Enduring Value Thesis 1 2 3

Deeply perceptive explanation of the human condition, as it portrays a tragedy that inevitably springs from the corruption with in society as a result of human flaws. Corruption and flaws are relevant in any stage of humanity Relevant to an Elizabethan context when power prevailing with in the cultural context, or others contexts as Hamlets character express a healthy mind process is when: A balance is constantly maintained between the impressions from o utward objects and the inward operations of the intellect; - for if there be an overbalance, in the contemplative faculty, man thereby becomes the creature of mere meditation; and losses his natural power of action, explained by Coleridge. Figurative language + dramatic techniques in order to convey corruption and thus allow all audiences to empathize/despise within the characterisation Sub-topic Corruption is highlighted as it influences The influence of corruption upon Hamlet is clear to The direct result of corrupting influences on Hamlets sense consequential actions, that are not only the audience as he perceives the flaws of his mother of morality and emotions becomes depicted through his based on human nature. Hamlets moral and mistakenly associates them with the female sex inability to act. decline is was brings him to his evident within, Frailty is thy name is woman, downfall, influenced through the through the prejudice in his tone. His relationship corrupt nature around him. with Ophelia further conveys this Quote An unweeded garden that grows to seed things rank and gross in nature Decaying imagery inturn becomes an allegory as it is continuously present - First soliloquy reveals surrounding nature of corruption after fathers death and mothers incestuous marriage - Influences him to moral decline BERNARD GREBANIER - emphasis on the Prince may blind us to the fact that Shakespeare portrays him as a person affected very strongly not only by his own nature but also by the world in which he lives. Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst though be a breeder of sinners? When the cock crew It started like a guilty thing upon fearful summons Biblical allusion foreshadows moral corruption as it suggests bitter deeds will occur. Ambivalence is continued through the motif of what is and what seems real. Seems madam? Nay it is I know not seems Hamlet may or may not be mad, or depressed, alluded her to Gertrude but either way it merely adds to his inability to act DAVID BEVINGTON - If the revenge seeker reflects a little too much on the circulatory of revenge, his faith in revenge must collapse. - Preoccupation with reason is the cause of procastination

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Repetition Dramatic irony as Ophelia isnt aware but the audience can come to their own conclusion of what has influenced his, whether he is acting mad because his feels he is being spied upon, or if he feels Ophelia has contributed to this, or if he truly does love Ophelia and wants to protect her. William HAZLITT - It is we who are Hamlet - The distresses of Hamlet are transferred by the way his mind thinks either way the individual views this it is clearly a result of the surrounding corruption.

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