An Unwilling Hamlet Essay -- William Shakespeare

In the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the main char corresponder, Hamlet is an unwilling creature. In having to enter and act in the world of his uncle, Hamlet becomes an unwilling creature of that world. When he chooses to obey the ghosts command and revenge his father, Hamlet accepts the inevitability that he must become type of this world. As the ripple of original vengeful intent widens and Hamlet is slowly but surely entangled in Claudius brutal world through his madness, his murders, his plots, his race with other characters and his revelations on life and more importantly, death. Even before the ghost urges Hamlet to avenge his death, Hamlet teeters on the edge of his uncles brutal world. While neer evil in intent Hamlet is simply one of the finest tragic heroes. Caught between his agony of mind and indecision Hamlets nature is neither treacherous equal Claudius nor rash like Laertes. This combination of values carries only tragedy when one such as Hamlet suffers such a fate as he did. Prior to his dead fathers prompting, Hamlet is already devoured by melancholy over the loss of Old Hamlet and his mothers oer hasty marriage to Claudius. This suggests that Hamlet was already inexorably linked to his Uncles brutal world. It is non, nor it cannot come to good. (Act1, Scene2) Hamlet also feels jealousy towards his mother as their relationship goes beyond that of a normal parent/ baby relationship. While perhaps not sexual, their mere fifteen years age difference has enclosed them in a very close-knit co-dependant affair. You are the Queen, your husbands brothers wife, And, would it not so, you are my mother. (Act3, Scene4) This jealousy and hatred Hamlet feels is close... ...d. Works Cited delman, Janet. 1985. Male Bonding in Shakespeares Comedies. In Shakespeares Rough Magic Renaissance Essays in Honor of C.L. Barber, edited by Peter Erickson and Copplia Kahn. Cranbury and London Associated University Presses, 73-103. Adelman, Janet. 1992. Suffocating Mothers Fantasies of Maternal Origin in Shakespeares plays, Hamlet to The Tempest. London and New York Routledge. Alexander, Nigel. 1971. Poison, Play and Duel A Study in Hamlet. London Routledge. Barber, C. L., and Wheeler, Richard P. 1986. The self-coloured Journey Shakespeares Power of Development. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London University of California Press. Partridge, Eric. 1947. Shakespeares Bawdy. London and New York Routledge. Rubinstein, Frankie. 1984. A Dictionary of Shakespeares Sexual Puns and their Significance. London MacMillan.