Hamlet Character Analysis

Hamlet Character Analysis

Introduction

Hamlet is a thoughtful and kind young gentleman who has studied at the University of Wittenberg (Shakespeare, 2003). He is over and over again seen to be irresolute and undecided, however at other times vulnerable to impetuous and rash actions. Hamlet represents the kind of character who is always overwhelmed with denial in life. He is careless yet careful, well-mannered yet lacking in manners, loving yet brutal, merciless, and insightful. Hamlet is seen to have undesirable characters like indecision, impulsiveness, abhorrence, and cruelty; however, he has many positive traits and good qualities. This essay is based on the discussion of the organization of two central characteristics, which are a thoughtful and melancholic character. Hamlet is a thoughtful and melancholic person in the play who makes decisions based on his thinking.

The character Hamlet is seen to be the much-loved prince and much more a very thoughtful character. Distressed by the death of his father, he is just made more miserable Claudius, who was his uncle. While the spirit of his father, who was the king, informs him about being killed by his brother Claudius and this resulted in making Hamlet believe that he must take revenge. As a result, Hamlet turns out to be in the depths of despair and infatuated with a vengeance. He is gradually made angry by his incapability to work on his vengeance thought. Incredibly thoughtful, Hamlet decides fake insanity intending to fool his uncle and those who appeared faithful to him, whereas he reveals that Claudius is culpable for his dad’s demise, though frequently his mental wellbeing is actually under consideration (Nalisnick & Baird, 2013). Bothered regarding his culpability, he as well turns out to be horrible, hating on his uncle, expressing fury at his mother, upset with his disloyal acquaintances, and isolating Ophelia, who he one time courted. His fury surrounds cruelty, and he is liable for frequent deaths all through the play. However, he never loses his thoughtful character.

It is as well significant to note that Hamlet is an exceedingly melancholy character because he is dissatisfied with the situation in his country and his relatives, certainly, in the world generally. He is particularly dissatisfied with his mother, who has married his uncle very fast, and he rejects Ophelia, a character that he one time alleged to be in love with, in the inconsiderate terms. His terms frequently show his abhorrence and mistrust with women generally. In many parts of the play, he talks about his demise and even suicidal thoughts. However, regardless of all of the things with which he confesses displeasure, it is significant that the inheritor and the prince should reflect on these troubles just in thoughtful and personal terms.

Hamlet used up his time deliberating on the intimidation of the security as well as from the threats of his constancy from within (Bloom, 2009). He is thoughtful to the point of being obsessed. On the other hand, Hamlet conducts himself thoughtlessly and impetuously. The moment he acts, he does it with speed and no pre-deliberation about what he is acting on. This is seen when he stabs Polonius through a curtain while he had not checked to find out who was there. He appears to step simply into the character of an insane person, behaving intermittently and distressing other characters with his wild talks and pointed insinuations.

Conclusion

This essay has discussed how hamlet is a very thoughtful and melancholic character. He is a much-loved prince and much more a very thoughtful character. He makes very thoughtful decisions that are well thought out, for instance, he fakes to be insane to fool his uncle and those who appeared faithful to him, whereas he reveals that Claudius is culpable for his dad’s demise. Lastly, he is melancholic, where he is seen to be all through dissatisfied with the situation in his country in his relatives and world generally.

References

Shakespeare, W. (2003). Hamlet. Simon and Schuster.

Bloom, H. (2009). The Analysis of Character.”. Bloom’s Major Literary Characters: Hamlet.

Nalisnick, E. T., & Baird, H. S. (2013, August). Character-to-character sentiment analysis in Shakespeare’s plays. In Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 2: Short Papers) (pp. 479-483).