Timelessness in the Shakespearean Tragedy Hamlet
The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet , is the story of a young man avenging his father's death. Shakespeare made this play with such exceptional way that it is so often described as one of the most famous play ever written. Hamlet has inspired more critical speculations and interpretations from critics and scholars than any other play by any dramatist in English literature. The play has become a cultural icon. Young Hamlet told by his late father's ghost that he has been murdered by his brother and so, according to convention , Hamlet has the obligation to seek and achieve revenge. The play holds the skeleton of the Elizabethan age fashionable genre of revenge story. Hamlet contributed immensely to the English revenge tradition in drama but it was unique in its own way. It had a fusion of death,suicide and murder and may other timeless things.The thematic representations of love,power,life and death continue to hold significance till now. Films and novels around the world are often based entirely around the quest for revenge. In Hamlet , the hero is the representation of human society and mankind , blinded by a lust for revenge which directs him down the path of evil . Inevitably, this path lead to numerous destructions.
"Timelessness in the Shakespearean Tragedy Hamlet", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.479 - 480, December-2022, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2212073.pdf
Volume 7
Issue 12,
December-2022
Pages : 479 - 480
Paper Reg. ID: IJSDR_203066
Published Paper Id: IJSDR2212073
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