HamletThesis

English IV    Thesis statements from essay on Speech Patterns in Hamlet

 Examine these thesis statements and choose one that you could argue and in a blog explain how.

Although Claudius is portrayed as a greedy and heartless king and Hamlet is illustrated as a loving and dedicated son, to his deceased father, in the end they both share the same sin. In short, due to their sinister acts they are both sentenced to the same fate. 

While both Claudius and Hamlet use long sentences, Claudius utilizes the long sentences to cloud his message. Hamlet of the other hand employs long sentences as a way to pontificate his depression. However, when Hamlet appears alone on stage, his sentence structure become much more rapid and broken which reflects his inner turmoil. Through close examination of Hamlet’s unsettled emotions and Claudius’s beguiling speech and authoritative rhetoric, the distinctions between these two foils are shown by similar sentence structure through the use of dramatic language but rather different because Claudius expresses his inner unrest caused by the guilt over his murder of his brother.

Polonius claims, almost ignorantly, that Hamlet has asserted a more aggressive love towards Ophilia because she has put into practice of his advice, something close to flirtatious rejection. This love might prosper or it might perish with the influence of the throne and or Polonius. The difficulties in the situation within the castle might bond them stronger or crush them severely.

For both Claudius and Hamlet, the language and actions expressed are concealing a hidden truth about themselves. Hamlet uses playful language to it's entirety in order to deceive those around him on the information he knows. The forceful language of Hamlet's dead father further influences Hamlet to avenge his father's death.  [Working Thesis] Both the Ghost and Hamlet are unable to be truly seen in public eyes especially as they share similar tones of disgust and anguish over the current issue; however, the Ghost uses his language as if he were alive while Hamlet's language seems to drive him to his death.

Hamlet is angry and disappointed in his mother and believes that Claudius is a suspicious man.  Hamlet’s ambiguous nature reveals itself through his communications with his stepfather and father illustrating the dual nature of man.  This dual nature of man is a universal trait, and Hamlet’s unwillingness to be true to himself forces him to converse in radically different ways: courageous and cowardly.

Claudius seems to be a compassionate ruler, whereas in private the reader understands his selfish attitudes. Therefore, although both Hamlet and King Claudius use dramatic language to disguise the truth, Hamlet uses his speech to hide his true feelings and Claudius uses his speech to hide his true, selfish attitude.

The dichotomy between the diction used by Hamlet's character and the diction used by Claudius' character demonstrates these complex contrasts.  Although both Hamlet and Claudius' prose demonstrates an elaborate finesse of words to hide their true personas, Hamlet's diction hides his true emotion from the public while Claudius uses prose to display himself in a false light.

Thus, while both Horatio and Hamlet share a distinct friendship based on honesty and mutual compassion, Hamlet acts based on impulse to protect himself from the results of Claudius’s corruption while Horatio acts based on sensibility to protect Hamlet and himself from the results of Hamlet’s grim obsession. 

Both Hamlet and Claudius' clever and eloquent diction indicate the conflict between their public and private selves; however, Hamlet's lengthiness derives from an overflowing of emotions that cannot be properly expressed in words, while Claudius creates a buffer of language that manipulates his audience with emotions that did not previously exist.

Without these scenes with Hamlet alone, we would only know the other, less open, side of him. Evident in Hamlet’s interactions with King Claudius and his mother, he does not express his full opinions and seems reserved. Therefore, although Hamlet’s speech with others and with himself may appear to be similar, close examination reveals that Hamlet’s speech is more honest with himself which in effect, works to fully develop his character. xxx