Tough Love in Mel Gibson's Hamlet and Branagh's Hamlet One of the most emotional and moving scenes in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet is in Act III, Scene I lines 90-155 in which the title character becomes somewhat abusive toward his once loved girlfriend Ophelia. It is interesting to examine the possible motives behind Hamlet's blatant harshness in this "Get the to a nunnery" scene toward the easily manipulated and mild mannered girl. While watching Kenneth Branagh and Mel Gibson's film adaptations of the play, the audience may recognize two possibilities of the many that may exist which may explain the Prince's contemptible behavior; Kenneth Branaugh seems to suggest that this display of animosity will help the troubled man convince his enemies that he is in fact demented, whereas the Mel Gibson work may infer that Hamlet's repressed anger toward his mother causes him to "vent" his frustrations upon Ophelia, the other female of importance in his life. Though the reader realizes Hamlet's extreme anger and brooding throughout the entire play, he has no actual confrontation with another character until the aforementioned lines in Act III Scene I. One may notice the Prince's biting tone aimed at Claudius, Polonius or even Gertrude, but until his "Get the to a nunnery!" speech, no outbursts of pure rage in the presence of others can be found. This harshness in relation to Ophelia may be one of Hamlet's first moments of "action." The Prince seems reluctant to act upon any of his emotions toward anyone, though he often does give off an aura of discontentment and sorrow over his father's death. However, in these specific lines the audience sees Hamlet take an active stance in purging this young lady's once p... ... middle of paper ... ...he primary cause of the violent reaction to Ophelia. Living in an environment of deception and hostility, the reader can easily identify with Hamlet's anger. Most all compassionate audiences will be sympathetic to his plight. However, the origins of Hamlet's vehement actions toward his once beloved Ophelia can be debated from several different points of view. Whatever his reasoning may be, it is probably correct to assume that he regrets deeply every harsh world spoken toward Ophelia. He only realizes again what a beautiful and kind person she was- after her death. Works Cited Hamlet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. Videocassette. Warner Home Video, 1990. William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, and Kate Winslet. Videocassette. Castle Rock Entertainment, 1996.
Even though Hamlet is a prince, he has little control over the course of his life. In that time many things were decided for the princes and princesses such as their education and even who they married. This was more or less the normal way of life for a child of the monarch. But in the case of Hamlet, any of the control he thought he had, fell away with the murder of his father. Having his father, the king, be killed by his own brother, sent Hamlet into a state of feeling helpless and out of control. Cooped up in a palace with no real outlet, he tries to control at least one aspect of his life. Hamlet deliberately toys with Ophelia's emotions in order to feel in control of something since he cannot control the situation with Claudius.
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Smoking holds many negative impacts on your general health. One basic statistic on smoking is, it causes more deaths annually than HIV, drugs, alcohol, car accidents, and gun related deaths combined (Health Effects). According to a study done by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking causes nearly 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 480,000 deaths annually are smoking related. Smoking harms nearly every organ of your body (Health effects). These stats effectively show how deadly tobacco smoke is, and what it can do to your body over time. Shown in a study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking immediately increases heart rate and blood pressure in all young adult smokers. It attacks your vital organs including your lungs, stomach, and bladder. Smoking effects attacks your lungs by causing inflammation in the small airways and tissues of your lungs (National Institute). This can cause a person to wheeze or make your chest feel tight. Continued inflammation to an individual’s lungs can also cause chronic cough with mucus. The National Institute on Drug abuse also states that it can affect men’s sperm, which decreases their fertility and increases their chance of offspring with severe birth defects.
To discuss why people help others we must consider whether people are by nature selfless or selfish. The dominant view today in psychology is of universal egoism; that we are fundamentally selfish, and that altruism (helping motivated by the wish to benefit another person) an impossibility.One form of universal egoism is Piliavin et al’s "arousal: cost-reward" model, whereby faced with a potential helping situation we weigh the probable costs and rewards of alternative courses of action, then arrive at a decision which produces the best outcome for ourselves.Darley and Batson (1973) conducted an experiment into the effect of the cost time in the decision to offer help. They found that 63% of students with plenty of time to get to their next lecture helped a man clearly ill in the doorway, whilst 45% who were right on schedule helped, but only 10% of those who were late. However, although a natural setting was used, as an experiment this evidence is not very ecologically valid.The Sociobioligical approach also sees helping as egoistic, but in terms of the individual maximising their inclusive fitness (increasing the chances of their genes being passed on), rather than their personal fitness.
