Research Topic: Character analysis of Hamlet
Research Question: Why Hamlet is termed as the most intelligent character in literature
Dreher, Diane E.” To Tell My Story” Grief and Self-Disclosure in Hamlet.” Illness, Crisis & Loss 24.1 (2016): 3-14.
This article aims towards building a link between the character of the Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and his feeling. The article states that Shakespeare has expressed his own grief and sorrow after the death of his son and father. Shakespeare expressed his emotions to work through his grief. The purpose of the published document is to give the method of self-disclosure to people suffering from sorrow and distress. The intended audience for this piece of reading is anyone who is interested in literature. This article also presents a deep character analysis of Hamlet and explains how Shakespeare has used this character as his own reflection. Hamlet was an intelligent character as he also expressed his feelings to different people who helped him in attain a stable emotional state which was essential for taking revenge
Kadhim, Hana Abdullah, and Mahmoud Ali Ahmed. “The Impact of the Two Murdered Fathers on Madness and Death of Hamlet and Ophelia.” (2017).
This article revolves around the fact that murder of the fathers of Hamlet and Ophelia enhanced madness and death of both of them. Hamlet pretended to be mad so that he can take revenge from the killer of his father before his death. Faking madness helped him in escaping assassination by Claudius. One the other hand Ophelia got mad after the death of her father and losing hamlet’s love. She was so lost in her grief and sorrows that she accidentally got killed by drowning in a brook. The aim of the article was to describe the impact of the murder of fathers of Hamlet and Ophelia on their personalities. The way Hamlet faked his madness and used his intelligence to take revenge was a remarkable thing to do and explains why he is called an intelligent character.
Lindroos, Sanni M. “Elsinore’s Stage, Too: Analyzing Shakespeare’s Hamlet through Erving Goffman’s Sociological Theories.” (2015)
The purpose of this article was to analyze the whether Hamlet was mad or not. The paper linked it with Goffman’s sociological theory which states that human beings control their relationship by changing their behavior towards others. The article describes how Hamlet throughout the play changed his behavior to control the happenings around him. Faking his madness was also one of this phenomenon. He started to fake his madness to get saved from assassination, this was his life was spared and he we succeeded in taking his revenge. Hamlet very intelligently controlled his relationship with his mother, Ophelia, and Claudius by changing his behavior to get what he wanted.
Mosley, Joseph Scott. The Dilemma of Shakespearean Sonship: An Analysis of Paternal Models of Authority and Filial Duty in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Diss. 2017.
The main focus of this article was on the relationship between fathers and sons. The objective of this article is to investigate the challenges of understanding one’s personality, help us understand the way in which Hamlet character transformation occurred. The article revolves around three father-son relationships in the play. The article cites many pieces of evidence that explains complexities in the father-son relationship. Historical context, social, religious and political are very fundamental in shaping the ideas and personality of a person. This article relates the research question that why Hamlet was an intelligent character. In the context of this article, it can be said that Hamlet built his identity and personality with his social and psychological conflict and this shows his intelligence.
Wilson, Jeffrey R., and Henry F. Fradella. “The Hamlet Syndrome.” Law, Culture and the Humanities (2016): 1743872115626076.
This article relates the legal, cultural and literary studies with each other. The aim of this article is to develop a social-psycho theory of insanity defense in the United States. The objective of the author is to deeply analyze the Character of Hamlet and the way he avoided assassination by the hands of Claudius. The author is of the view that when a person fakes insanity, everyone perceives the fakeness of insanity as insanity. In the play of Shakespeare Hamlet faked madness and his life was saved and he took his revenge. It can be concluded that although there were no laws present at that time to spare the insane Hamlet knew the general perception of the people and used it for his benefit which was an intelligent thing to do.
