Why Does Shakespeare Use Of Violence In Hamlet

Violence does not exist for its own sake. In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare used multiple themes of violence. If violence in any part of a play, scene, story, movie, or act occurs for no reason at all then it is more than just a story, and it has more drama in it behind the scenes. Shakespeare used violence in acts four through five in Hamlet, when Ophelia committed suicide. From these two acts, it revealed what Ophelia was going through and feeling. Suicide is the act of killing oneself intentionally. In act four, scene three, Ophelia committed suicide and drowned herself due to grief. Queen Gertrude broke the news to Ophelia’s brother, Laertes. Laertes could not believe this has happened and he asked the queen numerous questions. When Queen Gertrude explained to Laertes what
Ophelia intended to hang the wreath up on a willow that was hanging over a brook. As Ophelia was climbing up the tree, she and her wreath fell into the brook. When she tumbled into the brook, she acted like she was not in alarming danger. Ophelia tried to appear cool, because she did not want anyone to know that she was committing suicide. Within a short amount of time, Ophelia’s clothes filled heavily with water, and the strong water pulled her down into the filthy mud at the bottom of the brook. Likewise, act five was Ophelia’s funeral. A gravedigger dug a grave for her and as they dug the hole they were clueless as to why they were giving her a Christian burial after she killed herself. Hamlet was nearby and saw the gravedigger digging a grave and he