Hamlet - review

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Hamlet might well claim to be Shakespeare's most

famous play because of its language and the charm of its central character. Shakespeare wrote some thirty-eight plays. Taken individually, several of them are among the world's finest written works, taken collectively, they establish Shakespeare as the foremost scholarly talent of his own Elizabethan Age.

The play "Hamlet" is one of the most well-known revenge tragedies of the world. The play revolves around the themes of revenge. Shakespeare is one of the most respected and inspiring writers in the field of English Literature and several of his works have been widely adored. Even though the background of the play is Denmark, it's concepts and concerns are about Elizabethan England. Shakespeare through this play establishes into the reader, the essence of good and bad, right and wrong, and teaches us to distinguish between one's appearances and his true realism.

Hamlet, is essentially a philosophical scholar who avoids indulging in any kind of action. Hamlet, being a scholar also shows an understanding of the essence of a complete man. He shows a vivid understanding on the subject and defines the Divinity in man when he exclaims, "What a piece of work is man." Shakespeare has given plentiful descriptions of Hamlet's madness. Even though his madness is "crafty" it has been formed of disjointed thoughts leading to a disjointed mind.
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At the dawn of the play, the cause of Hamlet's madness

seems to be the death of his father; therefore Claudius uses the mild term of "distemper". However the progress of the story reveals the troublesome continuity of Hamlet's madness. Claudius therefore describes his madness as being "dangerous" and "turbulent" to reveal the state of his own mind. Claudius realizes that he has to explore intensely, the depths of Hamlet's thoughts and therefore regards him as a threat. Claudius is eventually the one who can translate Hamlet's strategies and therefore realizes that "madness in great ones ...

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