Essay On Incest In Hamlet

Hamlet faces many problems in the play. The first problem he faces is King of Denmark which is his father died. In the play, Hamlet suffers from depression. The play Hamlet Is like a love triangle. A big topic in the play is incest, incest is a sexual activity with a close relative or family members. Incest and sex are important in the article because drama plays a big role in the play.

One of the references of incest in the play Hamlet in Act I scene ii the ghost says

“Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to seduce!- won to his shameful lust The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen .”(1.5.780-784)

The ghost in the story represents Hamlet’s father. The ghost uses words such as incestuous and adulterates beast to show his anger towards his brother Claudius by calling him an animal. The ghost believes Claudius used his smart mouth and gifs just to get to his wife. The ghost is implying that he just lured his wife in just for power. The ghost uses the word virtuous queen, virtuous means high moral standards. The ghost uses that word to show that he respects his wife and thinks of her highly like she is pure and is just in shock that she would choose his brother.

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Laertes is trying to warn his sister, so she won’t get caught up. Laertes knows Hamlet’s ways. He comes Ophelia’s beauty to a moon because the moon symbolizes feminine and that she shouldn’t expose her beauty to Hamlet. “Contagious blastments are most imminent” means over and over a precious thing will be injured and its approaching soon. Laertes finally states, “Be wary then, best saftely lies in fear”, Laertes is telling his sister to show caution toward danger because it’s better to be in fear because it will keep Ophelia