Hamlets Changing Character - B
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet's interactions with Horatio, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern give the reader a better understanding of Hamlet himself. The changes that occur within Hamlet are revealed through his interactions with these young men. Horatio is Hamlet's loyal friend who throughout he play is on Hamlet's side. Laertes on the other hand is more of an acquaintance of Hamlet, but as the play draws to a close they become enemies. Laertes brings forward a side of Hamlet which acts on impulse instead of thinking everything over in detail. Finally Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends with whom Hamlet attended college.. They cause Hamlet to do things that even the ...
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in Act Three, Scene Two, lines 71-76, Hamlet is describing all of Horatio's qualities which he admires. Hamlet is saying how noble, well to do and down to earth Horatio is. Hamlet admires Horatio's charactor so much because he sees many qualaties in Horario that he, himself, is lacking. Throughout the play Hamlet's charactor undergoes changes and Horatio is the person who keeps Hamlet from going completely insane. In (I.2.97), Horatio says to Hamlet, "My Lord, I think I saw him yesternight.", speaking of Hamlet's father. Since Hamlet's father is dead, Hamlet is baffled until Horatio tells him that it was the ghost of his father. The way in which Hamlet reacts to the news gives the reader a better insight into his charactor. If any other person had told him this, he would have been skeptical but when his friend Horatio informs him of the ghost of his father, he believes it. This ...
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and the way in which Laertes acts in the same situation. In (III.3.77-92), Hamlet has an opportunity to kill Claudius, but fails to do so because since Claudius is praying he will go to heaven and Hamlet does not want this. In contrast, in (IV.7.144), Laertes says "To cut his throat I' th' church", speaking of the revenge that he intends to take upon Hamlet, indicating that he would even kill him in a church which would send Hamlet straight to heaven. Laertes is characterized as being a person who will do something without thinking about it while Hamlet puts too much thought into what he wants to do, causing him to be unable to act. The final two pieces of evidence are from Act ...
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