Hamlet & Ophelia

byout the play of juncture, one constantly questions if settlement is actually in hunch over with Aphelia. His intentions are difficult to determine it often appears as though he is non in chouse with her at all, besides is in fact repulsed by her. Hamlet even insists that Aphelia leave him, and everyone else in her life, in his immortal line, Get thee to a nunnery (Ill. L. Pl 25), thus sending her away to lead a life of solitude.However, disdain these statements from Hamlet, his other actions give way to the idea that Hamlet not only retires Aphelia, but also cares for her so deeply that he shoot the breezes her as a liability. He treats her terribly and insists that she leave him in order to protect her from being hurt or killed by his enemies. It is here that we see that, indeed, Hamlet really does extol Aphelia. The close together(predicate) that Hamlet ever comes to stating his love is in Act Ill. Hamlet says to Aphelia, l did love you (Ill. L. Pl 25). However, he th en goes on to tell her he does not love her.During this conversation, Hamlet believes someone may be eavesdropping on them. This is proven by Hamlets question, Wheres your father? (Ill. L. IPPP). Aphelia states that he is at home. Hamlet replies with, Let the doors be shut upon him that he may play the fool nowhere but in s own house (Ill. L. IPPP-44). This quote suggests that Polonium, Aphelions father, is eavesdropping on Hamlet and foreshadows that he may be planning something as a result. Hamlet would never want to give away his true intentions for Aphelia to one of his enemies, such as Polonium, and therefore lies to Aphelia about his intentions for her.His love for her is so deep that he is entrusting to make her believe that he does not love her in order to rote her. Another example of Hamlet admitting his love for Aphelia is in the letter that he sends her. Hamlet writes, Never doubt I love. (11. 11. IPPP). He tells her that among and between everything else around her, hi s love for her is real. This is the one time to begin with Aphelions finis that Hamlet reveals his true feelings. He feels he can do this in writing, as Hamlet believes only Aphelia will read the letter, as irrelevant to one of his enemies, such as Polonium.Hamlet knew he had to hide his love for Aphelia and act in a different manner to protect her. His plan backfires however when Aphelia schnittlaugh the letter, as she gives it to her father. Not even in writing can Hamlet admit his true feelings for Aphelia without the information of his vulnerability slipping into the wrong hands. Throughout the play, Hamlets love for Aphelia is questioned. Hamlet acts as if he does not love Aphelia in order to trick everyone else into thinking that he does not care about her. Hamlet does not want Aphelia to belong involved with him because if Claudia decides to get revenge on Hamlet, she would die.Hamlet shows his love for Aphelia when he confesses to her that he loved her, when he sends he r the deter, and when he finds out that she has died. But some could argue that Hamlet never loved Aphelia that he fell out of love with her or he never loved her in the first engineer but was simply driven insane by his fathers death and attempted to use her feelings for him to his reward. Needless to say, there is concrete information pointing to Hamlets love being true. Hamlet simply was not able to state it bluntly in order to protect Aphelia.Rexes Manchester Mr.. Lowe Is Hamlet a misogynist? If so, what might be the pathology of this vile trouble oneself? Throughout the play Hamlet accuses women of being adulterous, uncaring and soonest creatures. Hamlets misogynistic feelings towards women come from his mother, Gertrude, and, unfortunately, Aphelia becomes part of his thoughts as wellspring. Hamlets mother is the cause for his suspicion towards women. Gertrude hasty, and incestuous, remarriage to Claudia, within a calendar week of the kings death causes anguish, sufferi ng and distress for Hamlet.This leads him to question the true heartiness of all women 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. (1. 11. Up 56-157) As the story goes on Gertrude becomes a cruel, adulterous and insupportable woman in Hamlets eyes. Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an misnamed bed, stews in corruption, honeying and making lovers the nasty In this climatic scene Hamlet finally shows an intense desire to just his mothers soul by trying to induce her that she must repent for the marriage to Claudia.Hamlet attempts to teach Gertrude that celibacy becomes easier the more time goes on and the more one practices. As a consequence, it seems, the misogynist that is Hamlet egging to break down. Which is why Aphelia is so important with in the story, she becomes a victim of Hamlets anger that leads us to discover if he is sincerely yours a misogynist or not. I t is Aphelia, the passive character in the relationship that has become the unlucky victim. Aphelia believed that Hamlet possessed real love for her, but so ofttimes to the point that he became mad for her love. (2284) She accepted his love letters and acknowledged his indications. However, Hamlet becomes so concerned with how vengeful women are to men, or that they are a considerable threat to myself, and that he cannot stop for a moment and realize the pain he is causing Aphelia because of it. In the end, classifying Hamlet as a misogynist does not suffice to the difficult and realistic character of Hamlet. For, as it turns out, the feelings of hatred towards women were only because of the moments that he was caring and concerned with Aphelia and his mother.Though it is irresolute that he would have ever trusted a woman again but at the end he does reveal his love for Gertrude and Aphelia. Does Claudia murder his brother for his mint or his wife? Claudia is Hamlets uncle, brothe r to king Hamlet. tabby Hamlet has been killed and a week after his death, Claudia became king and King Hamlets wife, Gertrude, remarries to Claudia. The murder of King Hamlet is much like what we see in the Bible. Cain commits the first murder by killing his brother Able while he is sleeping peacefully in a garden.Much like this murder, Claudia murders his brother by pouring poison in his ear while he is sleeping in his own garden. Throughout the story Claudia hardiness is tested and finally he admits his offense is rank and smells to heaven because it hath the primal eldest curse upon, a brothers murder (111. 11. 111). Claudia not only murdered King Hamlet for the throne but for his wife Gertrude as well. He evermore possessed the secondary role to his brother for quite sometime and because he was always second to King Hamlet, he became Jealous.The fact that King Hamlet was always busy in state affairs and fights could the reason for Gertrude loneliness, which brought her close r to Claudia. After the death of King Hamlet, support of Claudia gave Gertrude a way out to prevail over the situation and heartache. Weak moral strength in Gertrude made it simple for Claudia to convince her to marry him. After this it was simple for Claudia to have Gertrude become loyal to him, this also made him the father of Hamlet and brought his worries of revolt to a close as well as Hamlets royal right to become king.As Claudia took over the throne and married his brothers wife, it also would make sense to say that he took over the throne so Hamlet would not be king. Also, Claudia had to ascend the throne nearly immediately since Denmark was on the brink of war with Norway. Finally, Claudia took the throne because if he had not, Hamlet would have become king and would have figured out that Claudia murdered is father and would have had him murdered anyways since that is the mandate of this story. Claudia married for two reasons.He wanted to solidify his image in the kingdom a s king and he simply was in the dire need of romance. As the opportunity to do both of those came about he took advantage of it, but as he did that turned his newly owned kingdom into turmoil. Rexes Manchester The play opens in the dark. Two men a foot apart cannot see each other. A Ghost appears. Why has Shakespeare begun the play thus? What does it tell us about the nature of his earshot? Shakespeare begins Hamlet in immediate suspense. on that point is no lighting and only two people on stage.The reason for this is to get the audiences attention from the beginning, without a strong introduction of the play the audience will be bored and unhappy with the performance. The audience at the globe theatre is rather uncivilized. Throughout the play itself the audience is drinking, eating and standing. Everyone in the audience is broadly speaking dirtying, smelly and not very intellectual. If the actors were not performing at their highest level, things would be thrown on stage, the a udience would become irritated ND the situation would step to the fore very quickly to the point that there would be a riot.Shakespeare uses the tactic of introducing a ghost first because it conveys the overall setting of the play, which is suspense, mysteriousness, puzzlement and most of all, curiosity. Through this introduction there is no need for a narrator to come out on stage and say the play is beginning. Due to the mysteriousness the crowd becomes silent, as they are anxious to find out what the play is about. Without the beginning of the play starting as it does, there would be no way to have the audience cooperate for a long period of time.