Hamlet-character contrast

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is known around the world as one of the greatest works of literature. This is largely due to its title character, Hamlet. “Hamlet is almost universally considered one of the most remarkable characters in all of literature” (Boyce, 1990, p. 232 ). Shakespeare develops Hamlet using a variety of techniques, but one of the strongest is his use of contrasting him with other characters. Shakespeare contrasts Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras to better the development and …

…and justly. In the end, Fortinbras is the only one of these characters to live through this revenge. In modern terms Hamlet has three different characters: Hamlet the wuss, Laertes the thug and Fortinbras the knight. So you learn that it is often one’s mind that corrupts people’s desires and intents, sometimes for good and in this play for bad. And so the motto goes: ‘Don’t think..just go” by:Dave Stonehouse