Lurking behind the stories of both Fortinbras and Hamlet is the question of why their uncles are wearing the crowns that should, in the normal pattern of who-gets-to-be-king, go to them (the sons). Fortinbras seems to be dealing with his impatience by going out and conquering other countries. Hamlet, in contrast, only mentions the fact that Claudius has "popped in between the'election and [his] hopes" (in other words, his hopes of becoming the King of Denmark). Hamlet distracts himself with thinking, not with conquering. Our prince compares himself explicitly to Fortinbras when he passes Fortinbras's armies in the fields and he sees Fortinbras as a model for how he should behave.
Then at the end, Hamlets says “These tedious old fools” which is calling Polonius directly an old fool without trying to hide it as he did before. In Act 3 Scene 2, Polonius returns to Hamlet to inform him that the Queen is very upset about him and wants
Priestly illustrates aspects of tension and cheerlessness at the heart of the Birling's. Characters feel the urge to prove their dignified outlook on life instead of aiding the murder case of Eva Smith. As Goole intrudes the idyllic family scene of party and laughter there is a sense of distraught as he brings his equilibrium of social status and dynamite of social superiority. Mr Biring feels as if he needs to prove his innocence via the respected attributes he harnessed "two years ago" when he was "Lord Mayor" and by doing so Priestly makes his hostility become ever more vivid. It is apparent that his anxiety is growing strong as he feels the need to prove himself before any investigation or auestuoning has ignited, almost as if he's
Macbeth’s’ tragic character flaw is his ambition. His greed for power leaves him in an unsatisfactory situation. Macbeth wanting to be king, wanting everyone to worship him and staying as king forever is all because of his ambitious character and is what leads him to his downfall and thus death. Due to Macbeth’s ambition to want more than he already has, he finds himself wanting to fulfill the witches’ last prophecy without fully understanding what their motives are. Macbeth says to himself, “If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/ Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/ And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,/ Against the use of nature?” (1.3.135-138).
Shakespeare presents relationships in many different manners in Hamlet, whether they are positive or negative or if they are close or not. As Hamlet seeks for revenge for his father, the play had showed us no admirable human relationships. In the play, the failure of the relationships between Hamlet and Ophelia, Ophelia and Polonius, and Hamlet and his two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern had demonstrated the most unworthy relationships between lovers, families, and friends. Family ties between characters such as Hamlet and Gertrude are often unstable, mainly due to Gertrude marrying Claudius after Old Hamlet’s death leading Hamlet to become even more traumatized. Some family ties however, are shown in a more pleasant light; the sibling bond between Laertes and Ophelia shows how family members get along and rely on each other to hold on; when Ophelia drowned in the stream, Laertes started to fall apart, even leaping onto Ophelia’s coffin while she was being lowered into the grave.
Discuss the Effect of Guilt on Macbeth and Lady Macbeth The play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is a tale of tragedy full of betrayal and crime, and undoubtedly guilt. However, those who you expect to feel remorseful at the beginning are not and later on those who were guilty to begin with do not have the same feelings as before, and vice-versa. In the early stages of the play, after Macbeth writes to his wife of how the witches have prophesised of how he will become king and how their other prophecies have been fulfilled already, Lady Macbeth is suddenly overwhelmed with the thought of power that might be and drives her unwilling husband to kill King Duncan and take to the throne. The irony is that the warrior Macbeth is unsure of the murder, yet his wife is unfazed by the idea of a brutal taking of the throne. She taunts him and goads him on with meddling accusations, in Act 1 Scene 7 she repeatedly tells him he is not a real man because he will not do it, “When thou durst do it, then you were a man” This is a key phrase which angers Macbeth and persuades him to do it to prove her wrong.
Yet do I fear thy nature, / It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way.” (I.V.15-18).These lines tell how much she wants power so bad that she makes Macbeth feel unmanly by telling what she could do. Lady Macbeth shows devotion to making Macbeth King by planning ways that he can become king.
Out I say..” “The queen my lord, is dead.” Sick from guilt and died Loyalty “For Brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name” captain “O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman” Duncan talk about malcolm “Fit to govern? No, not to live. O nation miserable!...” macduff loyalty to malcolm Deception ‘Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it’ “Against those honours deep and broad… your majesty loads our house” “this castle hath a pleasant seat…” ironic since duncan gonna
This leads him to make the decision to leave that night to join his evil allies and start the rebellion. Kate enters, voicing her concern of Hotspur’s state of mind and body and urges him to reveal to her what is bothering him. Hotspur ignores and disregards her concern and continues talking to the servant as if Kate is not there. This shows of how Hotspur seems more familiar of the servant rather than his wife Kate. This passage deals with the domestic side of the lives of Kate and the warring Hotspur.
Shakespeare subverts gender roles like this throughout the play, such as when Lady Macbeth decides her husband is unable to commit the atrocities to sit on the throne and taunts him, insinuating things about his manhood and claiming he has "th' milk of human kindness" (Act 1, 5.15) implying that he isn't strong enough to kill King Duncan. There is also a moment during a soliloquy where she wishes she could unsex herself so she could do the job without an inkling of guilt. (Act 1.5.38-41). This goading, as Lady Macbeth is aware, became a powerful tool in emasculinating her husband and forcing his hand to prove that he is in fact up to the task. This is the first time we see where the power lies, and this dynamic proves that it resides with Lady Macbeth; she's the one that's controlling things, despite the times.