Influence Of The Tragedy Of Hamlet

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The tragedy of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" - one of the greatest works in the drama world. Shakespeare's creation more than three centuries attracted many generations of readers and viewers significant content and craftsmanship form. It serves as a mirror to humanity, in which new generations see their face.
Author’s skill manifested in the fact that in a relatively small work he gave a rich picture of life and portrayed the fate of several people. "Hamlet" - a clot of life.
Let's start with the fact that the story of "Hamlet", like almost all other works of Shakespeare, borrowed from the previous publications. We can assume that Shakespeare relied on the Thomas Kidd's "Hamlet", which was presented in London in 1589, whose manuscript has not come …show more content…

The basic idea was the idea of Renaissance humanism and humanity. That is, the value of every human being, every human life itself. Renaissance first approved the idea that a person has the right to it is own personal choice and personal freedom. Another very important idea of the Renaissance was the belief in the great potential of the human mind.
Art and literature in the Renaissance out from under the absolute power of the Church, its dogmas and censorship, and begin to reflect on the "eternal themes of life": over the riddles of life and death.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, during the Renaissance became a literary hero of the new generation. His face claims Shakespeare's idea of ideal man of Renaissance, which is mightily minded and with strong will power. Hamlet is able to fight alone with evil. Hero seeks to change the world and feels the strength to do it. Heroes of this magnitude before Shakespeare did not exist in the literature. Therefore, the story of Hamlet has become a "breakthrough" in the ideological content of European literature.
The main thesis of this play is an inner war between "Hamlet-humanist" and "Hamlet-prince", and in the end "Hamlet-humanist" has to capitulate to the …show more content…

When he returns he finds that Ophelia goes daft from suffering grief. Hamlet returns. After receiving this news, the king wished to kill Hamlet with Laertes's hands. Death of Ophelia. Hamlet returns to the ship, knowing about the plan of the enemy. After the pirates attacked the ship Prince is captured and in Denmark. Before the fight with Laertes, Hamlet asks his forgiveness. King prepares Laertes rapier for the fight. With poisoned sword brother of Ophelia strikes Hamlet. After changing their rapiers Prince stabs Laertes. Hamlet's mother dies after drinking poisoned wine, which was prepared for her son. Hamlet wounds King with same rapier. Horatio, who wished to drink the poisoned wine, stoped by Hamlet with request to tell the truth about what was

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