THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET
William Shakespeare

It seems that in this merciless mourning, I have opened

a tomb. And though my sight be of seeing, it is not as it

once was. For what I see is not with thine own eyes. It is

as death appears to those awake. A coldness, an emptiness,

that I cannot forsake.

Hope Saphos DeVenuto

 

A melody in literature is a language that Shakespeare uses freely in Hamlet

with infinite variety. The imagery relates to us to create to the senses a realization of what is

occurring as well as to kindle our responses. There are many interesting characters with

invaluable opinions, a labyrinth of lines convoluting and mystifying, along with dramatic

sarcasm. It is very effective in drawing the attention to certain characters that the audience will

need to see more than others. If we really lend an ear to Hamlet's every word, we are drawn

into an inward greatness of his spirit. Shakespeare created Hamlet as a highly intellectual being

that can see through everything and everyone.

To see clearly through a stone is to see the profundity of truth.

Then what of life is there to view, if what has been seen and

known before has past and is no more.

Hope Saphos DeVenuto

There is a frustration in Hamlet that is overwhelming. He cannot open the next door of

consciousness without completing the action of dilemmas that existed before him. Perhaps

he is stuck in a cube of thought and dialogue where much prose can be found to excite any

scene whether it be of tragedy or joy. His words are swift and full of action. A combative

voice and a Holy War where there is no external battle fought with real weapons, but a conflict

one wages within himself-or herself; the inward confrontation of light and darkness

which always takes place during the transition from ignorance to knowledge. In each developed

character there can be seen a contrast with interactions that lead to the preparations of

intense struggles, revelry, mystery, journeys, a play within a play, love and hatred. There are

groups of characters, such as themes of parents and children and the use of ceremonies that

make the story of hamlet a visceral experience paralleling the unexpected with a twist and

turn without a synaptic delay. Shakespeare's Hamlet can be described as a Rocking Trojan

Horse that has preserved all the characters and players through time and is a continuous

lesson of the profound artists work.

Another interesting point is the melancholy and grief that Shakespeare has

created in Hamlet, which becomes pathological and destructive as a disease that also affects the

characters that interacted with him. They all become diseased as well as doomed. This play

has created many arguments, commentaries, interpretations and analysis through the 20th

century of what this play reflects and after reading some of the analysis, it seems that there is

not one answer to any question that develops. For we all have our own vision and our own

perspective that sheds a light upon what we are subjected to, which creates an objective

point for us to experience Shakespeare or any other being and part of life. To honor all

opinions even if we do not agree, is a valuable process that calls for a greater understanding

that goes beyond the bounds of artistic technique, for we are all artists and co-creators of our

own space.
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