Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare and set in Denmark. The protagonist of this story is a young man whose father, the late king of Denmark died.

to be or not to be

revenge or forgiveness

love or hate

life or death

At the same time he’s going through a family crisis.

Unexpectedly one night Hamlet sees his father’s ghost who tells him a difficult truth: his uncle Claudius poisoned him.

these are some of the questions Hamlet is considering before making a choice that will have a big impact on his life.

the characters

the danishroyal family

Gertrude, Hamlet's mother

king Claudius

Hamlet

The ghost of the late king

POLONIOU'S FAMILY

Ophelia

Laertes

Polonious

other characters:

Orazio, rosencranzt and guildenstern, the players and the guards

The Protagonist

hamlet's father dies

HAMLET

HAMLET

Hamlet is an extreme complex carachter, disturbed by the death of his father, he is even more upset beacause of the succession to the throne of his uncle, and his marriage to his mother Gertrude. This combined with the revelation of the ghost throws Hamlet into a state of inner conflict between fears and questions to which he cannot give an answer.

Hamlet meets the ghost

he doesn't know what to do, and he is assalted by doubts

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

hamlet'behavior

Hamlet is a complex character from a psychological point of view, he is a thinker rather than a doer. the situation in his family generates anger in him, particularly towards his mother and uncle, but also towards his traitorous friends and Ophelia. also his doubts lead him to have contradictory behaviors.

the madness

Another interesting trait of Hamlet is madness, however it is difficult to fully understand the true and the simulated madness of the character.

the reputation

Another aspect that we can notice is that Hamlet wants to behave in a noble way, to be considered as such. He cares about what others will think of him.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

NEGATIVE QUALITIES

POSITIVE QUALITIES

• He is intelligent as we can see from the plans he executes in order to unmask his uncle.

• He is brave

• he is an ambitious and noble man, with good moral values.

• in addition to being too reflective, he is also impulsive and hasty, in fact when he acts he does it very quickly.

• he is also an avenger: obsessed with revenge and single-minded.

• is a "discontent"

CHARACTER EVOLUION DURING THE STORY

At the beginnin of the story Hamlet is a young man like many others, with his studies, friends and loves

After the death of his father and the consecutive events, he's thrown in a personal crisis and attacked by doubts

When the ghost tells him that Claudius is guilty he becomes obsessed with revenge and starts acting mad

He finally gets his revange with the death of Claudius, but that leads him to death too

He becomes a murder by killing Polonious