Smokers typically experience shortness of breath, persistent coughs, reduced fitness, yellow stains on fingers and teeth and decreased sense of taste and smell. Smokers have more colds and flu than non-smokers and find it harder to recover from minor illnesses. Smoking can cause impotence in men, while women who smoke are less fertile than non-smokers.
Hamlet. Dir. Kenneth Barnagh. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Brian Blessed, Richard Briars, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Derek Jacobi, Michael Maloney. Castle Rock, 1996.
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The dangers of smoking are many, but still cigarettes have become common; every third person smokes these days. As the elders smoke and young people also learn that there is no harm by smoking, so they do it at the very early age or under age smoking. And it becomes as a tradition parents do it, so children also do it. Apart from getting this habit from elders, some people smoke just because they want to show off or they just want to show that they are grown enough to do anything. Besides tradition and showing off, people smoke to release tension, but it’s useless as inhaling carbon dioxide can not release tension.
There is a certain mystery that lies within the meaning of angels. It is known that angels are among us. They are carriers of the messages from God (Gasparri 14). However, little is known about what and who angels are, why they are present, and even what they look like. They everything that human want to be and more (Stevenson 1). Angels go above and beyond the limitations of humans to give hints of what life is like in heaven or even hell.
First, let us start with the effects of smoking on smoker’s body. Smoking causes lack of oxygen supply to the brain, which leads to strokes. Chemicals such as Nicotine in the cigarette, increases blood pressure and carbon monoxide causes the cholesterol deposits on the artery wall. All these add up to the increase the risk of heart attack. Increased blood pressure has marring effects on the kidneys. Hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals attack the lungs, causing chronic smoker’s cough. Smokers are 10 times more prone to lung cancer. Smoking causes bad breath, teet...
Most people would think that cigarette smoking can cause many health issues and diseases after looking at the ingredients used, and they are right. Periodontitis, Peptic ulcers, Erectile dysfunction, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cancer, and cardiovascular disease are just a few of the diseases that can be caused from smoking cigarettes. Smoking may also increase the chance of heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, and peripheral vascular disease. Tobacco has also been linked to Buerger 's disease, Oral disease and some infection throughout the body has also been caused by smoking
Most smokers smoke their first cigarette due to curious. Adolescents copy smoking behavior because they think it make them more like adult. Lots of parents tell their children only adults can smoke unconsciously. Some adolescents then think smoke will let them become more mature. And when they go the public place such like restaurant, shopping mall, park, they always see adults smoke, they might think it is cool if they can take a puff at the cigarette. Nowadays the majority of smokers begin to smoke early in the adolescent period, before the age of 18 years. This bring lots of public problems and health problems. Adolescents do not have source of income, and they cannot let their parents know they need money to buy cigarette. What will they do to get money? Steal or rob? This induce adolescent
There are many causes which make people smoke, however it can be divided into two main causes: physical and psychological. First cause which is physical concerns the human body’s needs. Nicotine contained in cigarette is an addictive substance. It is the chemical which causes addiction. Nicotine reduces tension in the muscles and allows smokers to relax so they feel that they can relieve stress by smoking. Nicotine can also have a calming effect on people who are anxious and worried. This is why it can bring a feeling of tranquility and help smokers to cope with stress. Thus, people smoke when they are depressed, lonely or bored. Nicotine is absorbed by the smoker’s lung and intestines. Very quickly, nicotine can stimulate brain and certain types of nerves so heart rate and blood pressure go up; respiration increases. A little nicotine makes smokers feel more energy and improve concentration. As a consequence, these physical effects created by smoking play an important role in making people feel the need to smoke.
tobacco related illnesses? But still people smoke. Why would they still smoke even though they know the effects? Actually why do they even start? One of the reasons done because of the “cool” look you get from smoking. We have movies to blame for that but that still doesn’t mean it should be done. Peer pressure plays a big part in teenager’s lives and most kids are highly susceptible to it. This is just a few of the many reasons people start to smoke. There is also the feeling to be rebellious resulting in teens smoking to show they don’t care about rules or laws. There is also mental addiction (craving the “after meal” e.g. having one after lunch or during work, basically where and when you used to smoke), physical addiction (the addictive substance nicotine, on its own harmless but makes you crave for a cigarette on a whole) and stress. Stress is the biggest factor because smoking a cigarette relaxes a lot of people and soothes their crave for one. There is also the biggest factor