Hamlet essay outline

Introduction:
The play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare is a gem of Renaissance writing. It shows how Prince
Hamlet of Denmark's deep psychological and moral problems affect his relationships with other
people. The play is mostly about Hamlet's complicated connection with his uncle, King Claudius. It is
King Claudius's acts that set off the sad events in the story. This paper looks at how Shakespeare
skillfully changes Hamlet's feelings about Claudius from mistrust and disdain to a more complex view
of payback and justice. The first exchange in Act 1, the play within a play in Act 3, and the end conflict
in Act 5 will be used as points of reference to look at how things changed over time.

paragraph: 1
claudius: Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your
father. But you must know your father lost a father, That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound In
filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. But to persever In obstinate condolement is a
course Of impious stubbornness. 'Tis unmanly grief. It shows a will most incorrect to heaven, A heart
unfortified, a mind impatient, An understanding simple and unschooled.For what we know must be
and is as common As any the most vulgar thing to sense, Why should we in our peevish opposition
Take it to heart? Fie! 'Tis a fault to heaven, A fault against the dead, a fault to nature, To reason most
absurd, whose common theme Is death of fathers, and who still hath cried, From the first corse till he
that died today, “This must be so.” We pray you, throw to earth This unprevailing woe, and think of us
As of a father. For let the world take note, You are the most immediate to our throne, And with no less
nobility of love Than that which dearest father bears his son Do I impart toward you. For your intent In
going back to school in Wittenberg, It is most retrograde to our desire. And we beseech you, bend you
to remain Here in the cheer and comfort of our eye, Our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son.Act I,
Scene 2 (18-39)
Claudius is trying to discourage Hamlet from continuing to grieve for his father and to accept the new
reality of Claudius as his new parent and king.

paragraph: 2
HAMLET: To be, or not to be? That is the question—Whether ‟tis nobler in the mind to suffer The
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing,
end them? To die, to sleep—57-64

Hamlet shows an attitude of anxiety and thinking about his life's existence questioning himself. He’s
unsure about his life problems showing a negative way of thinking good and bad.

paragraph 3:
A brother‟s murder. Pray can I not.Though inclination be as sharp as will,My stronger guilt defeats my
strong intent,And, like a man to double business bound,I stand in pause where I shall first begin,And
both neglect. What if this cursèd handWere thicker than itself with brother‟sblood?Is there not rain
enough in the sweet heavens 40-50 Act 3, Scene 3 186-193 in book
His thoughts are the repenting of his sins and feels emptiness because he doesn't want to give up
the crown and queen.
paragraph 4:Act 3, Scene 4 194-211 in book

Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed, Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his mouse, And let
him, for a pair of reechy kisses Or paddling in your neck with his damned fingers,Make you to ravel all
this matter out:
Hamlet tells his mother not to go back together with King Claudius.He tells how disgusted he is with
their relationship begging her not to go back for his manipulation.

paragraph 5 How does Claude feel about Hamlet now?

Act 4, Scene 1 ( 212-215 in book)

Claude: What, Gertrude? How is Hamlet? GERTRUDE: As mad as the waves and the wind when
they struggle together in a storm. In an insane rage, he hears something behind the tapestry, whips o
ut his sword, shouts, “A rat, a rat!” and in his deranged state of mind he kills the good old man, who is
still hidden. CLAUDIUS: Oh, this is terrible! It would‟ve happened to me if I‟d been there. His wildness
is a threat to all of us — to you, to me, to everyone. How will we deal with this violent deed? I‟m the
one who will be blamed for not restraining and confining t his mad young man. But I loved him so
much I didn‟t want to think about what I had to do. So, like someone suffering from a nasty disease
who refuses to divulge his condition and lets it infect him to he core, I kept Hamlet‟s condition secret
and let it grow more and more dangerous. Where has he gone?GERTRUDE To remove the corpse of
the man he killed. His madness allows a glimmering of morality to shine through, like a vein of gold in
a chunk of coal. He weeps for what he has done.CLAUDIUS: Oh, Gertrude, let‟s go. As soon as the
sun sets we‟ll ship him off to England. It‟ll take all my diplomatic know-how to explain and excuse the
murder he‟s committed. Hey, Guildenstern.

Claude is worried because he’s a threat and the cause of killing men. Gertrude is disapointed of
Hamlet.

paragraph 6:

CLAUDIUS Protect me, my friends. I‟ve only been

hurt, not killed. HAMLET Here, you goddamn incest-breeding Danish murderer, drink this. Is your
little pearl in there? Follow my mother.