Essays on Hamlet

Throughout the course we have touched on many topics that are within many famous works such as The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Lisa Bu’s Ted Talk demonstrates a relation to our course through dreams as dreams are…

Introduction Raise your hand if you have ever seen a friend being bullied, but you turned the other way. Pretended you could not see them. Why? Because chances are, now that you think of it, you may regret it. Or how about that time your…

Gertrude and Ophelia In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the only two women in the play are Hamlet’s mother Gertrude and Hamlet’s love interest Ophelia. Gertrude and Ophelia share similarities in both Hamlet’s view of them and in Shakespeare’s description of them. Hamlet views both women by…

To See or Not To See: The Hero-Villain Dichotomy in Hamlet Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play with few unambiguous revelations of motive or deed. However, after three acts of intimations, suspicions, and accusals, the freshly crowned King Claudius finally and conclusively reveals that he has…

The Lion King and Hamlet The film “The Lion King” is the latest in a series of annual media events from Disney. The film, created by Walt Disney, is based on half the stories in classical mythology. The film, which is an animated feature at…

Adversity often comes as a surprise to us, yet it is something we all will likely experience. During dealing with hardship, our personality develops and evolves to match the new circumstances. In Hamlet, Shakespeare examines the way in which adversity takes us through a range…

When death hits a family its always one person in the family wanting revenge. Prince Hamlet is that family member that wants revenge for a death in his family. In the play Hamlet there are several deaths. The King death had the most impact on…