Sunday, October 16, 2011
Claudis vs Hamlet
In Shakespeares Hamlet, language and the incorporation of language is very important to the plot and the understanding of the interactions between the characters. Claudis's language after the death of his brother is one of very surprise to me. Instead of grieving and mourning his brothers death, he interweaves his happiness on the inside that he just got married to his brothers wife with the grief that he must show on the exterior. The language and the paradoxical words that Claudis incorporates make this evident. "Wisest sorrow... defeated joy...dirge in marriage...mirth in funeral." Although it might seem that Claudis is mourning is brothers death, the subtleness of his language that is incorporated by shakespeare makes it seem that there is something not right about the whole situation. We later find out that Claudis killed his brother, then married his wife then temporarily denied his son of the throne. This event is more evident through the subtleness of his language. Also when Claudis is at the court talking to his nephew, the language that is employed there makes it seem that Claudis is a great man and that he will be giving the throne to Hamlet next. However, this language is misleading as we have seen in the previous seen his true feelings. Thus the language that is incorporated by shakespeare is meant to at times to mislead the other characters in the book causing dramatic irony. Hamlet's language is quite different as when he has an aside, this type of language is to express the truth, even though it might be rude. This thus effectively illustrates the similarities between the two as they both can sometimes be rude in their comments, but the difference is the way that Claudis says it is subtle and interwoven while Hamlet just tells an aside and is completely truthful. Through Hamlet's language we see his dejected countenance and his mourning for his father and his subservience to his step father. However in Claudis's language we see his power and his valor yet we also see his "kind and generous" demeanor. Also another difference is that Hamlet's language is not interwoven or it does not have a secondary meaning behind it like his step father.
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