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Compare And Contrast Hamlet And He Won T Go

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Ones Love for One Will Go a Far Way Caring for loved ones is a common theme expressed in several pieces of literatures, such as Adele’s song “He Won’t Go” and Shakespeare play, Hamlet. The message in the song “He Won’t Go” reflects the novel Hamlet, as Adele is coping with her boyfriend’s addiction to drugs, and Hamlet is coping with the loss of his father, King Hamlet. Adele and Hamlet are both ready to go above and beyond for their loved ones despite others opinions. In order, to find the motives behind the death of King Hamlet, Hamlet decides not to adhere to Hartio and Marcellus advice and states “Why, what should be the fear? / I do not set my life in a pin’s fee / And [as] for my soul—what can it do to that… It waves me forth again. I’ll follow it.” (I.iv.67-71). The fact that Hamlet decided to follow the ghost proves that he is willing …show more content…

Similarly, in the song the singer is also “willing to take risk[s]” (Adele) for her boyfriend, which evidently proves that Adele is ready to her put their life in jeopardy just to stand up for him. Similarly, Hamlet follows the ghost even though he is unaware of the ghost’s actions, for example, the ghost could possibly be “Tempting [Hamlet] toward[s] the flood” (I.iv.72). In addition, Adele and Hamlet are both having an extremely difficult time dealing with a sudden circumstance in life, both of them have been tremendous affected after hearing some tragic news. In Hamlet’s situation, he is unable to mourn the loss of his father, King Hamlet, who passed away after his uncle, Claudius poisoned him. Claudius tells Hamlet “you must know your father lost a father… But to persever/In obstinate condolement is a

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Compared to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Disney's 1994 adaption into The Lion King was meant for a different audience and has a simplified and cutesy version of the problems that are seen in Hamlet. The intent was because Disney wanted to make a profit, and why not turn a classic like Shakespeare's Hamlet into capitalistic gain? Disney kept the vaguest, simplest plot of Hamlet, but nearly everything else was changed in order to accommodate the change in audience. The director chose to keep a skeleton of the major plot points while changing nearly everything about the play that was descriptive or filler. This was done in order to adapt the play into more of a child-friendly version.

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Hamlet decides to follow the ghost, which was beckoning him to follow in Act 1.4. Hamlet didn’t know at this point if the ghost meant well or if it really was what it said it was. Shakespeare writes “Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned”(1.4.44).Hamlet made a snap decision to follow the ghost. This decision was made between two choices.

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In the 1996 “Branagh” Hamlet movie, the MouseTrap scene from the play is portrayed very theatrically, and the chosen actor and the approach the director took with this scene in the film offer a very different interpretation of the scene. The way the film is able to convey the problems of proof is more effective than the play, because the audience is able to see just how hard Hamlet has to try to “prove” Claudius’ guilt. The movie conveys the problems of proof by representing how Hamlet and Claudius interact, and how so many of the situations surrounding this scene, and Claudius’ reaction can be speculated which is not proof because there are too many probabilities on both sides of the argument of Claudius’ guilt or innocence. Hamlet is so set on proving that Claudius is guilty that he doesn’t realize that the only proof he has is from a statement made by a ghost, who may or may not be his father, and his

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The setting of the movie is the first obvious difference that can be seen. The movie was set in New York City, New York in 2000 while the play was set in Elsinore, Denmark in the late middle ages. This greatly affects the way the movie is viewed because it is essentially an entirely different world. In the movie there are video cameras, cars, phones and skyscrapers, all things that obviously weren’t around during Shakespeare’s time. Even if the movie and the play had been based in the same year, the story still would have been slightly different.

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This is explained by the Ghost when Hamlet learns of his father being murdered in Act 1 Scene 5, in lines 35 -39, “’Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father’s life . Now wears his crown.” 2) The soliloquies that Hamlet provides over the sequence of the entire play allows us to distinguish what Hamlet was thinking about and display how he was losing his sanity.

