Hamlet Appearance Vs Reality Essay
We can all agree that at one point in our lives we have lied about our personalities. Like those “Expectations vs. Reality” moments we always encounter, the appearance of people are not the same as the reality. Never has this been more evident than in Shakespeare’s playwright Hamlet portrayed through several characters. Hamlet is a play solely revolving around revenge. With the play being based on revenge it needs to have characters who are not what they seem to be. This brings in the appearance vs. reality factor in Hamlet. Every character has something to hide. In the playwright Hamlet, the character Hamlet, is the perfect example of a deceptive liar and clearly portrays the theme of appearance vs. reality to his own benefit.
Many people can argue that Hamlet fakes his insanity but I believe he actually does go insane. Though he may have started off saying that he would only act crazy to get information on Claudius and proceed to seek his revenge, he slowly forgot his act. “How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself/ (As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ To put an antic disposition on),/ That you, at such times seeing me, never shall—/ With arms encumbered thus, or this headshake,” (1.5.171-175) Hamlet declared to only act as if he were crazy but throughout the play he fell off the …show more content…
He gives the characters around him the impression that he is just crazy and wants everyone to watch the show. “One scene of it comes near the circumference which I have told thee of my father’s death. I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, even with the very comment of thy soul observe mine uncle.” (3.2.69-73) Hamlet here shows Horatio that the Mousetrap play is not really just a random play but that it comes very close to depicting the moment when Claudius killed King Hamlet. This reveals that Hamlet knows about the murder and is watching his uncle very carefully to see if he is
Many people can argue that Hamlet fakes his insanity but I believe he actually does go insane. Though he may have started off saying that he would only act crazy to get information on Claudius and proceed to seek his revenge, he slowly forgot his act. “How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself/ (As I perchance hereafter shall think meet/ To put an antic disposition on),/ That you, at such times seeing me, never shall—/ With arms encumbered thus, or this headshake,” (1.5.171-175) Hamlet declared to only act as if he were crazy but throughout the play he fell off the …show more content…
He gives the characters around him the impression that he is just crazy and wants everyone to watch the show. “One scene of it comes near the circumference which I have told thee of my father’s death. I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, even with the very comment of thy soul observe mine uncle.” (3.2.69-73) Hamlet here shows Horatio that the Mousetrap play is not really just a random play but that it comes very close to depicting the moment when Claudius killed King Hamlet. This reveals that Hamlet knows about the murder and is watching his uncle very carefully to see if he is