Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,
The anger was so strong that, except for the death of their children, nothing could take it away.
Shakespeare has a tendency to reverse the order of words. In this line, that is most apparent. What it says is: only the death of the children could take away the rage. "Naught" means nothing.
So when we read "naught could remove" it means "nothing could remove."
This line combines with the line before it in order to make sense.
The complete meaning, then, is: The continuing feud between the Montagues and Capulets will only be ended because of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Nothing else would be strong enough to end the hate.
W.Shakespeare “Hamlet”
One of the most interesting topics arising from Hamlet’s behaviour and attitudes through the play may be presented in the form of a question: Is the Hamlet we encounter in Act V a different character, morally and spiritually, from the one we have known in the earlier acts? Most of those who have dealt with this question have given affirmative answers, and many have argued that the Hamlet who returns from the sea-voyage shows a new spiritual awareness, a faith in the benevolent workings of Providence that was not evident before. What your attitude is towards said?
This faith in Providence is usually seen as the principal mark of his regeneration. One critic, Roy Walker, finds the sea voyage ‘symbolical of a spiritual journey’, rather like Yeats’ in Sailing to Byzantium. Another, G. W. Knight, suggests that ‘Hamlet’s sea adventures may be allowed (though the text itself gives no explicit warrant for it) to serve vaguely some symbolic purpose: certainly he comes back a subtly changed man’.
There is some strong evidence in favour of the general proposition that the sea-voyage does mark a significant change (a sea-change?!) in Hamlet’s attitudes. He has, he believes, escaped the death that awaited him in England partly through his own ingenuity, but also through a series of near-miraculous accidents. He has the sense that Heaven has preserved him, and that without Providential intervention his own plans would have availed him little.
One of the crucial textual supports for the notion of a ‘regenerated’ hamlet is his affirmation to Horatio:
Rashly,
And praised be rashness for it let us know,
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well
When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us
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There’s a divinity that shapes our ends
Rough-hew them how we will…
.The most celebrated passage bearing on Hamlet’s ‘regeneration’ is the one in which he replies to Horatio’s suggestion that it might be best to postpone the duel:
‘Not a whit, we defy augury: there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ‘tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now , yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is’t to leave betimes? Let be’
This is generally taken to signify Hamlet’s newly-found faith in a higher power, a faith which gives him strength to face the forthcoming trial. There is a note of passive acceptance in the passage, as if Hamlet felt himself an instrument in the hands of providence. This submission takes the place of the earlier ‘bloody thoughts’ associated with revenge.
20. W.Shakespeare “Hamlet”
Schematically imagine the system of artistic image of “Hamlet”. Try to analyze the character of Hamlet according to the given scheme
| Place (scene) The vast majority of Hamlet takes place in fictional royal castle in the city of Elsinore in the country of Denmark. The fictionalized historical location is Kronberg Castle located in the real town of Helsingør. |
| Author’s attitude towards the hero The author (Shakespeare) sympathizes with him, but does not hide his shortcomings. He is removed from the hero of the tragedy and, empathizing with him from the outside, gives the circumstances and the will of the actors of the play to decide the fate of hamlet. |
| Action period The duration of action in the plays of Shakespeare were different from the several years as, for example, in "Winter tale", where between the initial three and the final acts of the fourth and fifth passes sixteen years, until one day, as in "the Tempest". It has long been observed that in a number of Shakespeare's plays there is a double count of time. On the one hand, it is obvious that the events depicted take quite a long time — months, years; on the other — the action of the plays takes place so rapidly that we do not have time to keep track of time and it seems to us that it goes on without interruption or almost without pauses. Shakespeare does not have the accuracy and full consistency of time. What explains this kind of negligence, will be discussed further. |
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| Hero’s language William Shakespeare was English and all his plays were written in English. The semi-true events which take place in Macbeth happened in Gaelic speaking Scotland and were therefore originally recorded in Gaelic. |
| Reader's attitude towards the hero My attitude to hamlet is far from original. I also consider this work one of the greatest in the history of world literature. At the heart of the tragedy is an unsolvable conflict, a conflict between fate and free will. The hero throughout the play rushes, suffers, tries to find a middle ground between the opportunity to submit to circumstances and an absolutely natural desire - to control fate. For Shakespeare, as for any Christian, the choice between good and evil is an almost insoluble dilemma. However, the choice in favor of evil inevitably leads to self-destruction, first moral, then physical. Hamlet is the quintessence of Shakespeare's hero. Forced to fight not only with the outside world, but also with the inner world, he eventually realizes that there is simply no winner in this struggle. None of the options does not suit him. God requires one thing from him, and the Spirit of a loved one requires another. The Ghost causes hamlet to act against his conscience that leads him virtually to a complete submission to circumstances. "Hamlet" is a work that is re-read throughout life: again and again discovering something new, previously unnoticed, but from this - even more significant. |
| Physical appearance Internally emotional, but usually modest and restrained in expressing their feelings people. Unobtrusive in communication, tries to behave according to the rules of good manners. Touchy and vulnerable, in the shower often dramatic emotions, but is constrained by outsiders and gives them will. It's hard for him to relax, he inwardly tense, vulnerable and quite proud. He has many complexes, from which he often suffers, but tries not to show it. Externally is proud and inaccessible. Usually secretive, cautious, thinks everything in advance. Somewhat insecure, but patient and persistent, able to achieve their goals. Very demanding to ensure that others comply with ethical standards of behavior, and often can not refrain from comments and advice if he sees that people do, from his point of view, wrong. He is characterized by a change of mood. Sometimes it is cold-arrogant, stubborn and demanding, then soft, sincere, courteous and even defenseless. Held with dignity Movement is crisp but smooth, sometimes stressed demonstrative. He dresses modestly and tastefully, but if he wants, he can look very impressive. |
| Role of the hero in the semantic content A hero with a strong spirit and an extraordinary mind, searching and doubting, who has become one step above all society in his morality. He is able to look at himself from the outside, he is able to analyze those around him and analyze his thoughts and actions. But it is also a product of that era and it binds it. Traditions and society impose on him a certain stereotype of behavior that he can no longer accept. On the basis of a plot about revenge the whole tragedy of a situation when the young man sees the evil not simply in one mean act, but in all society in which such acts are justified is shown. This young man calls himself to live in accordance with the highest morality, responsibility for all his actions. |
| Hero's inner state A man of tragedy and Comedy. Hamlet slope to excite all around. Often acts on emotion, on impulse. Appreciates the moment of emotional recovery. Eccentric and assertive. Can quickly escalate the situation. Likes to dramatize. |
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