Betrayal and greed in the work Hamlet
Introduction
Hamlet is a tragedy in Denmark where their characters are dissatisfied with what they have, they deprive their thoughts and feelings freely, they also leave aside the love for their neighbor and care about their only stability and good life, forgetting the consequences of their actions and thus triggering a series of deaths among themselves
We see Claudio as a clear example of where the evil of a man can get to greed, represents an unscrupulous ambition, at first he appears to be a faithful brother and good uncle, but this does not last for a long time because it was only A mask, because what he intended was to kill his own brother to be able It didn’t matter what happened to those around him, he fulfilled his mission; While King Hamlet slept in his room, Claudio poured a deadly poison in his ear, after this he was dictated as king and hurriedly took Gertrudis a woman dependent on the man and therefore married Claudio even when Hamlet had not been According to his mother’s marriage, Claudio was very cunning and manipulated many people to be by his side
Developing
Hamlet was a very cheerful, kind person, a sweet prince, of studies, was a sword soldier, was elegant and had good behavior, was the hope and pride of the kingdom also the unconditional love of Ofelia, this character changes drastically with the Going out of the unpleasant facts in his life, loses his father being desolate, sad and aimless; He wants to know the reason for his death because he believes that there is a culprit, then his ghost appears and encourages him even more to avenge his death. In this part of the scene the work shows us how rational Prince Hamlet was when believing in ghosts and spirits.
Then Hamlet pretends to be crazy, which would allow him to distance himself from the people to whom for his acts he despises, agilely Shakespeare allows the development of the drama to continue without the character disappearing from the scene. They also justify a distancing with Ofelia, whom he loves, but, like his father’s crime, as a sensitive man, intuits the impossibility of his love for some fatality. The main purpose of pretending is to prevent his uncle from creating intelligent and also gets rid of him.
These are the only actions that a sensitive type is allowed without violating its principles. Claudio begins to suspect Prince’s behavior so he asks his close friends to find Love that has her daughter, because Hamlet is in love with Ofelia but Polonio, and her brother Laertes, oppose that relationship forcing her to get away from him; Queen Gertrudis Mother of Hamlet is the only one who is favorable to love between Hamlet and Ofelia and he is expressed to the young woman, with which she is affectionate and comprehensive and comprehensive. Between both women there is a bond of union that will be shown in the queen’s empathy towards the girl, because both are women with little mandate that are allowed to dominate the decisions of men.
Ofelia’s attitude is that of a submissive and obedient maiden is an inexperience. He only shows a little rebellion when, after his brother’s speech about the problems of losing his honor and its importance, she argues to Laertes declaring that he should not defend virtues that he does not demonstrate, because this would demonstrate hypocritical behavior, as we observed when reading:
“I will save the meaning of those good advice / as custody of my heart. But, my brother, / do not do as certain ecclesiastics / that show the thorny path of glory / while libertines, boastful, / follow the flower path of pleasure / ignoring their own advice ”(Hamlet) (Hamlet)
Ofelia knew her brother’s hypocritical attitude, but she could only talk to her and rebuke him to stop being false and act more humbly
Claudio and Polonium create a small plan to verify that Hamlet’s change was due to Ophelia’s rejection, without realizing that Hamlet would notice their intentions and even knew that they were going to be spying on them, so he decides to play with Ofelia’s fragile emotional stability, plays with her and with her naive credulity, because at first she says "before I loved you", indicating the end of that love, what the young woman believes, and moments later she tells her otherwise, I I did not love you, leaving a disappointment in Ophelia.
These games about Ofelia and the constant manipulations of it will be the ones that dramatically break the character. Symbolically showing the signs of broken love among young people. But Ofelia is not entirely innocent and lies when Hamlet asks about her father’s whereabouts. The need for obedience of the young woman enters into contradiction with morality, since she cannot satisfy the orders and wishes of all the characters at the same time.
After Claudio finally realized what really happened to Hamlet designs a bloody plan next to Laertes to eliminate his obstacle, plan a confrontation where he would carry a sword bathed in poison and fight with Hamlet, if the plan Claudio failed to attend his second plan that was to provide him with a poisoned glass; But for the bad luck of Laertes and Claudio everything came out absolutely bad and unexpected, first begins with the death of Polonium who demonstrates why a sensitive individual avoids the action because he is clumsy in his execution., Then Laertes stabls Hamlet, but he also does it using the Laertes sword which was poisoned, Claudio wants to drink from the poisoned cup, but Queen Gertrudis takes the cup celebrating the victory of her son, some servants approach Proclaiming the death of Ofelia communicating that he had drowned in the river, Hamlet Malherido goes to Claudio and kills him fulfilling his mission that was avenge the death of his father. In this way the royal family dies and fortimbras remains as king
Finally, we realize that the author uses the beautiful Ofelia to demonstrate the cruelty of a world that demands blind obedience as custody of a proliferating and satisfactory life, a character whose liberation is part of a more enslaved social environment than that of the prince by His feminine condition and how he must be subject to man’s decisions without complaint. Although madness was the only medication for the emergence of her self, it is a mismatch that challenges social order, Ofelia is a heroine in silence. We also notice that Hamlet refrains at the beginning of avengeing his father, because that would mean ending the sensitive nature of his nature, what the author does is present to the public the ideas of the protagonist as a reference to understand the situations that occur In the work and the principles that guide their actions finally we see that a bloody act triggers a series of acts that only bring more tragedy.
conclusion
In conclusion we can see how ambition can change a person tragically, as betrayal can become common if it is about wanting to obtain something at any cost and since revenge I could poison even the purest soul. The loneliness of each character emphasizing Hamlet who after the death of his father is not the same, feeling depressive and taking as a shield avenge the death of his father and Ofelia a young woman who wanted to be free and happy, but when losing her Father behind the hands of his beloved Hamlet does not support oppression and sadness taking death as the last exit, like the whole family that although they did not commit suicide they died precisely for their actions
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