Hamlet – the Hesitation and Indecision William Shakespeare’s Hamlet presents a hero who hesitates to avenge his dead father when given the opportunity – what should be his judgment? This paper examines the decision from various points of view. Mark Rose, in “Reforming the Role,” comments on how the hero’s hesitation to kill at the propitious moment, coupled with his later hasty decision to kill, have left the protagonist a changed man: [. . .] the prince who returns from sea is a changed man, resigned, detached, perhaps “tragically illuminated.” Having refused to kill the king when the time was every way propitious – that is, when he found Claudius kneeling in empty not genuine prayer – and then, having chosen his own moment to act only to find that instead of the king he has murdered Polonius, Hamlet seems to have allowed his sinews to relax. He has let himself be thrust aboard ship, let himself in effect be cast onto the sea of fortune that is so common an image in Shakespeare and the Elizabethan poets, an image recalling that “sea of troubles” against which he had earlier taken arms. When the opportunity to escape the king’s trap arises, Hamlet seizes it, leaping aboard the pirate ship, but what he is doing now is reacting to circumstances rather than trying to dominate them wholly. (126-27) Is there a connection between verbal hesitation and hesitation in action and decisions? Lawrence Danson in the essay “Tragic Alphabet” discusses the hesitation in action by the hero; this is related to his hesitation in speech: To speak or act in a world where all speech and action are equivocal seeming is, for Hamlet, both perilous and demeaning, a kind of whoring. The whole vexed qu... ... middle of paper ... ...g.” Modern Critical Interpretations: Hamlet. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Rpt. from Tragic Form in Shakespeare. N.p.: Princeton University Press, 1972. Rose, Mark. “Reforming the Role.” Modern Critical Interpretations: Hamlet. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Rpt. from Homer to Brecht: The European Epic and Dramatic Traditions. Ed. Michael Seidel and Edward Mendelson. N.p.: Yale University Press, 1977. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1995. http://www.chemicool.com/Shakespeare/hamlet/full.html West, Rebecca. “A Court and World Infected by the Disease of Corruption.” Readings on Hamlet. Ed. Don Nardo. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Rpt. from The Court and the Castle. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1957.
Jim wasn’t the first child of the family, in fact he had an older brother named George and a twin brother named Charlie. George was nearly seven years older than Jim, so the only person that Jim had to play with was Charlie. Although Jim and Charlie looked very much dissimilar, they soon began to show similar interests. They took after their father in the fact that they both enjoyed such activities as hunting, trapping, and fishing; and as the years went on, they became inseparable. Jim also had a younger sister named Mary, and a younger brother named Eddie.
But we must remark how Hamlet speaks of Horatio; he does so in words of passionate admiration. His election had sealed Horatio for himself because in suffering all, Horatio suffered nothing; and it is the man who is not passion’s slave whom he would wear in his heart’s core. How clearly he would be like Horatio! And yet, in the face of what has happened, ought he to be like Horatio? or ought he not to take up arms against his troubles, and violently end them and perhaps thereby himself? (45)
Corum, Richard. Understanding Hamlet: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport: Greenwood, 1998. Print. Literature in Context.
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington in 1942. The naive couple James Allen Ross Hendrix and Lucille Jetters eagerly welcomed Johnny Allen Hendrix into the world. Unfortunately James Hendrix was in deployed in the Army when his son arrived and as a result did not see him till he turned three (Henderson). Hendrix’s mother was inexperienced alone and not prepared for motherhood. So as a child Hendrix moved from family member to family member at a very young age (Notable Black American Men). Among the numerous family members he lived with were his paternal grandparents. Nora and Ross Hendrix took in Hendrix and his little brother...
There are many things you more than likely do not know about Jimmy. He left home to leave the United States army in 1961. Jimmy received the Screaming Eagle award for the Paratrooper division in 1962. Jimi Hendrix once said “with the power of soul, anything is possible.” This quote shows that he believes that everything people do in life is accomplished because of them have a lot of hard work and will power. This all shows that Jimmy is much more than just a musician and guitarist.
