The two characters are subject to fate and to the impossibility of choice. They cannot decide for their own on the course of their life. The continuous flipping of the coin is relevant in this sense, as the two, while waiting for the decision on their future endeavors, flip the coin with the same result. It can be interpreted as fate, that independent of the actions they take, the eventual end is the same. Death is perceived as the ultimate destination for the human kind. At the same time, the idea of death is an intrinsic thought, as Rosencrantz ponders "Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one. A moment. In childhood. When it first occurred to you that you don't go on forever. Must have been shattering. Stamped into one's memory. And yet, I can't remember it. It never occured to me at all. We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are words." Thus, the author of the play and the director of the film tried to point out the inevitability of death and the irrelevance of humans in the framework of the universe. Secondly, the approach of the film tried to underline the different perspective an event can be looked at. Indeed, the story of the play and film is related to...
Yet, the perspective on the events is that of two insignificant characters in the wider play. An analogy could be made with the human being and the universe as a whole. Each person, including the two characters views the world and their lives as being central pieces for the universe. Still, the lack of possibility to influence the path of live gives them a different perspective. They become aware of the mediocrity of the human condition "Rosencrantz: What are you playing at? Guildenstern: Words. Words. They're all we have to go on."
For Oedipus to be considered successful, then, he would have had to challenge his own fate and succeed, rather than enact it entirely according to what was set out for him. In Hamlet, on the other hand, the enemy is tangible and human in the form of Hamlet's uncle, and thus Hamlet is able to confront and vanquish him. Thus, Oedipus represents a kind of ignorant struggle against the
He does however, have a reason for his treatment of these people. In the case of the king's courtiers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they can be seen as plotting against Hamlet and being 'two faced' in their treatment of him" (Hamlet). From the above evidence, it is clear that due to the consequences of the actions of characters, lives are destroyed, which can be seen from the direction of the stage.
He never sees things from the perspective of other people or overthinks the moral implications of his deeds. Fortinbras challenges Claudius openly, unlike Hamlet who merely stages a play to test Claudius' guilt and tries (and fails) to kill the King at prayer. At first, Hamlet drew inspiration from a Player King's passion. In his "How all occasions" soliloquy he draws inspiration to take revenge from a real person. Fortinbras'
He questions whether he should try to clear the court of corruption or just give up and end his life now. It is this emotional doubt that drives Hamlet to act deranged at times, but he overcomes it, and almost manages to answer the difficult questions posed in his life. In Act V, when calm returns, Hamlet repents his behavior (V, ii, 75-78) (Lidz, 164). In Lidz's book Freud is
" This madness likely leads to Ophelia's suicide but, consistent with the entire theme of this play, the exact nature of Ophelia's demise is left to speculation. The fascination with Hamlet is uncanny. What provides this fascination is the fact that there is always more to what is going on in the play than what actually appears to be. Observers of the play are left with an overwhelming feeling that they
Hamlet's Ghost has presented a problem for critics and readers since it first appeared on stage some four hundred years ago. Serving as the pivot upon which the action of the play is established -- Hamlet's father's ghost delivers him important information about his death and the throne -- one is likely to ask whether the ghost is truly the soul of King Hamlet or rather a devil appearing in
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