HAMLET

LENS

PERSONAL

• Everyone feels differently about Hamlet
• Even Shakespeare could have felt differently about the play.

HISTORICAL

• Written in two drafts
• Three major events affected the ending of Hamlet

SHAKESPEARE AND HAMLET

EVENTS

• Shakespeare's father died in 1601.
• Earl of Essex was executed, Earl of Sothampton was put in prison for treason
• Hamnet died at age 11

HEROIC .VS. TRAGIC

• In 1590, Hamlet was a heroic story for Hamnet.
• In 1596, Hamnet died and the play became a tragedy.

PERSONAL VEIWS

NOT A TRAGEDY

• Hamlet waited until the end of the play to try to kill his uncle.
• Fortinbras spent the entire play avenging his fathers death.
• Hamlet was worried about getting in trouble than the task he was given.
• Fortinbras wasn't clearly worried about the possible trouble for him.

TRAGEDY

• Hamlet lost his father.
• His dead father told him that he was murdered.
• Hamlet had to act crazy so people around him wouldn't know about his task.
• Every time he was close to killing his uncle something stopped him.
• He finally kills his uncle after his mother, girlfriend are dead, and he is dying.

CONCLUSION