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A few soldiers on guard report to him that his father’s ghost has been seen, and he sees the ghost when he goes with them the next night. The ghost tells him that his uncle killed him to get his crown and his wife, and makes Hamlet swear to avenge his death. Hamlet decides to pretend to be

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Both the confirmation from the ghost and the determined vow for vengeance seem to provide him with the motivation to live and start taking action. Despite the facts, instead of following the ghost’s instructions and acting immediately, Hamlet fabricates a plan to “put an antic disposition on” in order to deceive Claudius while he plots to murder him. This plan to feign madness allows time for another inner conflict to develop in Hamlet; whether to act on the ghost’s words and take revenge or leave the situation alone and return to contemplating suicide. However, certainty cannot be achieved through overthinking and Hamlet requires certainty to act. His swaying between options and creating excuses to procrastinate causes him to lose faith in himself, those around him and his own life ultimately resulting in suffering for

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I say, away! Go on. I’ll follow thee. ”(Shakespeare 1.4.29) Knowledge of what the ghost wants from Hamlet, is offering him stability after his father's death and Hamlet values knowledge even over his own life, expressing “Why, what should I fear?

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King Hamlet’s ghost in Hamlet plays a very significant role in Shakespeare’s play even though he only appears briefly in the very beginning. King Hamlet’s ghost furthers the play in many ways. He affects action by setting the play in motion, he affects the theme of revenge, and he helps develop other characters, specifically his son, Hamlet. He sets the play in motion by causing the wheels to spin inside of Prince Hamlet’s head, the ghost is the whole reason for Hamlet trying to extract revenge upon his murderous Uncle Claudius who is now the King of Denmark. The ghost affects the theme of revenge by causing Young Hamlet to be seized by vengeance, the whole play turns into a story of Prince Hamlet trying to avenge his father’s wrongful death.

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Hamlet is one of the most memorable Shakespearean plays due to the focus on a young prince`s struggle with obeying the ghostly figure that we witness briefly on stage. The ghost is certainly an important figure in shaping the outcome of this revenge tragedy. Thus, we must ponder what is the ghost and how it can be interpreted in a plethora of ways. It is arguably seen as the spirit of Hamlet`s father, a figment of his imagination and being Shakespeare himself. Therefore, this essay will examine these potential answers to the question.

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The ghost of King Hamlet helps to develop his son’s character by setting him on a path, he doesn’t tell Hamlet exactly what to do, but he tells him enough of the story to make Young Hamlet rageful and hate filled. First, King Hamlet’s ghost affects action when he first appears in the play. When he first appears, he doesn’t even speak. When he

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Hamlet is William Shakespeare 's renowned tale of mystery, intrigue, and murder, centered on a young misguided prince who can only trust himself. Some may say that the actions of Prince Hamlet throughout the play are weak and fearful, displaying a tendency to procrastinate and showing an apathetic nature towards his family and peers. Others spin a tale of a noble young scholar, driven mad by the cold-blooded murder of his father by his uncle. In truth, I believe Hamlet is neither of these things. Hamlet is a sort of amalgamation of the two, a bundle of contradictions thrown together into one conflicting but very human mess of a character.

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Or it can be seen as the ghost being some type of evil spirit trying to destroy hamlet through bad advice. The ghost is simply trying to free its spirit from purgatory and not trying to destroy hamlet, this is evident due to the fact that we know that Claudius killed Hamlet’s father in cold blood before he could pray for his sins. The ghosts role in the play is to tell Hamlet how he truly died. The nature in which the ghost appears in the play changes from appearance to appearance.

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“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (I.v.90). Hamlet is about a young prince who is mourning the loss of his father. He then tries to seek revenge on his uncle Claudius because he poisoned his father. Throughout the play Hamlet’s behavior starts to change which causes him to become mad. The theory about all this is a Psychological Approach.

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Since Hamlet is not able to make up his own decisions he must take the orders from a ghost he meets which is the spirit of his father. Hamlet also knows he cannot make his decisions

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