Play: Hamlet

Hamlet is written by William Shakespeare in 1603. It is the tragedy and all about revenge motif, blood sheds, politics of relationships, etc. Main characters are King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet, Claudius, Ophelia, Laertes, Gertrude etc. In this play, ghost plays a vital role. Ghost of King Hamlet comes and told to Hamlet that what happens to him. Then Hamlet makes one plan to kill Claudius. When King Hamlet dies then Gertrude marries Claudius. Hamlet thinks that reason of his father’s death is his uncle. In this play one sentence is most important and it is speaks by Prince Hamlet,

“To be or not to be that is the question.”

It means Hamlet confused that whether he takes revenge or not. Women characters played also a vital role. Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius and beloved off Hamlet. But she is the mere puppet by circumstances and very attracted towards her father and brother Laertes. Hamlet suffers from some psychological problem and suddenly he becomes violent towards Ophelia and told her that “go to nunnery” and also told that he reveals their truth of relationship through letters. Then because of this Ophelia became mad and drowned her. Here Oedipus complex also we can easily find because Hamlet is more attracted towards his mother. But when he knows about his father’s death for this moment he hates his mother. And speaks to her that,

“Frailty thy name is woman.”

Through this sentence he proves that woman is always that type of behavior. At the end of the play Hamlet kills his uncle Claudius. Hamlet also dies and only one character Horatio one of the best friend of his live because Hamlet told him that he is the only one who told the whole story to the society.