False Fatherhood In Hamlet Research Paper
Theme of false fatherhood
Stephen, like Telemachus, is rather obsessed with ideas of paternity and this establishes a further link to Homer's work and provides the basis for the eventual Bloom-Dedalus relationship.
The false father theme is reinforced in this chapter by the many references to Shakespeare, especially to Hamlet, and these are developed at length in "Scylla and Charybdis." Already in "Telemachus,"
Decay
Through Stephen's imagination at work, the themes of maternity and decay are co-developed. This process only becomes more complex as the novel progresses, and at times it is difficult to separate Stephen's hyperactive mental activity from the true narrative action of the novel.
Catholicism
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The ghost of King Hamlet informs his son that King Claudius (brother of dead King Hamlet) is guilty of fratricide; he has killed Hamlet both to wed his wife Gertrude as well as claim the throne. Having burdened his son with his spectral presence, King Hamlet urges the prince to seize revenge and Hamlet's mission produces the tragic conclusion of the drama. There are of course, parallels between the princes Telemachus and Hamlet, and Joyce seeks to exploit these overlaps. Like Hamlet, Joyce's Telemachus (Stephen) is brooding and overly contemplative. Throughout the one day of the novel's narrative action (June 16, 1904), Stephen continually relives the quandary of Hamlet's famous question "To be or not to be." In his struggle to become a poet, in his lingering loyalties to kin, country and church, in his efforts to remove himself from burdensome disingenuous friends, Stephen, a modern Hamlet, must arrive at some sort of self-definition. When this occurs, towards the end of the novel, it is one of the novel's narrative
Stephen, like Telemachus, is rather obsessed with ideas of paternity and this establishes a further link to Homer's work and provides the basis for the eventual Bloom-Dedalus relationship.
The false father theme is reinforced in this chapter by the many references to Shakespeare, especially to Hamlet, and these are developed at length in "Scylla and Charybdis." Already in "Telemachus,"
Decay
Through Stephen's imagination at work, the themes of maternity and decay are co-developed. This process only becomes more complex as the novel progresses, and at times it is difficult to separate Stephen's hyperactive mental activity from the true narrative action of the novel.
Catholicism
Lucifer, dico, qui nescit occasum …show more content…
The ghost of King Hamlet informs his son that King Claudius (brother of dead King Hamlet) is guilty of fratricide; he has killed Hamlet both to wed his wife Gertrude as well as claim the throne. Having burdened his son with his spectral presence, King Hamlet urges the prince to seize revenge and Hamlet's mission produces the tragic conclusion of the drama. There are of course, parallels between the princes Telemachus and Hamlet, and Joyce seeks to exploit these overlaps. Like Hamlet, Joyce's Telemachus (Stephen) is brooding and overly contemplative. Throughout the one day of the novel's narrative action (June 16, 1904), Stephen continually relives the quandary of Hamlet's famous question "To be or not to be." In his struggle to become a poet, in his lingering loyalties to kin, country and church, in his efforts to remove himself from burdensome disingenuous friends, Stephen, a modern Hamlet, must arrive at some sort of self-definition. When this occurs, towards the end of the novel, it is one of the novel's narrative