Examples Of Isolation In Hamlet

The Isolation of Hamlet William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet follows the life of Hamlet, the rightful heir to the throne of Denmark. Throughout the play Hamlet has to deal with the death of his father and remarriage of his mother, the betrayal and spying on by his closest friends and family, and his antic disposition, causing him to be increasingly isolated as the play continues. These three things affect Hamlet deeply and he avoids everyone in his attempt to isolate himself and make his plans on how to fix that which was made wrong from the beginning. Hamlet’s isolation all begins with a death and a sudden marriage within the family. When Hamlet’s father dies, Hamlet goes through a mourning and grieving period in which he isolates himself from everyone. The death causes him to return from Wittenburg and have to face everyone he does not wish to see while mourning. After this not only does he have to witness the burial of his
Hamlet must now seek to avenge his father’s death. To do this, Hamlet makes the decision to throw on an antic disposition to throw people off of his knowledge about the murder: “Here, as before, never, so help you mercy, How strange or odd so ever I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on-.” (1.5.186-190) Hamlet states that he will be acting mad so Claudius will not know about Hamlet’s knowing. He is also telling his friends so that they know of this and not tell a soul that his madness is only an act. This antic disposition that Hamlet puts on only adds to his isolation because he does not want anybody to talk to him so that he is further able to think and plan how is will get his revenge on Claudius. The more isolated Hamlet becomes from this act of madness, the more people become more suspicious of Hamlet which only worsens the