HAMLET
Indeed, at the end of the play, Fortinbras did claim that Hamlet “was likely, had he been put on, or to have proved most royal.” On the eve of this, he granted Hamlet soldier-like honors. I agree with this statement as Hamlet has had a long-term cushioned relationship that him. The fact that Hamlet spends his last breathes on earth in Fortinbras’s hands speaks a lot of positive credit about the cordial relationship that existed between Hamlet and Fortinbras. However, Hamlet would not have made a good king, based on the sort of behavior that Hamlet show, especially with how he relates to Polonius’s daughter’s Ophelia. Based on this argument, Hamlet would have been a king had Claudius not have killed his father. However, his leadership would not have led his people a better way; his throne would have had a bloody term.
The fact that Horatio and Fortinbras are the sole survivors of the play reveals how the protagonist they had been to the son of the late king Hamlet. More so, they were the friends of the new Hamlet, a situation that led him to spare them so that they can tell his story. This also bases on the fact that Claudius took part in the killing of Fortinbras’s father, a situation that rekindled enmity between him and Claudius. The message of Shakespeare concerning this case is that a reasonable person shall always have long days on earth.
Shakespeare consistently applies comedy in his play “Helmet”. The case of the love relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia depicted as a comedy. Shakespeare reports “Hamlet is walking alone in the hall as the King and Polonius await Ophelia’s entrance, musing whether alone or not alone, When Ophelia enters and tries to return Hamlet’s things, Hamlet accuses her of immodesty and cries, get thee to a nunnery, though it is unclear whether this, too, is a show of madness or genuine distress” This is an example of a comedic excerpt from the play. There are other sorts of extracts depicted in the game, for instance, the case of Hamlet’s avenges to the uncle as well as his initial smooth welcome of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, which turned comedic in suspicion that they were spies. Comedy is one of the essential elements of art that Shakespeare applies in the play to add more livelihood as well as the cooperative pass of the message. Through availing comedic episodes, the author can pass an important piece of news to the reader. For instance, the characterization of Polonius as a bit of a buffoon and windbag makes us feel sorry for him after his painful death. More so, Hamlet’s messing with Osric tells us something about his mood while with Horatio, which we had not known in the first place.
Since Ophelia caught up in the political as well as emotional intrigue that the synthesized her mysterious destruction. The symbolism of her quick dying rosemary flowers symbolizes sorrow. However, a bit of the other sort of flowers symbolizes the love that existed between her and Hamlet, though her father squashed it. The dying rosemary flowers symbolize the kindly of cumbersome society that had thwarted and demeaned her life, never to get a piece of freedom to make choices by herself. For instance, her love affair was adamantly considered a criminal advance that led her father and Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, to prevent it no matter the cost.
According to Aristotle, tragedy is “the imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude, complete in itself. The tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. Its action should be single and complete, presenting a reversal of fortune, involving persons renowned and of superior attainments, and should write in poetry embellished with every kind of artistic expression.” The writer presents “incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to interpret its catharsis of such of such emotions.” Based on Aristotle’s definition of tragedy, we can conclude that the case of Hamlet is a tragedy because it accomplishes all requirements cited by Aristotle. Hamlet is a tragic hero because he dies last, after eliminating all obstacles on his way.
References
Shakespeare, W (1599). Hamlet