Hamlet begins a soliloquy with the line, "How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge! IV, li. Breaks my pate across? The urge to seek revenge for his father took a toll and led Hamlet to resent himself; Hamlet began to doubt all the living people around him and admire death. His distrust allowed him to keep his plans and feelings to himself, so he could kill King Claudius without the suspicion of others who could potentially warn the King or kill him.
As his actual insanity became a reality, his ideas and thoughts became more unique and unexpected. These ideas gave Hamlet an advantage in regards to fooling those around him, specifically King Claudius and his spies, because those with normal thoughts and actions could not possibly create the ideas and plans that Hamlet created once he became insane.
Shakespeare 's structure of Hamlet isn 't bad, however, the reader of this play could benefit from the extra scenes of the film and more detail within conflicts that the personas endure at Elsinore Castle. The largest character difference is seen in Hamlet himself. In the original play, Hamlet comes off as being a sad man that whines about his situation. Shakespeare 's story perseverates on a sulking Hamlet.
In contrast, Zeffirelli 's Hamlet is strong, regardless of his melancholy. Both men seek the same kind of justice but chose different paths to attain it. Laertes acts on anger without thinking, but Hamlet waits, debating the consequence of committing murder.
Claudius manipulates to his advantage Laertes lack of hesitation and hot temper. Winning Laertes support by painting Hamlet as a malicious killer Claudius provokes Laertes to avenge Polonius.
He becomes so bent upon avenging his family, that he does not think clearly. Ophelia's clothing carried her afloat for a time, but eventually she sank to her death. Laertes finds his grief uncontrollable, and he runs out in a rage. Claudius and Gertrude follow him, ostensibly to quell his anger. Claudius struts for Laertes in this scene, but, if we believe what he says, he also demonstrates his ability to care.
Caring would mitigate his evil and add to the paradox inherent in his character. As shown in his prayer scene in Act III, Claudius has a Christian conscience even if he is incapable of satisfying it. In this scene he demonstrates that he may also be a devoted husband who prizes the emotional well being of his beloved wife.
Despite his knowledge that Hamlet is a great danger to him, he tells Laertes that he has chosen not to hurt his "son" because the Queen "lives almost by his looks," and Claudius lives almost for the Queen.
However, Claudius' entirely self-serving evil becomes immediately apparent when he explains to Laertes his second reason for not punishing Hamlet for Polonius' murder: the great love the country has for Hamlet, which would not look kindly on the King who threatened him. He wanted his uncle to suffer the same if not worse fate than his father.
After this interaction, however, Hamlet is rather stunted. Orr, I really enjoyed your post because I had never before compared Hamlet and Laertes. To me, Hamlet and Laertes were two feuding characters, much like many of the other characters present in the play.
However, these two characters were able to get some sort of closure before passing on. I really enjoyed that part of the play and that Shakespeare included that. Your post really makes me consider these two characters as a whole in a different light that I had before considered.
So much of the play focused on the feud between the two characters, so I like that someone took the time to compare and contrast the two because they both play a major role in the storyline. Orr, I noted the strong parallels between Laertes and Hamlet as well, but I did not consider why it is they each act the way they do. After getting the truth, Hamlet still engages in unnecessary procrastinations in order to find specific evidence, which is not necessary.
He also does this due to some philosophical and moral convictions, which at the end lead him to damnation. Laertes on the other hand is filled with rage and acts out of his anger rather than out of reason.
His reason for wanting to kill Hamlet is that he killed his father. In addition, he wanted to do this because Hamlet had a love relationship with his sister. His hurry in doing things also leads him to damnation just like Hamlet. The murder of the fathers of Prince Hamlet and Laertes grieve them and they set out to revenge.
The marriage between his mother and king Claudius disturbs him. Laertes is in hurry to revenge and maintain his reputation their behavior puts them in problems and they both die. This gives a message that people ought to act out of reason and in due time. Bloom, Harold. Broomall, PA. Greenspun, January 11, Schulman, Arlene. About, Inc. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet: a tragedy.
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