Father and Son Relationship in Hamlet Hamlet, of the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a young man with many distinctive characteristics. He is the loving and beloved son of Hamlet, the deceased King of Denmark. He is talented in many ways, as actor, athlete, and scholar. Prince Hamlet draws upon many of his talents as he goes through a remarkable metamorphosis, changing from an average, responsible, young Prince to an apparently mad, raging son intent upon avenging his father’s untimely death. In the beginning of Hamlet, the Prince behaves as any normal person would following the death of a loved one. Not only is this a loved one, but an extra special someone; it is his loving father whom he adored. Hamlet is grief stricken, depressed, and even angry that his mother remarried so soon after his father’s death. Having witnessed how his father had treated his mother with great love and respect, Hamlet cannot understand how his mother could shorten the grieving period so greatly to marry someone like Uncle Claudius. He is incapable of rationalizing her deeds and he is obsessed by her actions. Throughout the play Hamlet is in constant conflict with himself. An appearance of a ghost claiming to be his father, “I am thy father’s spirit”(I.v.14) aggravates his grief, nearly causing him to commit suicide and leaving him deeply disgusted and angered. Upon speaking with his ghost-father, Hamlet learns that his uncle-stepfather killed Hamlet the King. “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown”(I.v.45-46) Hamlet is beside himself and becomes obsessed with plotting and planning revenge for the death of his father. Hamlet struggles constantly, trying to decide how he should go about avenging the loss of his father to his deceitful uncle-stepfather. Planning to kill him isn’t easy. Hamlet is given many opportunities to kill Claudius, but keeps stalling for time to be certain the ghost had spoken the truth about the murder. Finally, Hamlet decides upon a plan. “the play’s the thing/Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King”(II.ii.612-613). He will stage a performance for the King that would actually be a reenactment of his father’s murder. The play he chooses to reenact is entitled "The Murder of Gonzago" with a few changes made to accommodate Hamlet’s new lines and actions reflecting Claudius murdering his father. Upon seeing Claudius’s crazy behavior during and following Hamlet’s play, Hamlet realizes that his ghost-father had spoken the truth.
In both works, Beowulf and Grendel, Grendel himself is generally given the same connotations. He is given kennings, called names, referred to as the evil spawn of Cain, and even viewed as a monster; but why? Why in both books is he a wicked, horrible, person who is harshly excluded from everyone? After stumbling upon John Gardner's book, it was halfway expected that some excuse would be made for Grendel; that he wasn't really the inexorable monster the thanes in Beowulf portrayed him as. But all it really did was make him worse. What is the message we are being sent about Grendel?
Hence, I feel as if John Steinbeck wrote a piece of art when he created this novel. It possessed many great characteristics that gave a good idea of how they were then. I felt as though the novel told a wonderful of two men trying to chase their dreams although temptations, heart ache, and pain may get in your way you just keep striving. When I read the book and the articles on the novel, I felt that George was somehow the epic hero in the novel. He used his own selfishness to his friend out of the misery that was sure to keep coming to him. All in all I think the novel told an excellent story.
What Steinbeck does so well is to show people's struggle for simple human decency in the face of meanness and ignorance. He toes a fine line, but there is no romance or pity in his work. He loves his characters, warts and all, as an author must. He shows those who polite society might find wretched and despicable to have real humanity. The bums and whores of Cannery Row. The lost imbecile of Of Mice and Men.
Grendel is a very complicated character some people believe that he is a monster and others believe that he is a human with a couple of personal problems. All of these confusions are because Grendel as a character changes so much throughout the story . For example, he kills humans to eat them, however he feels bad after he is done, but can not stop himself when he is doing it. To start of Grendel's mother affects grendel's change a lot in this story mainly because she raised him. As a result, she raised him just how she wanted and made him just how she wants him even if he didn't want to be that person. Since she made him how she wanted he doesn't appreciate her he feels “she was pitiful, foul, her smile a jogged white tear in the” ( grendel 50) Grendel is describing his mother .
