Analysis Of Oh The Configuration In Hamlet

Oh the Configuration

(A depiction of how William Shakespeare structured Hamlet.) In 1599 William Shakespeare released one of his best pieces of work. Hamlet described a boy who was grieving over the death of his father. His mom on the other hand has moved on. Hamlet feels as if something is off, but has no knowledge of whom or what has occurred. The story is about the discovery of the truth and spying on friends, but the plot isn’t always the most important thing. The structure of a play can determine the out coming of the play and can engage the audience. Audience members don’t enjoy having line read to them. They like to be challenged. Knowing the play and having connections between the characters makes a person connect to themes on a personal

Basically, Verbal Irony is using words, but meaning something else. Shakespeare used verbal irony. He mainly developed it while Hamlet was speaking. While Hamlet was talking with Polonius he described the challenges of letting his daughter out under the sun. During this conversation Polonius thought the comment was about letting his daughter outside, because during this time period people believed that they human would go crazy if they were under the sun for too long. What most people don’t catch is that there is a second spelling of the word son. Hamlet was implying that he and Ophelia had done more than spoken to each other. Being under the son could mean they had sex and that Ophelia was pregnant. Shakespeare use of verbal irony at this point enhances the structure of the play. This introduces a sub plot that makes the audience think about who the characters were before the opening lines. The audience has to think and induce some of their own

When irony introduces something to the crowd that the actors don’t know it makes each individual feel as if they have a secret. They want to bellow the upcoming events to the characters, but know that they can’t stop the ending of the play. In Hamlet, there is a play within the play. During this scene the actors share what has occurred and give hints to what is to come next. The audience starts to realize that there are going to be deaths. They know that people are going to die, but every character feels as if their intentions and goals will succeed. Each individual is lost in their own personal beliefs and understandings that they don’t look at the facts and can’t see what it happening. Each characters is too caught up in what they believe is right and don’t see what is