Hamlet+Wiki+Space

[]

=The Elements of Hamlet:=

Characters: Hamlet: Prince on a revenge mission. Claudius: Evil Uncle king who stole his brother's life, throne, and wife Ophelia: Hamlet's main squeeze, don't go too crazy! Polonius: Father of Laertes, accidentally killed by Hamlet ("my bad") Laertes: Son of Polonius, duels Hamlet to the death Gertrude: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern:

Setting:

Denmark, the palace



Plot:

Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, comes home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. A ghost tells him that his uncle .murdered his father. He manages to feign madness, murder the "prime minister," drive Ophelia to madness, plot against the uncle, direct a play within a play, successfully conspire against the lives of two well-meaning friends, and finally take his revenge on the uncle. The play ends with (almost) everyone's death.

Conflict: Hamlet has an internal conflict because he thinks about seeking revenge against his uncle for murdering his father. He has an external conflict with Claudius because he murdered his father.



Themes: Revenge: Hamlet becomes obsessed with revenge after his father is murdered. He acts crazy and thinks that everyone is a suspect. Certainty: When Hamlet’s father appears to him as a ghost, Hamlet is uncertain that the ghost is there. Action: Throughout the play, Hamlet fails to take action to avenge his father’s death. He thinks of taking action, but then refuses. Death: Hamlet becomes obsessed with death throughout the play. Because of his lack of action, most of the characters die by the end of the play.

Point of View: