hamlet

In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the concept of cultural identity is explored through Hamlet’s isolation, which is created by the conflict between his duty to his father and his duties to the monarchy and society. Hamlet is isolated from his society due to his troubled emotions stemming from his uncertainty of how to react to his father’s murder. Hamlet’s duty as a son is to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet’…

…his father in way which he is comfortable with. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, cultural identity is explored through Hamlet’s isolation that results from the indecision he feels. A deeper understanding of the conflict that Hamlet faces and of his turbulent emotions occurs when Hamlet dies at the end, fulfilling his duty as a son and his duty to society, by removing the corrupt from the monarchy and avenging his father’s death.