Tuesday, February 19, 2019
How Hamlet Changes Throughout the Play
The changes in hamlets personality are reflected in his changes in costume. At first, there is the Hamlet in the nighted colour, in mourning for his father and refractory of his mother and uncle. This is Hamlet in Act one. He is passive and reactive, devising snarky remarks under his breath and behind the kings back only if being sinister and unresponsive in his presence. After the visit of the Ghost, Hamlet changes.Ophelia describes his costume as his doublet all unbraced, no hat upon his head, his stockings fouled and down-gyved to his ankle. This is Hamlet of the antic disposition. His pretension of insanity gives him the liberty to sharpen his wit on the various spies which suffer to sound him out. He becomes more active, arranging for and essentially directing the shrink from The Murder of Gonzago, solely he is a perfectionist, and cannot see his way to cleanup spot Claudius without the circumstances being just right. He thinks he has got them right but he is wrongits P olonius behind the arras and not Claudius.Then he is sent to England. He discovers that Claudius is not going to wait for the perfect chance, but has already made arrangements to have Hamlet killed. He changes again. He arranges for the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and when the pirates attack, he takes the opportunity to board their ship, and bribes them to return to Denmark. He arrives on the shores naked and . . . solely. Naked here means that he has only the clothes he stands up in, whatever he can find.Hamlet is now an opportunist. He no longer insists that the conditions be perfect. He will take his opportunity where he finds it. He becomes a fatalist There is a especial(a) providence in the fall of a sparrow . . . the readiness is all. It is when he reaches this stage in his journey that he can do what he wants to do and needs to do. He expresses his love for Ophelia (too late) and is able to take his penalise on Claudius (almost too late).
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