The humans refused to accept him, his mother basically ignored him, and he lacked any meaningful conversations. By the end of the story, my view of Grendel had not changed; I still see him as a misunderstood character who makes mistakes and deserves empathy and pity. My view of Grendel shows that I do not label anything as entirely evil, but rather see acts of evil as a result of our societal values. People view Grendel as a horrific beast who does not consider the right thing to do, but I believe that Grendel just does what he was taught. He kills off of necessity, and treats others the way that his more taught him. I understand his nihilism, and share many of his thoughts, as Grendel and I both live off of our own moral values and reject religion. Perhaps it is our similarities that cause me to hold so much empathy for Grendel, but my empathy also reveals my nature. I do not accept the single side of a person, but consider the "gray area" and how their community changes them. Grendel lacks a strong community, and lives in a society where life is constantly cycling. I believe that Grendel became evil due to his loose societal values, and that he is a great example of the truth that nothing can be entirely evil, and most evil is just a misunderstood attempt to
In the story there is an unusual resident of Maycomb County, he goes by the name of Boo Radley. The Finch children have heard many different stories about him. Boo never comes outside, if he has no one has ever seen him. Throughout the chapters’ the kids devise a plan to catch a glimpse of Boo. Scout wanted to go with them, but when she started thinking about how dangerous the plan could be, Jem quickly put a halt to her thoughts. “Scout, I'm tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re getting more like a girl every day!...With that, I had no option but to join them” (Lee, 51-52). The boys had created more than one plan to lure Mr. Radley out of the house. Because she is adventurous, Scout made herself a part the action, even if her brother did not wish for her to. Also, Jem, Dill and Scout were all talking in the yard when Scout had an idea. “I ran to the backyard and pulled an old car tire from under the house. I slapped it up to the front yard. “I’m first,” I said” (Lee, 37). Because she was so eager to do something daring, she gained some respect from Dill and her older
This evidence comes to show that Latham's criminal history is jeopardizing and not benefiting him with this further case. Due to the fact that appellant shoes a lack of remorse there is no merit to the contention. The court is pretty much going against the appellant
Grendel is personified at this time yet he is still further misconstrued as a ferocious animal. Additionally, this demonstrates the divide between Grendel and the humans even though they have many of the same features. They both speak the same language and use logic to make decisions. Humans share a connection and should bond with this humanoid creature and communicate, but the humans are oblivious to the life around them. To sum up, Grendel is personified, but is not understood by the only people that speak his language, therefore leading him to being isolated in his childhood and his foreseeable demise later on.
Any great king must be compassionate, and Hamlet is the embodiment of compassion. He shows this through his great sadness after his father’s death. Unlike many others in the play, Hamlet continues to mourn long after his father’s death. In fact, he never stops thinking of his father, even though his mother rushed into a marriage with Claudius a mere two months after her husband’s funeral. Also, Hamlet shows the reader his compassion through
In what ways can lessons learned by the character of a story affect the reader? In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, there are two generations of twin brothers introduced, Adam and Charles, and Aron and Cal. Adam and Charles, the older generation of brothers, face many family obstacles. Later, one of the brothers, Adam, has two twin boys of his own, Cal and Aron. These boys face similar conflicts throughout their lives together. These struggles help teach the reader several lessons including ones involving jealousy, parents, rejection, and the idea of timshel. As the story develops and the characters learn valuable life lessons through experience, the reader is also affected by these themes and can grow as well.
Hamlet is in utter despair over his mother’s actions, stating in his first soliloquy that he wishes God had not made suicide a sin, and that the world was now “weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable” (I.ii.137). In Hamlet’s mind, the world he knows is spiraling out of control and he grapples to understand what is happening around him. Hamlet’s furious reaction to the betrayal displays his deep confusion and anger that persists throughout the remainder of the play and sets the stage for the acts to come. He feels as if his mother has not only betrayed him, but betrayed his dear father.
In the opening of the play, Hamlet is confronted by the ghost of his father and told to revenge his "foul and most unnatural murder". Later on, however, Hamlet begins to doubt the ghost. He then thinks up the murder of Gonzago to verify the truthfulness of the ghost and also to allow himself more time. After learning the truth, Hamlet continues to procrastinate the killing of Claudius. Although Hamlet is full of purpose, he lacks the ability to carry out his intentions, and thus allows his character flaw to eventually destroy him.
"But two months dead-- …my poor father’s body…why she married with my uncle, My father’s brother, but no more like my father…Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears…But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue" Hamlet painfully moans to himself. It is clear at the beginning of the play that Hamlet was suffering—emotionally. It hurt him to see his mother marry so soon after his father’s death and Hamlet felt alone since no one else seemed to feel his pain and be mourning with him. It’s safe to conclude that Hamlet had a commendable and upright relationship with his father whom he admired. Unless one was not as courageous or as confident as Hamlet, we would’ve complained and tried to ruin the marriage. Prince Hamlet on the other hand, showed heroic skills by putting others first. He kept his pain to himself and didn’t want to cause any difficulties with the townspeople or family.
In Act I scene V, Hamlet is told by his father’s ghost to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” The ghost then goes on to tell Hamlet that as he was “sleeping in my orchard, A serpent stung me” and that “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown.” Hamlet is told by the ghost to seek revenge, telling him that Claudius has corrupted Denmark and corrupted Gertrude, having seduced her in the foul lust of their incestuous marriage. The ghost urges Hamlet not to act against his mother in any way, telling him to “Leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her.”
Overall, the main complaint many have with John Steinbeck in regards to his writing it the choice of the title The Grapes Of Wrath for his most well-known novel. The choice of the title may seem illogical and unnecessary, but if one were to analyze his reasoning and the meaning of the title one can come to the conclusion that there was no choice that could top what he ultimately decided on. The analyzation of these two in combination with each other leads to a new understanding of Steinbeck’s choice; the process of this is started with learning the literal, historical reasoning behind the title, followed by inspecting the deeper meaning in regards to hopes and prosperity, and finally by analyzing the ties of cruelty and selfishness by some