In the tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, we follow the story of Prince Hamlet, who is haunted by his father’s death, and tormented by his mother’s quick remarriage to his uncle. Throughout the play, we see the theme of Hamlet being trapped by the hardships he endures and his characteristics. Hamlet’s entrapment on the human connection with the nature of reality, as his story emphasizes the different ways people can feel trapped and the journey of navigating through these emotions.
Through Hamlet’s circumstances, we see directly how he feels trapped. Following the death of his father, Hamlet faces intense grief, mourning, and anger as his mother aggravates their situation by immediately remarrying to his uncle, who takes his father’s place. Now, Hamlet is faced with the extreme pressure of having to keep himself together and continue to act within societal standards as a prince, all while processing his father’s
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Throughout the play, we him become contemplative and nihilistic, as he spends a great deal of time contemplating the nature of existing and if life is worth living. Through this, Hamlet sets himself in this state of overanalyzing and inhibits himself from making decisions. This is emphasized in Act 2, Scene 2 when Hamlet expresses his inability to act upon his need for revenge. “O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit That from her working all his visage wanned; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit?” (Act 2, Scene 2, Ln. 510). Hamlet expresses his frustration, as he had the perfect opportunity to avenge his father’s death, and failed to commit. His constant failure leads him to a state of isolation, as he is confused about his actions and why his mind is fighting against