/The Aspect of Phenomenology for Every Character/
Shakespeare is the most famous playwright and poet and Hamlet was masterfully written by him in the golden era of Elizabethan theatre. The play begins with the murder of Hamlet’s father. Throughout the play, the main purpose of characters is to revenge each other. Meanwhile, we can observe the thoughts and behaviour of the characters.
First of all, we can analyze the behaviours of his family and his relatives after Hamlet’s father is killed by Claudius. Hamlet is the one who deeply feels the sorrow of his death and even therefore he doesn’t like Denmark. We can clearly understand his thoughts in this quotation:“nor customary suits of solemn black, nor windy suspiration of forced breath, no nor the fruitful river I the eye, nor the dejected havior of the visage, together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief that can denote me truly: these indeed seem.” In addition, Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, is sad of the death of her husband, but she is not so deeply affected. In this quotation, she tells her son that “Thou know’st tis common; all that lives must die, passing trough nature to eternity.” Moreover, Claudius who is King of Denmark is the murderer of Hamlet’s father. He pretends to be upset because nobody knows he is the killer of his brother. He wears a mask and he says that death is normal and that being in too much sorrow is coming against God.
Secondly, we can discuss the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia who is the daughter of Polonius because everyone has different thoughts about them. They love each other and start spending time together. However, her father and brother worry about her youth and age so they warn about their relationship. Throughout the play, Hamlet thinks his father’s ghost and makes