when a loved one such as a father is killed. Hamlet is like his father in this way because he too was already confused and distraught by his Uncle becoming king, as well as his Mother marrying him. ” Perhaps the weirdest of th!

e two relationships is between Laertes, who is in France most of the time, and his father Polonius. Polonius is killed however because he is spying and Hamlet believes he is the king trying to kill him. “O, I am slain!” It also seems that Polonius worked as a coward trying to please the king, while King Hamlet and King Fortinbras were men of honor and integrity. He tortures Claudius by using a play to make him feel guilty, and by acting like he is crazy. ” This is said by Laertes to Claudius to affirm how bad he wants to kill Hamlet.

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