Hamlet
William Shakespeare is famous for his artfully skilled plays relating to a big audience size. Out of his many famous ones, Hamlet is by far the most intriguing and fascinating. The protagonist, Hamlet, is stuck in a dilemma about avenging for his father’s death by murdering the guilty one. Out of the many famous soliloquies of Hamlet, one of them focuses on the literal deed of avenging the death of a loved one. The audience in the Elizabethan era viewing the play would have supported Hamlet’s loyalty to seek revenge due to the cultural, social and political views during that time period. Hamlet’s decision of committing to the promise he made to his deceased father is seen during the following passage:
How all occasions do inform against …show more content…
During the Elizabethan era the social views of the audience would have been divided between the supporters of honour and those who forbad revenge due to their religious beliefs. However, in Hamlet’s opening line for his soliloquy: How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us …show more content…
With the treacherous acts of neighbouring countries causing the rise of colonization of countries, the public during the Elizabethan era was not unaware of the importance of seeking revenge in order to obtain previously lost land, army and dignities. Due to this, the audience would have seen the conflict between Hamlet and his father’s murderer, his uncle as an internal war in which his uncle betrayed his family. In his speech he says: – while, to my shame, I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain? (IV. iv. 59-65)
This shows Hamlet’s humiliation of men willing to sacrifice their own lives for no ‘real’ beneficial reason whereas he with the ability to seek revenge for his deceased father is still in hesitation. The audience in the Elizabethan era would have understood the mortification faced by Hamlet as politically, they would have personally experienced their country willing to sacrifice their lives in the civil wars or with neighbouring threats in order to protect and defend their own
How all occasions do inform against …show more content…
During the Elizabethan era the social views of the audience would have been divided between the supporters of honour and those who forbad revenge due to their religious beliefs. However, in Hamlet’s opening line for his soliloquy: How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us …show more content…
With the treacherous acts of neighbouring countries causing the rise of colonization of countries, the public during the Elizabethan era was not unaware of the importance of seeking revenge in order to obtain previously lost land, army and dignities. Due to this, the audience would have seen the conflict between Hamlet and his father’s murderer, his uncle as an internal war in which his uncle betrayed his family. In his speech he says: – while, to my shame, I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain? (IV. iv. 59-65)
This shows Hamlet’s humiliation of men willing to sacrifice their own lives for no ‘real’ beneficial reason whereas he with the ability to seek revenge for his deceased father is still in hesitation. The audience in the Elizabethan era would have understood the mortification faced by Hamlet as politically, they would have personally experienced their country willing to sacrifice their lives in the civil wars or with neighbouring threats in order to protect and defend their own