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1. Introduction:
Overwhelmed by political intrigue, confronted by a world adversarial to moral sensibilities, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on.
2. Characterization
Claudius is a shrewd and capable politician and administrator, he is courageous and self-confident, but he is tainted by mortal sin.
Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother. She is warmhearted but weak and shows deep affection for Hamlet and tenderness for Ophelia.
Hamlet - Hamlet is the prince of Denmark. Shrouded in his inky cloak, Hamlet is a man of radical contradictions -- he is ferocious, reckless, and uncivil, yet tender cautious, courteous and determined to avenge his father's death.
Polonius is the King's advisor and an affectionate but meddlesome father to Laertes and Ophelia, and tries to control their lives. He is garrulous and self-important as well.
Laertes is in many ways a foil to Hamlet. He also hungers for revenge for a slain father.
Ophelia is a sweet, docile girl; she is easily dominated by her father, Polonius. Ophelia is also the beloved of Hamlet.
Horatio is Hamlet's close friend and presented as a studious, skeptical young man, perhaps more serious and less ingenious than hamlet.
Fortinbras - Fortinbras is the Norwegian prince who returns to Denmark to revenge his father.
3. Plot Description
Claudius has poisoned Hamlet's father and married the Queen. Hamlet has been charged by his father to punish him. To avenge his Father, Hamlet, must do something while living beside the murderer, Claudius. If he doesn't he would be facing eternal damnation for forfeiting his oath.
4. Theme of the play:
Themes include importance of Mortality, Revenge, and Appearance versus reality, Gender roles, insanity, moral confusion and national corruption.
5. Interesting Quote
To be, or not to be
Hamlet educated in the humanist tradition, debates with himself over whether he should avenge to ultimate conclusion, or just give up.
6. Analysis or evaluation
Hamlet is a suspenseful play that introduces the topic of tragedy. Throughout the play, Hamlet displays anger, uncertainty, and obsession with death and is the leading basis for the tragic hero’s flaws.
7. Summary
Hamlet finds out from his father's ghost that his uncle murdered his Father. He vows revenge against the political intrigue. Hamlet confirms that Claudius was responsible, bent on revenge; he accidentally stabs Polonius (thinking him Claudius). Ophelia being unable to stand the shock of her father’s death at her lover’s hands loses her mind and is drowned. Laertes is convinced by Claudius to kill Hamlet. The two duel, and both are fatally injured. Gertrude unwittingly drinks from the poisoned cup and dies. Hamlet, in his death throes, kills Claudius.
8. Conclusion
It is a great story of retaliation, but most of the characters are motivated by selfish ambition, which makes the overall tone of the play quite dark.
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