Hamlet 6
Hamlet 6Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is the
protagonist of the play and is portrayed as a very emotional soul, a
daring, brave character who has a bad and violent temper.
Hamlet is a very emotional young man. As we all know, his father's
death was a shock for him and he could not get over it. Claudius mentions
that Hamlet was taking the mourning of his father's death to extremes:
To give these mourning duties to your father; But you must know,
your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the
survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do
obsequious sorrow. 1
The King is telling Hamlet that death is only natural and that Hamlet's
father lost his father too. He is informing Hamlet that he is mourning
too much for his deceased father and he should try to get over it. Another
example of Hamlet's emotions getting the better of him can be seen when he
is reminiscing his father's death. Hamlet says, "...How stand I then,/That
have father killed, a mother stained,...2". He is asking himself what kind
of a person he is if he can allow his father to be murdered and his mother
to be married so soon after his father's death to his uncle. This shows us
that he is pitying himself and is putting himself down. Yet another example
of his emotions running wild are seen in his first soliloquy:
...She married. O, most wicked speed, to post with such
dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to
good. But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue! 3
He is telling us that his mother has married right away and did not mourn
for his father's death. He tells us that the marriage is not good and nor
can this marriage between Claudius and Getrude come to any good. He wants
to express his true feelings to his mother, but since it will hurt her, he
must be silent for the time being. This shows us that he has a great and
deep love for his mother. He will not say or do anything to hurt her, even
though what she is doing is wrong.
Hamlet is also a brave and daring character. There are several
examples of his fearless attitude, but I will only discuss the...
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