Dramatic Techniques in Hamlet

dramatic Techniques in critical pointA text is exposed as remarkable and memorable as a result of the innovative ideas and the dramatic execution that carry them from writer to audience. Shakespeares theatrical play, Hamlet, exemplifies this fundamental interaction as it underscores the innate human state of indecisiveness, driven by a confrontation between the desires of an individual and the actions of others. Bearing our police wagon in grief a state of unwiseness is seen to manifest, and Hamlet ultimately unfurls as a extend-up the ghost underpinned by a preoccupation with finis, in a great tragedy that will eventually cry out on havoc.Shakespeare explores the usual nonion of indecisiveness, as his protagonist grapples with actions that contravene historical and contemporary notions of morality. Such indecisiveness in action is explored extensively with Hamlets shillyshally concerning vengeance for a dear father murderd. fight with the divisiveness of slaughtering Cl audius, Hamlets brooding soliloquies best reveal his indecision and apathetic intellectualism. The rhetorical musing To be or not to bewhether tis nobler in the mind to suffer or to take arms against a sea of troubles exhibits, in its holy length, Hamlets universal struggle with morality and hesitancy. Positioned to slaughter Claudius in Act 3 Scene 3, Hamlet rationalises his inaction and indecision, To take him in the purging of his soul, when he is fit and seasoned for his passage? No. Hamlet, tormented by his indecisiveness, is thrust into a reality of otherworldly composites as he identifies with Queen Hecuba and acts out his murderous intentions by means of the theatrical slaying of the player king. Stating I, impregnant of my causecan say nothing, Shakespeare metaphorically alludes to his inability to exercise fearlessness and determination. Emasculated as he stands barred from his rightful position as King, Hamlets inwrought allegiance to his capture appears to be the ro ot of his indecisiveness. Instructed to Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother, it is only following Gertrudes death that Hamlet can proclaim The kings to blame venom to thy work and poison Claudius, as highlighted in O.B. Hardisons compend of Hamlet. Comparably confronted with the death of a father, Laertes overcomes his ambivalence regarding revenge or forbearance, resonating through his contracted and exclamatory resolve to cut Hamlets throat ithchurch. As a foil to Hamlets indecisiveness Laertes vigour immediately juxtaposes Hamlets procrastination and leads to the rhetorical inquiry Am I a coward? which undoubtedly reveals Hamlets hamartia indecisiveness as a most human, and universal flaw.The universal relevancy of Hamlet is evidently best seen in the universality of its protagonist, and the humanness of his flaws, including his consumption by grief. Emphasised with a sense of antithesis, the musing To be or not to be arouses a sense of Hamlets e xistential nature, as a Machiavellian Renaissance man, willing the freedom to set out his grief ridden venomous coil. Polarising the notions of freedom and damnation in the face up of grief, Shakespeare manipulates Ophelia as a foil to Hamlet as she continues the path of suicide to its fruition. A dishonorable act devoid of justification, Ophelias shuffle off her mortal coil and grief is foreshadowed as universally present by naturalistic motifs, asserting I would give you/some violets, but they withered all when my father/died. The dramatic juxtaposition of Hamlet and Ophelia exposes Shakespeares perception that the conceal madness of grief is more pernicious and universally relevant than the antic disposition barbaric Denmark defines as true madness. This is linguistically highlighted through Hamlets poetic declarations Which passes show, the trappings and the suits of woe as paralleled by Ophelia They bore him bare-faced on the bierand in his grave rained many a tear. Inst itution of gender segregation in grief emerges future tense as only Ophelias crazed state in Act 4 Scene 5 is place as true madness causing those around her to give her good watch, disparate to Hamlets alienating madness which is disregarded as unmanly grief. The aphoristic notion that wise men knowwhat monsters you make of them serves to highlight Hamlets ingrained distrust for women catalysed by his grief, and is reflexively recognised as he states It hath made me mad. The notion that grief is manifestly inimitable emerges as the consequences of Hamlets grief extend to both misogyny and the deaths of many courtiers, whereas Ophelias madness is brief and auto-retributive. This universal element appears as an integral cross-contextual statement serving to highlight the deference that must be shown in the face of grief.Shakespeare further explores the manifestation of grief as a universal predecessor to preoccupation with death. The universal relevance of death itself is underscor ed as Hamlet reflects Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, paralleling the death of Yorrick and Alexander the Great through the timeless power of death. Raised in Act 1 Scene 2, Hamlet instigates his exploration of death, had the perennialnot fixd/His canon gainst self-slaughter Ruled unconscionable by the allusion to the Christian doctrine, as a display of helplessness and melancholy, discussed in J. Nosworthys dissertation of Hamlet, preoccupation with death is relegated to the domain of vengeancefor a dear father murderd. It is this dramatic usance of Hamlets obsession with death which unifies the protagonist and humankind as a whole. Hamlets obsession is seen to manifest in the un manly appearance of Old Hamlet, as Shakespeare employs fast-paced, interrogation-style dialogue to engage the audience His beard was grizzled, no? and, Looked he frowningly? The ghosts apparition acts as a vessel to communicate the inherent concern for the afterlife a nd explores the potential associated with purgatory and metaphysical trapping to the earth. A looming figure, the ghost is arguably a metaphor for Hamlets preoccupation with death despite his perplexity regarding the validity of such a presence O all you host of heaven O earth What else / And shall I couple hell O fie It is this ambiguity regarding death that perhaps allows for Hamlets impulsive rejection or espousal of responsibility for the deaths of those around him. The dramatic lack of discourse surrounding Hamlets murder of Polonius and his unsettling indifference towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern They are not near my conscience exposes the sociopathic manifestation of deathly obsession which allegorically claims Hamlets life. Realised in a Feudal context, this dangerously universal fixation is a theme that remains edifying for a contemporary audience and enlightens individuals to the peril of fixation.Though Shakespeares thematic explorations are manifest in a contex t look little resemblance to that of the 21st Century, it is through critical thematic and linguistic analysis that much is revealed slightly human nature today. Having devised such a dramatic triad of tragedy, Shakespeare presents the audience with notions regarding human nature and the universal notion that an individual will be subject to thine own treachery.