Friday, March 8, 2019

Hamlet’s Infatuation with Death

An Undiscoverd Country settlements Infatuation With Death Have you ever wondered what happens to you when you kick the bucket? impart you still be the akin person? Or is demolition authentic completelyy the great equalizer? Is it possible we all end up the very(prenominal)? Death is a rattling scary and l singlely thing to see more or less, and nothing is a greater example of that than William Shakespe bes famous run across juncture. settlement is infatuated with the idea of death and what it brings. With comments like, To die to sleep / No more, ( critical point 3. 1. 61-62) and we fat all/ Creatures else to fat us (4. 3. 3-24), it is clear crossroads has a very lonely and depressing view on what happens when you bite the dust. Hamlets fascination with death and dismal view on it are all evident throughout the whole wanton away. We start to learn that Hamlet has a bizarre fascination with death when, every other scene, he is talking how everyone leave alone end up in the ground one way or another. To be or not to be that is the marvel (3. 1. 57), is where it all starts off. From this famous speech to the end of the play, all Hamlet worries astir(predicate) is death. He continues to go on and on well-nigh how we go forth all become equal and starts to wonder what it is like to die.Hamlet a lot duologue some self-murder, or suicide, and how it will affect his afterlife if he stubborn to do it. HAMLET. O, that this too solid flesh would melt Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew Or that the Everlasting had not fixd His sufferon gainst self-slaughter O God O God (1. 2. 129-132) Hamlet is frankly contemplating suicide here, alone then he realized that he cannot go to Heaven if he commits suicide. Going to Hell is something that Hamlet does not want at all. This is obvious because, throughout the play, Hamlet conceives about killing himself, but he never does because he is scared to die, and even worse, scared to go to Hell.The language that Hamlet uses to express death is very interesting. The way and how Hamlet talks about death all the time is extremely depressing to read and I can nevertheless imagine how it made Hamlet depressed. Hamlet often has trouble with expressing his views on death as he often has conflict statements. Sometimes he will think of death as an adventure, The undiscoverd country from whose bourn/ No traveller returns (3. 1. 81-82), or he will think of it as an extremely gruesome thing, A certain/ assemblage of politic worms are een at him. (4. 3. 21-22). The way he talks about death here is cringe-worthy.Just thinking about worms chowing down on Polonius is nauseating. Hamlet does not often talk about death this way in the play, though. He is almost making a joke in this quote, but the joke is true and extremely gross. Hamlets view on death is very dark and grim. His intrust that death makes us all equal and thither is nothing we can do to prevent that. In Act Five, Hamlet is in a graveyard with Horatio and is carrying on a very dark conversation with him. Hamlet has a very interesting quote in this Act, black lovage died, Alexander was buried, / Alexander returneth into dust (5. 1. 189-190).This quote is about Alexander the Great, and his name should go without saying that he was a very important person. It is depressing to think about it because Alexander was a great king. But he terminate up like we will all end up, and that is dust in the ground. In the same scene Hamlet drops another interesting quote, let her paint an/ Inch thick, to this favor she must come (5. 1. 170-171). Hamlet happens to be holding the skull of Yorick when he says this. No matter how much make-up, or paint, you shake off on, no matter how much you dress up and act fancy, you will still end up like Yorick.And the sad part is that there is nothing you can do to prevent it. Mortality is a very commonly thought about in this play. Hamlet is not the only character that worries about the after life. Almost every character in the play has a view on life and death. Their views maybe different, most are still depressing. This theme is present because Shakespeares view on death was depressing. Hamlets view on death is a rate relation to William Shakespeares. They both believe we will end up the same a dead body in the ground.

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