William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic play wrought with intrigues by two of the primary characters hell-bent on seeking moral justice. Both Hamlet and Laertes seek retribution for specific wrongs that they feel were done to their families. After meeting his dead father’s apparition, Hamlet soon realizes that it was, indeed, his brother Claudius who […]
William Shakespeare is arguably one of the best playwrights to ever grace literary circles and is still remembered for his life-long contribution in literature. This was a breath of fresh air in a niche genre that had, for a long time, not produced masterpieces akin to Greek Classics. The turn of the 17th century, therefore,
Prince Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude is by far one of the most significant and influential female figures in the play. As Queen in the Kingdom of Denmark is revered by her subjects and wields a considerable amount of power: “I will not speak with her.” (Shakespeare, 2014, 4.5.1). In crafting this particular character, William Shakespeare was