yang
Dec 5, 2009
Book Reports / "to confront the bleaker side of human existance" - Hamlet Essay Help [12]
I'm not sure if you understand what's Hamlet's realization. It's not a balance, but "To be or not to be" which is "to act or not to act" and Hamlet finally chooses to act, and does all the things he does.
notice that even though it's a revenge story, nobody dies (except duncan) until act 4. WHY? because Hamlet was struggling whether to take action or to wait. He finally realizes his mission and his "road to glory" and decides to become active, which is why everybody dies in act 4 and 5.
his realization is THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THEME. He overcame the bleaker side of himself (which was to submit himself to fate) and decided to take his revenge. So, I'd suggest you putting this in the intro and 1st paragraph. you need to make this your main point, not his loss of innocence (you sure? He was never truly innocent, he was smarter than everybody else and had the most devilish schemes) or his helplessness (or lethargy), which could be combined with melancholy.
hope that helps.
Hamlet's Realization
I'm not sure if you understand what's Hamlet's realization. It's not a balance, but "To be or not to be" which is "to act or not to act" and Hamlet finally chooses to act, and does all the things he does.
notice that even though it's a revenge story, nobody dies (except duncan) until act 4. WHY? because Hamlet was struggling whether to take action or to wait. He finally realizes his mission and his "road to glory" and decides to become active, which is why everybody dies in act 4 and 5.
his realization is THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THEME. He overcame the bleaker side of himself (which was to submit himself to fate) and decided to take his revenge. So, I'd suggest you putting this in the intro and 1st paragraph. you need to make this your main point, not his loss of innocence (you sure? He was never truly innocent, he was smarter than everybody else and had the most devilish schemes) or his helplessness (or lethargy), which could be combined with melancholy.
hope that helps.