Hamlet Analysis

Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude. He lived with her mother who was widowed. At the age of 30 years, Hamlet is being referred to as a teenager with irony because his age is past the age of a teenager by far. He was an intellectual,…

“Hamlet” is one of the brightest and famous Shakespeare’s plays. Many poets, philosophers, politicians, and composers from different countries were inspired by the main character.             A huge circle of philosophical and ethical questions is closely interwoven with social and political ones that describe a unique side of the sixteenth…

Introduction A motif of death in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare is an exemplification of a decadent period of the Middle Ages. Depression, grey daily routine, and passivity were relevant traits of that epoch. People felt the aimlessness of their being and existence and were looking for easy ways in their…

When Shakespeare has the gravedigger unearth the remains of Yorick and says, “Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well,” Shakespeare is making a serious comment on life and its meaning. In an essay of 500 words, interpret Shakespeare’s philosophy of life and what we consider important, such as family, possessions,…

This paper purports to analyze some of the themes and strategies used in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The appearance of a ghost in the play may seem unconventional and out of place today, however, it was a widely used thematic strategy in the Elizabethan times. The supernatural were…