Identity Of Hamlet Essay

Identity of Hamlet
Hamlet by William Shakespeare is one of the most historical in English literature. Some so many philosophers have different understandings based on Hamlet's story, even the directors have different scenes in their movies but the same line story between the story and the act. Also, there are times when Hamlet shows signs of madness scene by scene. Colin McGinn’s theory uses another theory from David Hume that talks about self and identity to help his theory. What McGinn says about it is all about the perception of others toward us everyone that we need other perception to know or differentiate the impression that other people give, where Hamlet tries to know and want to know everything. I agree with McGinn’s theory that the

Hamlet is about to show his goals. McGinn questions that “What might Hamlet attempt to be true to his own nature as he begins his quest to revenge for his father’s murder?” (59) Hamlet does not understand why he cannot carry out his revenge for his father and that is why after he can talk to his father who already dies even after his revenge fulfill his revenge, he thought his problem would resolve even after he killed the killer of his father as he said “So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word: It is “Adieu, adieu. Remember me.” I have sworn’t” (Shakespeare 1.5.110). The play contains numerous accidents including dramatic irony, and in the center of the story, that is the mystery of Hamlet’s goals that makes us think. Whether he is a dreamer or a murderer; is he truly mad or is he only pretending? because it is hard to understand the character of Hamlet itself, nearly impossible “He is impossible to pin down” (McGinn 41). And when the ghost says to Hamlet “Leave her to heaven and to those thorns that in her bosom lodge to prick and sting her” (Shakespeare 1.5.89) the ghost asks Hamlet to not hurt his mother for her actions to make her try to tell his family that he will kill Claudius “as I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put on an antic disposition” (Shakespeare 1.5.58) from disposition Hamlet is trying to dethrone

Hamlet is getting stressed in his relationship when Hamlet says “Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me” (Shakespeare 3.1.118). This could be one of the worst things in his life by showing that he acts annoyed by knowing his mother married again with Claudius after his father's death and he humiliates his own mother. While McGinn adds “His mother has thus betrayed his father, and this has moved him to his painful melancholy.” (43) how can Hamlet accept this when he is still in mourn of his father and throw away the love that she shows to his father while they are still together. Moreover, his relationship with Ophelia is argumentative about whether Hamlet loved Ophelia until she is dead where McGinn also expresses “As with his varying behavior towards Ophelia. Does he love her or not? There is really no saying. Then there is a question of his madness.” (40) Hamlet faced so many obstacles to knowing his love for Ophelia, he ends up transferring his anger to Ophelia. Meanwhile, Hamlet says this to Ophelia “That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to° your beauty.” (Shakespeare 3.1.115) He states that beauty is not important to him but how competent she is. This makes Hamlet is being crazier with the situation