Activity 1.2



1. Polonius-The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia
2. Claudius-The king of Denmark, Hamlets uncle.
3. Gertrude-The queen of Denmark. Hamlets mother, gets married to Claudius after the death of Hamlets father.
4. Fortinbras-The young prince of Norway whose father the king was killed my Hamlets father.


Polonius- Ophelia- Laertes
Old hamlet- Claudius -hamlet- Gertrude

Fortinbras-The young prince and his father
Problems

For the Fortinbras, the issue was that hamlets father killed fortinbras father who was also named fortinbras, and in revenge, fortinbras attacks Denmark for no good reason which makes hamlet admire the man.

For the Hamlets, many issues arose. One hamlets father who was also named hamlet was killed by his uncle Claudius, to become king. Then Gertrude, prince hamlets mother marries Claudius which makes prince hamlet envious of his uncle.
Ophelia was in love with prince hamlet and Polonius did not like hamlet at all, creating suspense thought the play as well as dislike and hatred through main characters. After the death of Polonius Ophelia’s madness unveils and she begins to act strange and suddenly drowns and her death is debated to be suicide.
How they cope
They attack Denmark but soon realize that there is no need because all important people of power have already been killed.
Prince hamlets talks with his mother later on in the play and tells her of Claudius’s unforgivable darkness which shows throughout the play.
Ophelia copes with not being able to see hamlet but it is obvious to tell that hamlet is having aggression issues.

When reading the play you will notice that all of the families are indeed nuclear families. Though many exception occur for example: Gertrude and Hamlet have a child who is also named hamlet, but in this case there is his uncle Claudius who ruins the whole nuclear family image. Also there is Polonius and his daughter Ophelia and his son Laertes but you do not hear of his mother. Finally the Fortinbras, you do not see fortinbras mother either so they do not fill the requirements as a nuclear family.

Activity 1.3


Basically the play is as follows, the king of Denmark is slain by his brother Claudius who seeks power. Claudius anger and jealousy allow for him to be known as the villain of the play. Claudius succeeds in him murder to become king then marries the king’s wife Gertrude. Young hamlet is outraged and rebels against his uncle and mother and all of those around him including his love Ophelia. Claudius plots and plans to kill hamlet because of his knowledge about the murder of his father. In doing so only ends up getting himself killed along with his wife. Ophelia ends up “killing her self” or so it can be debated that she did, really no proof but she dies. Polonius is killed by hamlet by mistake but probably would have happened eventually because of his tenaciousness around hamlet and his jealousy over his daughter which was unbearable. Laertes ends up dieing alongside hamlet after there courageous battle in which hamlet was victorious. But was sliced by Laertes sword which was laced with poison, undoubtedly killing hamlet.

Activity 1.4

The generation gap relates to the differences between generations so the differences between hamlets age and his father’s age. Hamlets father lived to conquer lands and obtain victories while hamlets generation lives to kill and seek revenge. When Laertes was off to college Polonius gave him a load of encouraging and respectful advice like fathers do now days. Also hamlets dad came back as the ghost and gave him advice and told him things to do. Ideas about marriage include when Gertrude wanted hamlet to marry Ophelia but Laertes told Ophelia that she couldn’t marry him because he was much higher than her in society and not to give her self away too easily, play “hard to get” and Laertes tells her that he may not be good enough for her, to protect her. This could include the advice hamlet receives from his mother later on in the play when he accidentally murders Polonius. Being embarrassed by family, includes when the entire household went to watch a play of how Claudius killed hamlet, prince hamlet abruptly interrupted almost every scene with obnoxious remarks embarrassing his uncle and mother also putting his uncle to shame. When Laertes goes to France for his education his father sends Reynaldo to check up and spy on him during his travels.

Activity 1.5

Self actualization-I believe hamlets morality to be quite great considering that the reason for his madness in the play is caused due to the death of his father and his uncle marrying his mother. He is not completely honest with characters throughout the play but does make some smart decisions which include not killing Claudius when he had the chance in the confession booth.
Esteem-Well his self esteem in the play does seem to be very high but in all actuality it really is not that high. He is betrayed by many characters which cause his ability to trust individuals very hard. He even conjured committing suicide at one point. A hamlet hates his uncle for obvious reasons and decides that his goal is to kill his uncle and seek revenge when he repeatedly shoots down the opportunity. So you could say his respect of other was little or none, but he did respect Ophelia until he was under the assumption that she no longer loved him because she didn’t want to see him.
Love and Belongingness-Hamlet had and kept a relationship with his long known friend Horatio who helps hamlet fulfill his goals throughout the play. All of his family is corrupt or he wants nothing to do with them, these include his uncle Claudius, and his mother Gertrude.
Safety and Security-Hamlets mental stability was not too well, but his employment and resources were a sure thing. If Claudius were to die he would become king and he would have all the money and land he needed.
Physiological-Hamlet is perfectly fine under this category he can breathe eat sleep, have sex.

Activity 1.6

The reason for hamlets outrageous behavior is the death of his father and when his uncle Claudius marries his mother, Gertrude. He is emotionally struck by these events which cause him to change and become someone that nobody seemed to like; even Horatio had some doubts about him. Hamlets ability to give speech or to talk to the public is amazing. He is able to catch the attention of the crowd and easily persuade anyone with words. When they were all attending the play with the actors, hamlets interrupts and gives a speech that pretty much rattled the crowd with curiosity and fear, because of the facts he was telling about the king. Hamlets actions are quite noticeable throughout the play as you notice he kills Polonius and simple cleans up the area by dragging his bleeding body out of the kings room and hides it, without regret. He acts abruptly with Ophelia during many scenes when he grabs her by the arm, shoves her face into the glass window, touches her face unnoticeably, which puts her into a frantic. His thoughts and feeling are obviously out of touch and indeed changed because of all the drama he is been through and going through the whole play. Claudius notices the changes in hamlet during the time when he interrupted the actors and finally new that hamlet new about how Claudius killed his father and from that point on it was hell for the both of them. Claudius ordered the death of hamlet and that he is captured while hamlets goals were to kill Claudius to avenge his father. Hamlets mother Gertrude notices the madness and sudden change in hamlet from the beginning but just believes that it’s all because of the death of old hamlet. Horatio helps hamlet throughout the play even though he my notice a change for the worse in him, because that’s what friends do you stick around and help them. Finally Ophelia obviously noticed the change in hamlet and for this reason stayed away form him because he was violent but she did not know how much he really loved her.