How do you respond to Shakespeare’s presentation Essay

The theme of commences and in manifestigences, and responsibilities and obligations hardened on sons, by fathers, is arguably one of the more important themes in the play. Shakespeare puts forward three main interpretations of father and son relationships, and each brings out(p) interesting view heights about responsibilities and obligations for the reader. The first father and son relationship that Shakespeare presents is that of sm on the whole t birth and his father, one-time(a) establishtlement. In the encounter between Hamlet and the ghost of his father, Hamlet has the responsibility of revenge thrust upon him, and he cannot reject it, List, list, O, listIf pace didst ever thy dear father love If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not. Shakespeare presents old Hamlet as being pathetic and unable(predicate) of avenging himself. The ghost, therefore, does not incite Hamlets initiative by instill fear in him, simply rather through putting him in a guilt-trap, making Ha mlet feel that he is somehow obligate to carry out the vengeful murder in place of his father, as the ghost cannot attend to it himself. In my opinion, this save, on the part of the ghost, was the final pressure that caused Hamlet to fall into his ap refer madness. Hamlet was obviously moved by the ghosts words.And thy commandment all alone shall live deep down the book and volume of my brain, Unmixed with baser matter. This was very largely unfair of the ghost of his father, on Hamlet, enthusiastic though he seemed at first. It located an by artificial means large amount of pressure on Hamlet, having to commit such a daunting act, however justified it may have seemed. Shakespeare emphasizes the effect of this action in Hamlets life, in the m some(prenominal) incidences and soliloquys where Hamlet just muses, thinks the situation out and talks about it, nevertheless can never bring himself to actually do anything about the revenge.In the relationship of Laertes and Polonius, there is not so untold responsibility placed on Laertes by Polonius, as there is nagging and nitpicking about the fashion that Laertes should present himself and the way he should live his life when he is overseas. In this moxie, the responsibilities being placed on Laertes are those of keeping in his fathers will and rule, and maintaining a good name for himself. At the point in the play, in act I. 3, Polonius is displayed by Shakespeare as just some other normal father, or maybe more appropriately, a mother, who is proud of his son, but needs to remind him to keep a good image all the same.This bestowing of responsibility can be considered to be only natural for any father to do. However, in act II. 1, we see that Polonius is actually quite preoccupy with the idea that his son might bring shame to Polonius, and goes to the extents of sending a spy keep a watch on Laertes, and even nebulose his name, so that he does not get too comfortable. But confidential information his f aults so quaintly that they may seem The taints of liberty, the flash and outbreak of a fiery Mind I saw him enter a sept of sale,Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth. Polonius even goes to extents of dishonouring so that he may retain his own honour, which is a rather strange sense of logic. In this sense, it can be said that Polonius places responsibility on his son just to save himself any possible shame. This is rather egotistic on the part of Polonius, but it is in accordance with Shakespeares illustration of Poloniuss character as being that of a conniving, scheming, slightly evil old man that you might feel sorry for.In the relationship of teenage Fortinbras and his foster-father, or father-figure, old Norway, we see, again, a normal attitude of a parent toward their child. When Fortinbrass plans for an attack on Claudiuss realm are imbed out by Norway, he immediately admonishes the impetuous firebrand of a youth and prevents him from doing so. When Fortinbras indicates that he doesnt actually emergency to go along with the attack, Norway forgives him and even allows him to come to Denmark on peaceful terms. In this sense, old Norway is teaching method Fortinbras the responsibility of thinking clearly and not acting rashly or whimsically.On the whole, Shakespeare presents the responsibilities and obligations placed on the sons, by their fathers, in Hamlet, as ship canal for the fathers to get what they requisite. In the sheath of Hamlet and the ghost, it is for the ghosts fate of revenge and justice for a murder most foul, without much thought as to the effects of the deed, and even the contemplation of the deed, in the case of Hamlet, on him. In the case of Laertes and Polonius, it is a selfish and unwarranted want to save his own face from any shame that Laertes need not necessarily have caused in the first place.In the case of Norway and Fortinbras, it is the want to maintain good diplomatic relations and the prevention of unnecessary quarrels. In all cases except the diplomatic one, the fathers in question were rather selfish and self-centered in thinking of ways to get their sons to do their bidding. In the case of Norway and Fortinbras, it was done for diplomatic reasons, but it was still to save the bed-ridden Norways old skin. This gives a rather negative impression of father figures and what they tell their children to do.Possibly, Shakespeare chose to illustrate these aspects of fatherhood the way that he did because it was his own interpretation of responsibilities and obligations set down by fathers, maybe drawn from his own speculative experiences with his own father during his younger days. Hamlet, as a play, could be then seen to be a Shakespearean self-help guide on How to know what is right to do as a father by knowing what is wrong to do as a father, and it could have been a lesson to all the bad fathers out there who use manipulate their sons as they would a inane henchman.