When one read Hamlet and Antigone stories, you will notice that they share parallel circumstances concerning the death of a near loved one and being faithful to the dead. Mutual stories literally defy those in power in one-way or another, and in equal admiration the desires of the deceased to rest in peace and tranquility. It is only in their tactic toward their problems that they are really distinctive. Whenever anyone reads Antigone, she is depicted as resilient, rebellious, and influential. She
Rubanisation Rubanisation term coined by Architect Tay Kheng Soon. Rubanisation is the rethinking of the ‘urban and the rural areas as one space’. Where as in urban village concept it can be seen the division between the rural and urban. As per Rubanisation concept, the idea of Urban Village: Are They The Precursors To ‘Rubanisation’ 5 conceiving rural and urban areas as two distinct realms is unsustainable in terms of strengthening our social fabric, preserving the good practices of our
characters are often portrayed as pure good or as pure evil, with few shades of complexity. Shakespeare, however, defies this paradigm by creating a host of complex, multidimensional characters, wherein villains and heroes possess equal depth. In Hamlet, Claudius is primarily a malevolent king, guilty of fratricide, regicide, adultery, and incest. Though Claudius’ offences are grave, Shakespeare employs his guilt-ridden soliloquy in Act III, scene iii to add dimension to his character, ultimately
they wish to be portrayed within their society. Throughout Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, is accused many times of being unfaithful within her marriage. “You are the queen, your husband’s brother’s wife; And- would it were not so! You are my mother” (Shakespeare 3.4.15-16). Although her husband, the former King of Denmark
France. Laertes does not play a large part in the story until his father is killed by Hamlet (Polonius is caught by Hamlet spying on him with his mother). This fills Laertes with great anger and despair, enough to almost kill King Claudius (who he thought it was) immediately. King Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet was the murderer of the nobleman Polonius, and Laertes almost immediately plots a way to kill Hamlet, which feeds his bravery and anger. As Laertes was just about to put his plan in action
more often than not. Hamlet lacks most qualities of a courage because he is a coward, he over thinks everything that he wants or needs to do and he never actually gets the courage to act upon his thoughts.
spontaneous events. Perhaps its ineluctability, the fact that we cannot undo a death, or ever regain that person, or replay the day of the death to try to change it, is what causes feelings of grief and sadness in human beings. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet begins to ponder and consider the meaning of life in the wake of his father’s death. He ponders on the spiritual aftermath of death through the ghost, and on the physical components of it as well, where Yorick’s skull creates a shift in Hamlet’s
into recognizing her failure in marrying the inferior Claudius. He seeks revenge intensely, at times. He is intense about acting and friends who have turned traitor. Hamlet is an intense character in every way, which makes this role, I think, the most demanding for any actor to play. While volumes have been written about Hamlet, one of the most intriguing characters of all literature, he possesses some very salient characteristics. Critic William Richardson writes of him, The death of his father
physical and emotional harm. The tragedy of hamlet is a play written by Shakespeare and it stages the payback of Prince Hamlet. There is one major psychological disorder that is depicted by Shakespeare in this play, which is Major Depressive disorder.This disorder is the best disorder fit disorder for Hamlet’s character because he exhibits most symptoms
other individuals around them. In Williams Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the young prince’s world is collapsing precipitously in front of his eyes as the currently deceased King Hamlet’s rule fades in light of Claudius’ new upcoming and inadequate sovereignty. Young Hamlet perceives this situation through past events and experiences, his own dark thoughts, his status in the kingdom, others notorious opinions, and what he considers to be true. Hamlet has not had the time to mourn due to his mother’s rapid