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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 5 page paper examines the role
of Hamlet as tragic hero; and discusses
this tragedy as a "play within a play,"
as well as the role of the major
character as victim, or seeker of
revenge. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BBhamlet.doc.
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young Prince of Denmark searching for the truth about his fathers death. Hamlets uncle Claudius marries his mother the queen and takes the throne. A ghostly
specter reveals that the Old King, Hamlet was indeed murdered by none other than his brother, Hamlets uncle, Claudius. Although it might said that the constant theme
throughout the play is what is real and what is not; it is also interesting to ask who is acting and who is not - which creates in Hamlet, a
play within a play. Watch for the different roles that Hamlet tries on, as well as for the times that he seems genuine, as in "...These indeed, seem,
For they are actions that a man might play. But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe" (I.ii.83-86). The murder of
the Old King causes many to act, and the players, the only characters you would expect to be acting, are the ones to expose true reality. At one level
this could be perceived as the writers tongue-in-cheek action, at another it shows the genius of the playwright, and also demonstrates his particular fondness for the process of the
theater itself, and his own background upon the stage. Hamlet plays the clown with the other actors who arrive to perform in Elsinore.
He chides himself after viewing the Player Kings speech: "O what a rogue and peasant slave am I" showing his own loss of momentum. He laments:
".... What would he do, Had he the motive and cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with
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