The two grave diggers exquisitely provide comic buildup to the climax of the play. Before the entrance of Hamlet and his fight with Laertes, the two gravediggers discuss the theme of death with a tone of jest and comicality. They joke about the inevitability of death and that the gravediggers are thRead more
The two grave diggers exquisitely provide comic buildup to the climax of the play. Before the entrance of Hamlet and his fight with Laertes, the two gravediggers discuss the theme of death with a tone of jest and comicality.
They joke about the inevitability of death and that the gravediggers are the last to die. They remember Yorick, a clown known for his jokes whose skull lay bare in the ground.
The theme leads to an intense moment when Hamlet confronts the same skull and wonders how even the mightiest of emperors like Alexander find their own mortality inescapable.
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Oedipal complex is indicated between Hamlet and his mother Gertrude. Hamlet is frustrated by his mother’s marriage to his uncle Claudius who he suspects murdered his father. Hamlet’s constant fixation with his mother’s sexual desires and conduct reveals a possible fascination for her physically. HerRead more
Oedipal complex is indicated between Hamlet and his mother Gertrude. Hamlet is frustrated by his mother’s marriage to his uncle Claudius who he suspects murdered his father.
Hamlet’s constant fixation with his mother’s sexual desires and conduct reveals a possible fascination for her physically. Her words and opprobrium may suggest an unfulfilled lust for her.
Hamlet’s comments do read more live unrequited lamentation than moral sanctions. He seems to be more upset about his mother sleeping with Claudius than Claudius murdering his father.
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