what do u think of Hamlet?

Question

what do u think of his character?
how does it effect shakespeare?

Answer 1

Hamlet was a mature, calm, intelligent and sensitive man who found it difficult to be ruthless, even in time of need. Shakespeare created him to balance the creation of Romeo who was an immature, hot-headed, intelligent, and obsessive-compulsive man who was often ruthless even when there was no need.

Answer 2

Hamlet is my favorite play by Shakespeare. Hamlets' character is complex because you get to see the psychological struggle he goes through, learning that his father's death was caused by his own uncle who NOW is married to his mother! If that wasn't enough he has serious issues w/ Ophelia...one wonders why he can't commit to her & why her father so dislikes Hamlet. It's an emotional roller-coaster ride for the poor guy and you end up hating him for playing w/ his girlfriend's mind & making her go nuts, but you feel for him, too. His father's ghost says avenge my "most unnatural murder." Yet he and anyone else in the time would have known what happens to people who kill other people. The poor guy is all messed up, simply put. He's getting pulled in 15 different directions, and has a weird thing for his own mom, some would say. I'm sure many a psychologist has done a disertation or two on his mental stability!

Answer 3

Hamlet is anybody who has ever been caught in a baffling dilema and wound up procrastinating in hopes that they wouldn't have to commit to a course of action. Hamlet believes it is his duty to avenge the murder of his father by his uncle Claudius yet he keeps coming up with excuses for not doing it, aparently hoping the problem will just go away on its own and spare him the responsibility of setting things right by killing his uncle and then having to explain why he has committed regicide. ("No! I didn't do it to gain the crown for myself! A ghost told me to do it! Honest! I swear!")

As to how it *affects* (not "effects") Shakespeare that depends on what you mean. Are you looking to know if it changed anything about his writing style, or how people in his day reacted to it, or how it influences what people think of him today, or something else altogether?

Answer 4

He is one messed-up individual, but who wouldn't be if your mom had conspired with your uncle to kill your dad so they could marry.

How does what affect Shakespeare? My answer? That is one messed-up question.

...oh, and Hamlet was not calm or level-headed. Just like Romeo, he jumped to conclusions without getting all the facts, he freaked out when he saw the ghost of his father, and he caused the one woman he loved, Ophelia, to commit suicide. Not exactly a "well-rounded" chap.

Answer 5

Hamlet was more ruled by thought than action. His intentions were genuine, yet his methods of carrying them out were undeniably flawed. He was passionate, and unfocused.

Answer 6

gay!!!