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Hamlet - One student said she sympathised most with Gertrude and Ophelia because they were women caught up in a man's world of politics, intrigue and violence. How far do you agree with her opinion?
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Hamlet One student said she sympathised most with Gertrude and Ophelia because they were women caught up in a man's world of politics, intrigue and violence. How far do you agree with her opinion? The play 'Hamlet' written by William Shakespeare begins by establishing a mood of anxiety and dread. Broken rhythms generate an atmosphere of unease, apprehension and confusion. When the ghost of the old King Hamlet emerges we cannot tell whether it is good, bad or both. At one moment it appears to be 'majestical', "We did it wrong, being so majestical." And at another 'like a guilty thing', "And then it started like a guilty thing". All this uncertainty and anxiousness prepares us for Hamlets melancholy in the next scene. This whole play is based on violence, politics and intrigue and this is becomes apparent at the beginning of the play where Bernado and Fracisco are on guard. They...
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