Hamlet. The Human Condition. What do they both have in common? Today’s society. Hamlet, the Human Condition, and today’s society all three coincide together. Hamlet is a part of what makes society the way it is today along with involving the Human Condition back in Shakespeare’s time. The Human Condition is all throughout Hamlet, as well as in today’s society. Today’s society wouldn’t be the way it is without Hamlet and the Human Condition. Now the question is, how does Hamlet still prove relevant in today’s society? Through Hamlet, Shakespeare incorporates traits of the Human Condition as well as occurrences that people of today can relate to. In Hamlet, we see mortality, aspiration, and conflict that we may see in the world but we can relate to it as well.
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In Hamlet, mortality plays out to be a major factor in the story line. King Hamlet, Hamlet’s father, is killed by his own brother. Mortality is an unfortunate occurrence, but we all have an experience one time or another during life. Experiencing mortality is a struggle in some extents to others, how we deal with them is up to us. To feel sorrow is understandable, but when your own father is killed by his sibling, vengeance is relatable. King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius, kills King Hamlet and marries his wife for the throne. Hamlet becomes aware of the situation and seeks revenge for his father’s death. In today’s society, murders are becoming immense in numbers. From small town killings, to school shooting massacres, in those killings someone loses their friend or a family member. Although we may not experience a killing of someone we are close to, instances of murders happen all around today and many seek revenge in order to become at more ease with the
In Hamlet, mortality plays out to be a major factor in the story line. King Hamlet, Hamlet’s father, is killed by his own brother. Mortality is an unfortunate occurrence, but we all have an experience one time or another during life. Experiencing mortality is a struggle in some extents to others, how we deal with them is up to us. To feel sorrow is understandable, but when your own father is killed by his sibling, vengeance is relatable. King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius, kills King Hamlet and marries his wife for the throne. Hamlet becomes aware of the situation and seeks revenge for his father’s death. In today’s society, murders are becoming immense in numbers. From small town killings, to school shooting massacres, in those killings someone loses their friend or a family member. Although we may not experience a killing of someone we are close to, instances of murders happen all around today and many seek revenge in order to become at more ease with the