After leaving the army, Hendrix began working as a session guitarist under the persona “Jimmy James.” Hendrix landed multiple gigs with big acts, such as Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, and the Isley Brothers just to name a few. Hendrix thereafter formed his own band, “Jimmy James and the Blues Flames”, changing his role from backup guitarist to the spotlight of lead guitar. Throughout 1965 and 1966, his band played at different venues in Greenwich Village, at one point, meeting and conversing with “Animals’” bassist Chas Chandler, who later signed Hendrix to an agreement to form a new band in London. First changing Hendrix’s persona to “Jimi,” Chandler assembled Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding to form the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which quickly became the talk of London in the fall of 1966. The first single released by The Experience, “Hey Joe,” sat in the UK charts for ten weeks, capping out at No. 6. “Hey Joe” was quickly followed by the release of their first full-length album, “Are You Experienced,” an artistic, psychedelic compilation of music fueled by voices of a generation. “Are You Experienced” remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, featuring hits like “Purple Haze,” and “Foxy Lady”. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was astoundingly successful in Britain, however, they were an even bigger success in America. After performing at the Monterey International Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix
David Henderson, an African American poet, wrote the article “Jimi Hendrix Deep Within the Blues and Alive Onstage at Woodstock – 25 Years After Death” to show how Jimi Hendrix has continued to influence many people even after his death because “his shit is the real deal.” Additionally, Henderson claims that with his “precise and rapid picking” and “his recognizance of sound and noise” Hendrix created his own unique sound that no other musician has been able to replicate. Henderson personally knew Hendrix as he previously wrote his book “Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky” to express his opinion on “popular black music at the time” and as a promise he “made to Hendrix at a nightclub in Manhattan in 1969.” I agree with Henderson’s statement that even 25 years after his passing, Jimi
Rose, Mark. "Reforming the Role." Modern Critical Interpretations: Hamlet. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York City: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. 117-128
A rock legend was born in 1942 in Seattle, Washington by the name of Johnny Allen Hendrix. He would soon be hypnotizing enormous crowds at music festivals around the world with his innovative style of electric guitar playing. This, however, would not come easy. His childhood was nothing close to practical. Hendrix’s mother had him at the early age of 17 and his dad would soon leave the family. Young Hendrix was forced to be raised by relatives and even family acquaintances.
Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 in London. His girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, said he overdosed on Vasperax, which was a sleeping pill. He then choked on his own throw up and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he later died at the age of 27.
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1995. http://www.chemicool.com/Shakespeare/hamlet/full.html
Jimi Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix at 10:15 a.m. on November 27, 1942, at Seattle's King County Hospital, was later renamed James Marshall by his father, James "Al" Hendrix. Young Jimmy (as he was referred to at the time) took an interest in music, drawing influence from virtually every major artist at the time, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Holly, and Robert Johnson. Entirely self-taught, Jimmy's inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he heard.
" What lips have my lips kissed" by Edna Millay. I totally enjoyed the description of she applied to her poem. She makes you feel like you’re the elder woman in the poem. You imagine yourself lonely and sad. You imagine how hard it hurts to be alone and no have a companion. To make mistakes and hurt yourself. Although, the character is sad she remains strong.
Hamlet is the best known tragedy in literature today. Here, Shakespeare exposes Hamlet’s flaws as a heroic character. The tragedy in this play is the result of the main character’s unrealistic ideals and his inability to overcome his weakness of indecisiveness. This fatal attribute led to the death of several people which included his mother and the King of Denmark. Although he is described as being a brave and intelligent person, his tendency to procrastinate prevented him from acting on his father’s murder, his mother’s marriage, and his uncle’s ascension to the throne.
...World of Hamlet.” Yale Review. vol. 41 (1952) p. 502-23. Rpt. in Shakespeare: Modern Essays in Criticism. Rev. ed. Ed. Leonard F. Dean. New York: Oxford University P., 1967.