Hamlet
All novels have a literary device know as a climax in them. A climax is the point in a book which is the peak of the story and where everything after it leads to the conclusion of the novel. In the play, "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare, three things are said to be this turning point. The play-within-a-play, the prayer scene, and the scene in Gertrude's room are usually picked as these three turning points. Although each of these serves its purpose in making the conclusion of the story that much more inevitable, the one that does the best job of accomplishing this goal is the prayer scene. Although the prayer scene is less than four pages long and contains only 99 lines of dialogue, it accomplishes more in terms of setting up the ending of the play than any other scene does. It is clear that tension between Claudius and Hamlet is rising. Hamlet continues with his antic disposition, which further aggravates Claudius. Things can not stay the way they are and with this Claudius decides to send Hamlet to England. He does this because he fears that Hamlet's madness will continue and eventually escalate into something much larger than what it already is. (82) "I like him not, nor stands it safe with us to let his madness ran
Clearly this plan will not go smoothly, much like everything else in the play either Hamlet or Claudius plans. His plan is to hide behind an arras, or tapestry, in Gertrude's room while Gertrude and Hamlet talk. What has to be the most important part of this short prayer scene would be the final lines coming from the mouths of Claudius and Hamlet. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. (85) "Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. After only four pages and 99 lines of dialogue the climax has been given and the conclusion is clear from the prayer scene. Hamlet could kill Claudius right there but, like every other plan Hamlet has, it goes completely wrong. Finally you have Polonius, who has made the not so smart decision of going to spy on Hamlet, right after Hamlet has just gained his new found sense of bloodlust. (85) "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. " The scene ends with Claudius saying one final line. Hamlet takes this to mean Claudius is praying. A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. Claudius begins a solo confessional.
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