Hamlet. Critical analysis of shakespeare's hamlet

It was an elementary analysis, however it was good for a high school level paper. I also believe that you are getting carried away when you say that Hamlet and his mother Gurtrude were sleeping with one another. Yes there are incestuous overtones, and hamlet does have a obsession wth his mother but no where does shakespeare imply that this obsession was actually manifested but a sexual act.

Well written essay, and very informative. You obviously had a great amount of understanding of this play. Very interesting idea about Hamlet being sexually attracted to his mother. Well done

Your introduction is weak and lacks style. Although it does contain the elements of a good introduction with telling the reader what to expect in the essay, it does so blandly and is rather boring. You list the topics off instead of making your ideas flow.


Your first example when Hamlet could have killed Claudius is wrong. Hamlet could not have killed Claudius right after the play-within-a-play because Claudius storms out (also there were many people there watching who think Claudius is innocent of Old Hamlets death). Claudius' reaction to the play-within-a-play confirms Hamlet's suspicions that Claudius is guilty and leads to your next example.


No where in the text does it say that Hamlet has sex with his mother.


You say that Hamlet 'tortures' Claudius throughout the play yet you provide no quotes for references to scenes to prove it. If you are refering to the odd word plays that Hamlet uses against Claudius, those are not torturing him.


Hamlet rather tortures his mother with words (in Act 3 Scene 4 'daggers to mine ears').


Your essay had some okay ideas, but theres room for improvement

Well like all of other Shakespear works, there is always a moral ambiguity and the text is open to intrepretation, I mean if you actually look at the movies that are based on the book, they are all a little different, depending on the intrepretation of the director.

The essay is good, enough details to understand the play. Lots of analysis and conclusion.

I agree with most of this paper but would like to argue that hamlet did not make love to his mother, yes, they do have an odd relationship, but nowhere in the play does it suggest, or even give any little bit of evidence that hamlet and his mother are sleeping together.

this essay is ok but i have one complaint about the references without references i am not able o believe that the material is authentic