Character of Hamlet Essay -- Papers

Character of settlement Wer gar zu viel bedenkt wird wenig leisten -Schiller He who reflects too much will accomplish little It is impossible to attain completeness in the assessment of each ones character and more so in the case of villages, for its note are complex and mysterious. But on rigorous study, Hamlets character can be depict though partly but adequately by the above quote. Hamlet is the most famous, the most popular play in the English language. But to quote T.S.Eliot -So far from being Shakespeares masterpiece, the play is most certainly an artistic failure. And probably more people have thought Hamlet a hit of art because they found it interesting, than have found it interesting because it is a work of art. It is the Mona Lisa of literature. The grounds of Hamlets failure are not immediately obvious.T.S.Eliot in his essay Hamlet and His Problems, says this and after his analysis he concludes that in order to understand Hamlet - the play and the character - we need to understand things, which Shakespeare did not understand himself. A akin(predicate) view is aired by A.C.Bradley who says that the character of Hamlet as one can understand from the play cannot answer several questions which pertain to the logic and intellect of Hamlets deeds like his idea to pretend madness and in order to get a reasonable answer one must try record where we find the story of Amleth,the Prince of Denmark which inspired Shakespeare to write this Mona Lisa of literature. The story of Amleth is a story, which involved just the revenge of a son avenging his fathers murder. In this story, Amleth s uncle... ...ths may be, by whatever means can be held as a retributive justice against them for their own deeds. Except the deaths of king Claudius and his Queen ,all the rest happen due to their fight with the king. These deaths could have been avoided.But,once the death casts a shadow on someone, the res t is silence. Note The actual age of Hamlet is in question due to evidences base on various grounds. In my opinion the knowledge of Hamlets age can help in understanding his complex character to perfection. Bibliography 1.Tales from Shakespeare - Charles and Mary Lamb 2. Hamlet - Commentary by A.W.Verity (A.W.V) 3. Hamlet and His Problems - Essay by T.S.Eliot 4. A.C.Bradleys work on Hamlet 5. F.C.Hunts work on Hamlet referring to Bacons life 6. A Book of Quotations 7. www.hamlet.org