Symbols and Themes of Hamlet
Symbols of Hamlet
Ear
- distort the truth
- influence other people
- serve as tools in corrupt quest of power
- Claudius is the murderer who killed King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear
Symbols of Hamlet
Themes of Hamlet
Yorick's Skull and the Graveyard
Poison
Revenge
- a role in the play
- symbol of disloyalty,
dishonestly, death
- the decline of the body
- a physical reminder of the finality of death
- Polonius will be eaten by worms, even kings
- reminds of the death of Hamlet's father, Polonius and Ophelia
- heard from the ghost
- the mouse trap
- pray in the room
- the sword fight
Symbols of Hamlet
Themes of Hamlet
Themes of Hamlet
The Ghost
Friendship
Love
- King Hamlet
- tells Hamlet the truth of his father’s death and tells him to revenge for it
- spiritual perspective
- death as transcendent
- suffers between the heaven and the hell
- a common element in revenge tragedy
- told Horatio about the ghost
- plan the play
- help him to revenge
- the person who supports for hamlet
-Ophelia
-the letter