Hamlet A Critical Analysis

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the King. The next to die is Ophelia, she, is entirely manipulated by Hamlet and the king, for their own selfish reasons. She killed herself after knowledge of her fathers' death. Last to die was Laertes, it is easily seen how laertes, in the heat of his anger could conspire to murder, though he kills hamlet he is avenging his fathers' death, an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600’s. Therefore it is condoned. Laertes in his attempt to kill, loses his life by the very poison that was to kill his enemy. Hamlet dies on a poison tipped sword but not till he has killed Claudius and ridded Elsinore of its plague.
Shakespeare utilizes, character, plot and setting to create a mood of disgust and the theme of proper revenge. He use’s these elements as brush strokes to paint a powerful picture. He employs the castle of Elsinore and it’s vicinity to depict a sordid and depressing place where incest ant murder is a normal part of life. Where revenge is a ...

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perfectly calm and rational later. These inconsistencies are related to the internal dilemmas he faces. He struggles with avenging his fathers death. Throughout the entire play he teeters on this issue, because he is unable to form a solid decision about his role playing.

Hamlet is an over analytical and pessimistic. But, what leads to his downfall is one fatal flaw his, procrastination. He had several chances to kill Claudius but he seems to lose that conviction after his rationality sets in. Yet we feel no sympathy towards Hamlet. Not because he does not have any sympathetic qualities but because two few sympathetic qualities for us to wish to emphasize. Hamlet eventually does the ...

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