Aarons (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} loserkid2oo6) wrote,@ 2006-03-16 08:44:00 |
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Aaron Martinez
Period 2
Suicide a Serious Subject
In William Shakespeare's play "The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark" we can see that suicide is a strong subject. Analazying shakespeare's "Hamlet" there is moral and religious values. Ophelia's death was nothing short of suicide, something caused by her own harm. Throughtout the play there is much edivence to show that Hamlets thoughts are on the subject. Why is it that although capable of suicide, most human beings choose to live, despite the cruelty, pain, and injustice of the world?
One of the most famous lines that comes out of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is "To be or not to be, that is the question." Here he suggest the idea of living or not living. Knowing he has the opportunity to kill himself, why doesn't he? It maybe a hard concept to understand, why wouldn't he kill himself but in his mind set he has his reason. Who knows maybe the reason might that he knew if he took his own life he wasn't going to get the chance to get revenge for his fathers death. Letting the current king, his fathers brother, win and getting away with the horrible crime of murdering his own brother. Another reason, maybe it was because deep down he knew he was in love with Ophelia, yet only in secret was he allowed to tell her. He choose to live out the short life he did, but in the end he set out to do what he needed to do.
In the beginning of the the play King Hamlet is murdered by his own brother in attempt to take over the thrown and gave power by marrying his sister in law. He was success in what he set out to do, yet no one knew how the death of the king took place. That is until he reappears to Hamlet, his son, and states to him how he was killed. After finding this out, Hamlet has no choice but to get revenge for the death of his beloved father. In order for him to make it look like an accident he deceides that he must pretend to be crazy. The more he pretends to be crazy the more it seems less and less like pretend, but more like he is. When the king finds out he knows what really happened, Hamlets sent to England on a death journey. Only to return in a matter of weeks and find his dear love Ophelia dead. How you wonder? Suicide, death to herself.
Killed herself you say? Ophelia turned mad and drowned herself in the near by lake. Why? who knows, maybe it was because he dear love was sent on a journey which he was never suppose to return from. Why was she given a Christian bruail if she committed murder to her own self? By order of the high and mighty king. She was giving a Christian ceremony and bruied in a plot. Did this turn Halmet more crazy then he already was? Maybe it really did turn him made this time?
Period 2
Suicide a Serious Subject
In William Shakespeare's play "The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark" we can see that suicide is a strong subject. Analazying shakespeare's "Hamlet" there is moral and religious values. Ophelia's death was nothing short of suicide, something caused by her own harm. Throughtout the play there is much edivence to show that Hamlets thoughts are on the subject. Why is it that although capable of suicide, most human beings choose to live, despite the cruelty, pain, and injustice of the world?
One of the most famous lines that comes out of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is "To be or not to be, that is the question." Here he suggest the idea of living or not living. Knowing he has the opportunity to kill himself, why doesn't he? It maybe a hard concept to understand, why wouldn't he kill himself but in his mind set he has his reason. Who knows maybe the reason might that he knew if he took his own life he wasn't going to get the chance to get revenge for his fathers death. Letting the current king, his fathers brother, win and getting away with the horrible crime of murdering his own brother. Another reason, maybe it was because deep down he knew he was in love with Ophelia, yet only in secret was he allowed to tell her. He choose to live out the short life he did, but in the end he set out to do what he needed to do.
In the beginning of the the play King Hamlet is murdered by his own brother in attempt to take over the thrown and gave power by marrying his sister in law. He was success in what he set out to do, yet no one knew how the death of the king took place. That is until he reappears to Hamlet, his son, and states to him how he was killed. After finding this out, Hamlet has no choice but to get revenge for the death of his beloved father. In order for him to make it look like an accident he deceides that he must pretend to be crazy. The more he pretends to be crazy the more it seems less and less like pretend, but more like he is. When the king finds out he knows what really happened, Hamlets sent to England on a death journey. Only to return in a matter of weeks and find his dear love Ophelia dead. How you wonder? Suicide, death to herself.
Killed herself you say? Ophelia turned mad and drowned herself in the near by lake. Why? who knows, maybe it was because he dear love was sent on a journey which he was never suppose to return from. Why was she given a Christian bruail if she committed murder to her own self? By order of the high and mighty king. She was giving a Christian ceremony and bruied in a plot. Did this turn Halmet more crazy then he already was? Maybe it really did turn him made this time?
