Hamlet, which in
many critics opinions is called Shakespeare's greatest play, seems to me to a
bit overdramatic. However, one of its many strengths was its complex plot of
revenge and stride for power. The weaknesses were that the entire play
consisted of Hamlet feeling pity for himself and failing at each opportunity to
succeed in his revenge on his Uncle, King Claudius. In his famous "To be
or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet goes on about choosing to live and suffer,
or die and perhaps go to Heaven or something greater. "To sleep--perchance
to dream: ay, there's the rub / For in that sleep of death what dreams may
come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, / Must give us
pause. There's the respect / That makes calamity of so long life." Is
in an important line, and pretty much outlines the reason for living. The
fact that we don't know what happens after death and thats why we choose to
live long lives. The weaknesses were that the entire play consisted of
Hamlet feeling pity for himself and failing at each opportunity to succeed in
his revenge on his Uncle, King Claudius. In my opinion it was at times
boring to hear Hamlet feel sorry for himself, and the way they set up their
spying plots are completely obvious and not calculated whatsoever.
