James Mallard Engl-1302-045 Professor Espinoza May 5th, 2019 Madness or Manipulation The story of Hamlet, written by the playwright William Shakespeare, is well known as one of the most popular tales of revenge, which is shifted by family dynamics politically. Through reading the play of Hamlet, there is a lot issued in the backbone of relationships that are made between each other. This can be seen through the relationship between the ghost of King Hamlet and his son Prince Hamlet. That focuses on the honest way that King Hamlet was poisoned by his brother Claudius and that is where Prince Hamlet knows the truth. He wants to take revenge with the betrayal that was stated in the beginning of the play. The tension in the relationship between family members caused the betrayal. Along with that, King Claudius has already taken Queen Gertrude to be his wife and that would certainly be a form of conflict if it was here and now. In the play Hamlet, there is no black and white and many scholar’s resources have different ideas of the madness mindsets that were governing different types of controlling manners. These characteristics are very well related to different feelings of confusion, desperation, insanity, manipulation, conflict, and governing among the parts of the family members. Also, a lot of these acts have a lot to do with the Greek Gods and the Roman Empire. The mentality even asks the readers if the characters are taking certain sides. There is one that mainly stands out and it is the relationship between madness in the actions of the major characters and political power of the control that keeps happening in the plot. The explanation of this is perceivable encircling irony, symbolism, and point of view.
