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Shakespeare's Reaction In Hamlet

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Shakespeare is well known for his play and poems. He has studied all over the world and also wrote 38 plays and a total of 154 sonnets. One of his most popular plays is Hamlet. Shakespeare got ideas from Hamlet from 12th century Latin History of Denmark. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare 's most iconic plays because he tries to avenge his father’s death and it turns out that he caused many deaths, even himself. Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 on St. George’s Day. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. His father John was a glover and a leather maker. Shakespeare was their third child but was the first son. He married Anne Hathaway, hathway was eight years older than him. He was only 18 when he married his pregnant bride. They married in 1582, and had three …show more content…

Themes , Motifs and Symbols, The action versus inaction was one of the central themes in Hamlet. He is the epitome of inaction in many ways. He was asked to take action but struggled to do so. His inaction is contrasted with the two other men who have also lost their fathers: Laertes Fortinbras. Critics explains Hamlet in a lot of ways, Some blame his youth, others the indecisiveness of his personality. The theme madness was a key theme in Hamlet. His madness begins as a ruse to elude the suspicious king and his prying spies. Another theme was Disease and Decay, It was introduced very early on in the play through Francisco’s claim that he is “sick at heart”. The other theme was Appearance Versus Reality, This idea is introduced in act one. Queen Gertrude ask Hamlet why he is still so heavily mourning the death of his father, claiming that he seems to be grieving more than is necessary. Honour and Revenge, One of the central themes in Hamlet, closely related to revenge is the idea of honour. His Duty to avenge his father is tied to his honour as a “ good son”. The symbol are objects, characters, shapes or colors used to represent something else,usually an abstract idea. ( Themes,Motifs and Symbols

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