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This 3 page paper reflective essay on Hamlet by William Shakespeare, considers how Hamlet is portrayed and the way in which messages are communicated, to the audience and to the players with the use of a play within a play. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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in the play. In considering the context of the play at the time the play was set there was a wide belief that the monarch was somewhat better than the
normal population being closer to God and chosen to rule, assumed to be wiser. It was this environment in which Prince Hamlet grew up; with an elevated opinion of himself
that would make it easier in madness or sanity for him to start to believe himself to be powerful and wise. It is also normal to behave as socially expected
and to undertake the role that one has been brought up to play, but it is also right to want justice, to require the need for vengeance is a basic
human instinct, but when these are mixed with the responsibilities of social position and the responsibilities of a son to his father then the two aspect of truth and normality.
Hamlet is a torn man between duty and a desire for revenge and fears of the consequences of both The tool used to try and bridge the gap
between the desire and normal human instincts while remaining inside the socially acceptable boundaries is a play. However, the play cannot fail to have an impact open Hamlet and his
self critical guilt. The well known quote that shows the motivation for the play is "the plays the thing Wherein Ill catch the conscience of the king" (Act II scene
ii). Hamlet sees the players and observed the way in which they display unprovoked emotions and make a comparison with his own
inaction in response to his fathers murder. It is this that can be seen to spur Hamlet into action, creating the scenario where the guilt at his won cowardice rises
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