Free Hamlet Essays: Hamlet the Anti-Hero :: GCSE English Literature Coursework

settlement the Anti-Hero    Hamlet certainly isnt a hero in this play. He exhibits many of his weaknesses that contradict other characters in the play. A hero is a mostone who shows great courage through his actions and one who is noble and self-sacrificing. He does exhibit courage in parts bid when the ghost came and Hamlet followed it, but yet he certainly isnt self-sacrificing. He sacrifices other characters lives to arrive at his chance of stay putting revenge with Claudius. I thought Hamlet was a selfish, self centered, weak and crazy person. How can you call a person a hero after killing friends and family in order to go away what one wants? Hamlet can be a very adroit and noble person but in parts of the play he exhibited actions that are completely opposite of the person he can be. He acted with a sense of freneticness that made me think he was in reality going mad. He acted obnoxious and annoying to other characters in the play. hither is a scene wher e Hamlet is talk of the town to Polonius and they get into a comminuted argument over what figure a cloud forms. Polonius My lord, the Queen would verbalise with you and presently. Hamlet Do you see yonder cloud that is almost in the shape of a camel? Polonius By th Mass, and tis standardised a camel indeed. Hamlet Me thinks its the like a weasel. Polonius It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet Or like a whale. Polonius Very like a whale. (page 161, Act 3, Scene 2, lines 404-412) I thought Hamlet demonstrated his madness greatly here because it seemed like Polonius knew he was mad and just played along. Polonius didnt want Hamlet to get annoyed because Polonius disagreed with him. If Polonius didnt have any idea that Hamlet was going mad he probably would have said something about what Hamlet was talking about and would have asked him why he was acting like he was. Polonius also would have done something to change the way he had been acting or help him out. Hamlet showed many o f his weaknesses in this play. He exhibited some of his weaknesses in the choices he makes and the actions he does. He acts before he thinks, in other words he makes a move before he sits and thinks about it. Like the scene when Hamlet killed Polonius.