Essai hamlet
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English Essay
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Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, it has been written between 1599 and
1601. The play, takes place in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet revenges on his uncle Claudius for murdering the old King Hamlet, who was Claudius' own brother and Prince Hamlet's father. Then Claudius succeeding to the throne and marrying Gertrude, the King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet.
Is Hamlet essentially a play about politic, or family matters?
First I'll talk about what is relates to family matters or politics and then I'll give my opinion.
In act one scene one we already learn that King Hamlet is dead, no long time ago.
On the second scene, in his speech, Claudius says that he marries Gertrude. Lots of questions could be asked. The marriage between members of the same family is judged incestuous. Hamlet doesn't accept this : “married with mine uncle, My father’s brother; but no more like my father” ; “ It is not, not it cannot come to good. But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue” .
A family conflict started. This conflict is strengthened by Gertrude envy to ship Hamlet to Wittenberg. Hamlet expresses that he wants to make a suicide: in his soliloquy he exposes his deep depression. He has no thoughts about political matters, about becoming the king. His troubled mind is obsessed solely with family matters : his father, his uncle and (above all) his mother. “Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly”.
Then, Horatio, a good friend of Hamlet tells him that he has seen King Hamlet's ghost. Hamlet is exited, he is like reborn. The next night he decided to see him. But when the ghost appears, he interrupt Hamlet's reflections on human nature. Hamlet talks to it as his dead father. The Ghost commands Hamlet to revenge. Hamlet is eager to take immediate revenge for his father's murder. The Ghost reveals he was killed by Claudius, and expresses