Glass Menagerie History: Shakespeare: Hamlet

Shakespeare: Hamlet

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"To be or not to be" one of the famous quote and poem from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet is one of the many famous plays William Shakespeare wrote. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He attended grammar school were then he married Anne Hathaway. Around 1590 he left his family behind to work as an actor and playwright. One of his many plays is called Hamlet. a brief version of hamlet would go something like this, Hamlet's father, the king, has died and his uncle, Claudius, has married Hamlet's widowed mother, Gertrude, and taken over the throne. One night Hamlet's father's ghost is spotted and talks to Hamlet and tells him that Claudius killed him. Hamlet is to revenge his murder. He eventually does, but Hamlet dies and so does his mother (who drinks poison intended for Hamlet). during the play some drama, hatred, jealousy is aware. Hamlet and Laertes are two good friends who have several things in common such as they both wanted to return to the countries where they had been living and they both are sons of murdered fathers who feel duty-bound to seek revenge. Prince Hamlet mourns both his father's death and his mother, Queen Gertrude's remarriage to Claudius. Hamlet's father died quickly and suddenly before he had the chance to 'cleanse his soul' with prayer. The ghost of Hamlet's father presumes that Hamlet, after avenging his own father's death, will at some point in life pray for forgiveness of ALL of his sins given the opportunity, thus saving Hamlet from enduring endless suffering in the 'fires'. The ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him and tells him that Claudius has poisoned him. Hamlet swears revenge. He arranges an old play whose story has a parallel to that of Claudius. Hamlet's behaviour is considered mad. He kills the eavesdropping Polonius, the court chamberlain, by thrusting his sword through a curtain. Polonius's son Laertes returns to Denmark to avenge his father's death. Polonius's daughter Ophelia loves the Prince but his brutal behaviour drives her to madness. Ophelia dies by drowning. A duel takes place and ends with the death of Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet. the themes of this plot include indecision, seeking revenge and retribution, deception, ambition, and loyalty. Some famous quotes "To be, or not to be: that is the question" "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" "This above all: to thine own self be true"."Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.". "The lady doth protest too much, methinks". "In my mind's eye". "The play 's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king".