Lear also demonstrates his awareness that he is losing his mind when he thinks about the pain his daughters put him through: “On such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril, Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all—Oh, that way madness lies. Let me shun that. No more of that” Edgar’s “Madness” is different from King Lear’s. Edgar has to convince others of his insanity in order to avoid being captured and executed.
She is sad because of Hamlet is mad. she is also so dutiful. Because when his father and his brother know she and Hamlet together. Her brother tell her Hamlet is not good and Hamlet will hurt her and tell her" Perhaps he loves you now. And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch the virtue of his will" "he may not, as unvalu'd persons do, crave for himself, for on his choice depends the safety and the health of the whole state".
The death of one’s father and a ghostly visitation thereafter are events that would challenge the sanity of anyone. The circumstances of King Hamlet’s death render it especially traumatic. The late King seemed to be an idol to his son; Hamlet looked up to him and aspired to have the same qualities. Hamlet doesn't like King Claudius and sees him as a swindling usurper who has stolen not only the dead King’s throne, but Hamlet’s as well(2.4). Hamlet shows Gertrude that she has lowered her standards by marrying Claudius, When he refers to old Hamlet as, “A combination and a form indeed / Where every god did seem to set his seal” (3.4.55-61).
A text is exposed as remarkable and memorable as a result of the innovative ideas and the dramatic execution that carry them from writer to audience. Shakespeare's theatrical play, Hamlet, exemplifies this fundamental interaction as it underscores the innate human state of indecisiveness, driven by a confrontation between the desires of an individual and the actions of others. "Bear[ing] our hearts in grief" a state of madness is seen to manifest, and Hamlet ultimately unfurls as a work underpinned by a preoccupation with death, in a great tragedy that will eventually "cry on havoc". Shakespeare explores the universal notion of indecisiveness, as his protagonist grapples with actions that contravene historical and contemporary notions of morality. Such indecision in action is explored extensively through Hamlet's procrastination concerning "vengeance…for a dear father murder'd".
Hamlet becomes obsessed with the idea of death within the play, and as the story unfolds further, he begins to analyze death from multiple perspectives than ever before. Corruption becomes the ultimate form of mortality which effects not only Hamlet’s sense of being, but also corrupts everyone around him. This form of corruption is reflected
Webster’s dictionary defines tragedy as, “a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror.” A tragic hero, therefore, is the character who experiences such a conflict and suffers catastrophically as a result of his choices and related actions. The character of Hamlet, therefore, is a clear representation of Shakespeare’s tragic hero. As the play’s tragic hero, Hamlet exhibits a combination of good and bad traits. A complex character, he displays a variety of characteristics throughout the play’s development. When he is first introduced in Act I- Scene 2, one sees Hamlet as a sensitive young prince who is mourning the death of his father, the King.
She has to go everywhere we go.” When John Wesley was asked by the grandmother what he would do if confronted by the Misfit his reply was, “I’d smack his face.” But in the end we find this to be very untrue. The Misfit’s character is again the result of the breakdown in humanity, family values and all of the values that have been lost in today’s culture. The Misfit may have some social graces because he responds respectfully and apologizes to the grandmother for Bailey’s harsh comment, but there is some uneasiness about the morals his own father had as a role model. There is a hint that the Misfit’s father had a darker side and had some run-ins with the authorities. The Misfit explained to the grandmother, “Daddy was a card himself.
The stage performance of ‘Fool for love’ portrays two main themes: co-dependence, and love as a strong force of repulsion and desire. Co-dependence theme is evidenced where May and Eddie cannot afford to live without or with each other. The pair feels destined as a couple for their common past, as well as their mutual love, but their shaky past averts them from having some healthy relationships. The pair’s incestuous relationship as well as the unending cycle of hate and love, abandonment and reunions makes the pair miserable when either apart or together. Repulsion and desire theme is portrayed by the way Eddie repeats his father’s sins in juggling relations with Countess and May; same way the Old Man abandoned both May’s and Eddie mother by leaving them tortured and distraught by their obsessive love for him.
Due to this fact, Freud invented his theory (ignoring age and lineage for now) on the lust of a male for a female. The unnamed parents in this story seemed to have an ongoing battle about their indifferences with their own child. The mother appears to have her motherly instinct towards Larry and she seems to know his feelings and desires and automatically sympathizes for him. On the contrary, the uninvolved father sees Larry as nothing else but a pestering nuisance. In addition, the father does not understand the close bond that Larry has established with his mother.
Barbantio sees his daughter only how he expects her to be, quiet and obedient, rather than an individual. His refusal to see her beyond his assumptions causes him to blame her rebellion on witchcraft. “Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense/Sans witchcraft could not” (1.3.76-77). Barbantio’s assurance that Desdemona was put under some kind of spell exemplifies his misconceptions of Desdemona, if he had seen his daughter as an individual he would have been able to see the budding romance between her and Othello. Desdemona calmly, logically explains her actions.