Hamlet Essay

“What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unused.” Spoken by Hamlet, in the play “Hamlet” distinctly explains ones of the numerous messages within play through the idea that if your idle just as a beast then you lose the rights to your own humanity or purpose. Throughout this play and society my viewpoint is accurately pervasive.

The play itself has various scenes in which it precisely backs up this theme, take for example the men going to war over a plot of land with absolutely no significant value, but out of necessity to prove they are worth more than the common drivel they go marching on to have a purpose to stand with. Hamlet also taunts himself numerous times in the play for sitting frivolously by heinous acts that he shouldn't stand for but continues to do so any way. In the end Hamlets constant attacks on his own honor pushed him to fight for his father and even a purpose in his own life. These acts have shown why no one can sit idle in their own life otherwise they’d be consumed for not having a purpose.

The issue of lacking purpose is more commonly seen in numerous cases among humanity mainly for are strong need to feel content with our own lives. Take a look at a typical hunter venturing out and hunting beasts for either sport or necessity if you took away his or her game what would make them a hunter because what is a hunter without the hunt. My own existence I have struggled to find meaning in this life we have each been bestowed with, it torments everyday but preserver on in hopes of finding something in the world to help me be content with my being. Humanity in general can’t sit and fester without purpose; we have a deep burning in our souls to push on for that reason.

This quote is sufficient enough to explain the tone of Hamlet but never the less the examples provided should clarify what it means to exist. The character hamlet proves this when he tormented himself in order to further his purpose and even in the society of humanity we produce purpose of our own design as we further the path of life. 

No words can explain this.

I really want to know, what conditions you have to be under to think of producing this.

Essay Topic: HAMLET (THE MADMAN?)

The thought of Hamlet being crazy throughout the course of the play as he produces unthinkable actions is imagined frequently when the reader presses on. This however can’t be more of a misinterpreted held view for evident reasons such as the intelligence Hamlet shows with his so heavily thought madness, let alone the unbearable stress he’s anguished with, to contemplate the murder of his uncle. Throughout life and the prowess of a young genius, the evidence to support my view point is pervasive.

Obviously Hamlets a mastermind in disguise for the most part, even though some can argue that at certain points he shows extraordinary signs of insanity. Especially when he speaks to other characters or rapidly stabs into a tapestry accidentally killing Polonius; however the so called madness in his dialogue is to lower the guard of his prime target King Claudius which is pretty intelligent for a troubled youth. The argument that he is crazy for killing Polonius is also mistaken considering that it was an assumption that King Claudius was listening in on him and his mother which he had all the intentions in the world after the play within the play to murder. Hamlet may have been a little quick with the sword but doesn't explain how he can possibly be caught in vortex madness.

The stress Hamlet is under is so massive that it’s understandable that he could be assumed to be crazy but in the end stress is stress not insanity. Life is stressful no matter what situation is presented and should not be viewed as the root of insanity. My life right now is stressful from the simple things at home and school all the way up to college applications and family drama which I’m sure at times I let it take the best of me but I never lose my sanity from it. Hamlets stress can’t possibly be used to justify that he is crazy because if that is true then it would basically being saying that the entire world we as humanity encompass are the embodiment of insanity.

Clearly these examples provide enough clarity to reveal Hamlet to be a genius in disguise with the same stress that everyone within the humanity must take head on thus disregarding the question of his sanity. If the question of sanity was so lightly thrust upon anyone I’m positive they too would be considered insane such as hamlet but if you take the time to look at the facts it would be regarded to prove their innocence. 

Thursday Class Discusion

Hamlet Act 3

In progress

The Performative Utterance in William Shakespeare's Hamlet Notes

.Hamlet is hesitant throughout the course of the play with actually following through with his actions to quench his vengeance.

. Helps draw comparisons between what Hamlet says and what Hamlet does, and the reasoning behind it.

.Hamlet's utterances actually teach him a lot about himself, not just the audience.

.Consider the interaction between the first player and Hamlet. What moves Hamlet is verbal/emotional action not physical displaying his mourning for his father/mother

.From here, we connect emotions to belief-An important distinction.

.It can be said that the main problem in the story is that it's characters represent their feelings/intentions in ways that contradict reality.

.Hamlet is generative not merely because of what is done with language in the play, but because of what this performative language tells us about its characters.

.Hamlet's character development is not towards action as seen in multiple cases but rather by his reliance on his fathers words.