Is Hamlet Crazy? Explore Human Passions in Shakespeare’s Play

       Is Hamlet Crazy? The very essence of man with his great and low passions, beauty and ugliness, bright and gloomy features, virtue and sophisticated evil found its reflection in all the contradictory fullness in the works of Shakespeare. It seems that Shakespeare’s characters are woven of contradictions, demonstrating the world of the … Read more

Female Empowerment With “Hamlet’s” Gertrude & Ophelia.

 Cammie Hearon Mrs. Waite Honors English 12/ 5 7 December 2018 Stepping Stones for Woman Empowerment     The similarities and connections between the only two female characters in Hamlet are striking. Tied together by their separate connections to Hamlet, Shakespeare brings Queen Gertrude and Ophelia closer together over the course of the play through … Read more

Unworldly Revelry: Exploring Morality in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

 Andrew Hitchcock Midterm Paper 03/08/2018 Hamlet by Shakespeare ______________________________________________________________________________ Interpretation     Those of the royal kingdom, especially Hamlet, are trying to clear the kingdom of any evils. The evils started with killings and the characters think that killing off the one who did the killing will be more just. This is not the case. … Read more

Ophelia’s Inability to Take Action in Hamlet: A Look Into Mental Health

 “To be or not to be, that is the question” (Act 3, Scene1). This is just one example of Hamlet deliberating an action in the play. Throughout the play, Hamlet is constantly deliberating action, most notably, whether or not to kill King Claudius to avenge the death of his father. Subsequently through all the … Read more

Hamlet – William Shakespeare

The change in the fortune of the tragic hero in Oedipus the King results from the protagonist’s attempt to escape what the gods have ordained for him. Aristotle in his observation of Classical Greek tragedy observed that the tragic fall of a man like Oedipus resides through what he called a “frailty” in character rather … Read more