Shakespeare's Hamlet 4 Indirect Characterization
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What is indirect characterization, and how does Shakespeare use it to describe his main characters?
| British Literature | Shakespeare |
| Language | English Language |
| Literature | Shakespeare |
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actions and mystery like the mystery behind what people actually
think and feel runs runs throughout the play So for
example what we know about hamlet Not that much really
We know that he's interested in going back to school
kind of thinks of himself as part of the world
of ideas still he's definitely angry at claudius but he
doesn't know if claudia's did it or not He seems
to be uncomfortably interested in his mom's sexuality So there's
this edible reading right A kill your father married your
mother thing where he seems to have this uncomfortable attracted
to her don't really know how he feels about ophelia
either We know that he seems to be getting along
with her and then over the course of the play
he starts getting really nasty to her and kind of
shaming her but we don't know exactly what his end
goal is and we don't Know exactly why that transformation
takes place As for claudius we don't really he seems
tto legitimately love gertrude but we're not really sure about
that He's not as antagonistic to hamlet as he sometimes
presented wants able to get over it but he does
kind of feel bad for hamlet in a way So
so he's also a totally conflicted character much like gertrude
right We don't know whether gertrude actually was complicit in
the plot that her that her previous husband was killed
We don't know whether she's deliberately being a bad parent
to hamlin or she just is messing up like parents
do ophelia ethereal We know that she's kind of used
as a pawn She seems to like hamlet at the
outset Again we're not totally sure and then she seems
to be very hurt by him what's actions and then
she goes crazy for totally unexplained reasons but then she
dies Thanks it's All these are these are the main
characters in the play and we're just not given clear
descriptions of what they think and feel even though they're
sometimes give us soliloquies What is indirect characterization And how 00:02:12.573 --> [endTime] to shakespeare Use it to describe his main characters