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THE ANALYZE OF
Pendidikan Bahasa InggrisUniversitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum
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Identity of HAMLET Drama
• Full tittle : The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark• Author : William Shakespeare• Type of work : Play• Genre : Tragedy• Language : English
Written at the first part of the seventeenth
century (probably in 1600 or 1601), Hamlet
was first performed in July 1602. It was first
published in printed form in 1603 and
appeared in an enlarged edition in 1604.
Publication
The Tragedy of Hamlet was first performed at the Globe Theatre in England.
The theater opened in 1599.
It was the home for many of Shakespeare’s plays.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark is a play, written by William
Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known
plays. The play is often just
called Hamlet. It had been translated
into Indonesia, untitled Hamlet,
Pangeran Denmark by Trisno Sumardjo.
The main story of Hamlet is a Danish prince
whose uncle murdered the prince's father,
married his mother, and claimed the throne.
The prince pretended to be feeble-minded to
trap his uncle, then killed his uncle in revenge.
SETTING
The story takes place in
the country of Denmark
(Kingdom of Denmark) in
the late medieval period.
Kronborg Castel, Elsinore, Denmark
Theme
The Danish Prince’s revenge against Claudius, his uncle who killed his father, married his mother, and claimed the throne.The theme explores treachery, revenge, and moral corruption.
Message
We should not commit a foul and evil action because it can hurt others.
Plot
This drama is advanced or linear groove that goes continuously and peaks.
CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION
Hamlet• The prince of Denmark. The son of Queen Gertrude and the
late King Hamlet, the nephew of the present king, Claudius.
• The protagonist character.
• Hamlet is melancholy and cynical, full of hatred for his
uncle's scheming and disgust for his mother's sexuality. A
reflective and thoughtful young man who has studied at the
University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is sometimes indecisive
and hesitant, but at other times prone to impulsive acts.
Claudius • The King of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and
stepfather, Gertrude’s husband.
• The play's antagonist character.
• The villain of the play, Claudius is a calculating,
ambitious politician, driven by his sexual appetites
and his lust for power, but he occasionally shows
signs of guilt and human feeling—his love for
Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere.
Gertrude
• The Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother,
widow of Old Hamlet and recently married
to Claudius. Gertrude loves Hamlet deeply,
but she is a weak woman who seeks
affection and status rather than moral
rectitude or truth.
Polonius
• He is arrogant, conniving old man.
Polonius is the father of Laertes and
Ophelia.
• Claudius’ advisor.
Horatio
• Hamlet's close friend, who studied with the
prince at the university in Wittenberg. Horatio
is loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the
play.
Ophelia
• Polonius's daughter, a beautiful young
woman with whom Hamlet has been in
love. Ophelia is a sweet and innocent
young girl, who obeys her father and
her brother, Laertes.
Laertes
• Polonius's son and Ophelia's brother, a young
man who spends much of the play in France.
Passionate and quick to action, Laertes is
clearly a foil for the reflective Hamlet.
Fortinbras
• The young Prince of Norway, whose father
the king (also named Fortinbras) was killed
by Hamlet's father (also named Hamlet).
Now Fortinbras wishes to attack Denmark to
avenge his father's honor.
The Ghost
•The specter of Hamlet's recently
deceased father. The ghost, who claims
to have been murdered by Claudius, calls
upon Hamlet to avenge him.
THE STORY
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - the son of King
of Denmark - who was being in abroad
heard his father, King of Denmark died.
After knowing it, Hamlet went back home to
Denmark soon however after Hamlet's
father died, his uncle, Claudius replaced the
throne of his father, became a king and
married Hamlet's mother (Gertrude). It
made him very sad.
Kronborg Castel, Elsinore, Denmark
On a dark winter night, a ghost appeared on the ramparts of the castle. Some Hamlet’s friends, included Horatio, saw the ghost who claimed himself as Hamlet's ghost father. Hearing the news, Hamlet resolved to see the ghost himself. In the night, the ghost appeared to hamlet and told that Claudius murdered him by pouring poison in his ear.
Hamlet is not sure that the ghost is really his father. He wanted to prove whether the ghost is really his father and also Claudius is his father’s killer. Hamlet pretend to be crazy to trap his uncle. In addition, Hamlet also invited some actors to stage a story that he wrote himself. The story is about a man who kills the king by pouring poison in his ear hole. And when the story is staged, Claudius reacted badly and he left the venue before the show ended. Hamlet believed he is guilty.
Hamlet wasn’t satisfied with that way, Hamlet
asked Gertrude about her father's death.
When Gertrude did not want to confess,
Hamlet became angry and when he saw
someone who was hiding behind the curtain,
he stabbed and killed him, because he
thought that he was Claudius. Unpredictably
he was Polonius, the king’s advisor. Laertes
and Ophelia, Polonius’ children were very sad.
Ophelia, Polonius' daughter had
actually fallen in love with Hamlet, but
after her father’s death. She was crazy.
She fallen into a river and drowned
then died.
After this, Claudius sent Hamlet with
his close friend, Horatio to England to
study there, even though the real goal
is to expel Hamlet from Denmark.
However in the middle of journey,
Hamlet and Horatio escaped from the
ship that took them to England and
eventually both of them returned
back to Denmark.
When Hamlet returned back to Denmark. There was an Ophelia’s
funeral procession. Hamlet was very sad for losing her and suddenly he
jumped into Ophelia’s grave when the funeral took place. Laertes, her
brother was angry of what Hamlet did. Laertes decided to kill Hamlet in
revenge for his father’s death . He challenged Hamlet to a sword fight.
Laertes’ sword had been poisoned by Claudius and also he made some
poisoned wine for Hamlet to drink in case that does not work.
At first Hamlet won the sword fight, but his mother drank
the poisoned wine without knowing to encourage, and died.
In the next round, Hamlet was cut with the poisoned sword,
but then stabbed Laertes with the same sword. Before dying
of poison Laertes told Hamlet about the plot and then died.
Hamlet killed Claudius with the poisoned sword. Horatio,
Hamlet's friend, told everyone about the murder of the old
king. Hamlet told everyone that the Norwegian prince,
Fortinbras, should be king, and then died from the poison.
Finally both Gertrude and Hamlet himself also died because
of the same poison.
THE END
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