Hamlet: Characters

"Marcellus, who speaks the famous line that "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark", is a small but substantial role in Hamlet. His stage appearance is confined to the first act of the play, yet the details of the part and the character suggest both histrionic opportunities and interpretative demands ... "

"Hamlet is a play of interruptions. From entering ghosts to disrupted performances, the play’s ideas, actions and statements often never reach their
expected conclusions. This article considers these interruptions as formal
structures ... "

"Discusses aspects of the hesitation of the protagonist in English dramatist William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet.' Critics' interpretation of Hamlet's inability to take action; Shakespeare's establishment of Hamlet's inability to take revenge; Hamlet's invocation of the power of human reason; Discovery of the limits imposed upon reason by the royal court's corruption ... "

""Hamlet (the man) is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear...Hamlet's bafflement at the absence of objective equivalent to his feelings...Hamlet is up against the difficulty that his disgust is occasioned by his mother, but that his mother is not an adequate equivalent for it; his disgust envelops and exceeds her. It is thus a feeling which he cannot understand; he cannot objectify it, and it therefore remains to poison life and obstruct action ... "

"Focuses on Hamlet, the fictitious character created by William Shakespeare. Personal deficiency of Hamlet; Significance of the Christian humanism which has been embodied in the character of Hamlet; Important features of English humanism reflected in the character of Hamlet ... "

"The article shows that Gertrude, a female character in the play "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, in her monologue on Ophelia's death, infuse Ophelia with the high seriousness of pagan and Christian sacrifice. The article notes that in her monologue, Gertrude uses visual, tactile and aesthetic details reminiscent of the agricultural rites of symbolic sacrifice and rebirth ... "

"The article analyzes the problems confronting Hamlet, the main character in William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet," by asking why he is aroused to react in turn with fear, desire, contempt and disgust towards Gertrude, Ophelia and the Ghost. The article notes that Hamlet's problematic relations with the other three characters may be re-imagined in his horrified new knowledge of them primarily as figures of abjection ... "

"Ophelia is a paradox. She is marginalized, victimized, and even brutally mocked in Hamlet, yet she is one of the most quoted female figures of Shakespeare. Her victimization and above all, her poignantly symbolic and yet picturesquely framed suicidal death have given rise to certain movements and trends in art ...