ENGL1009 Study Guide - Sulky

• School: Boston College
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL1009
• Professor: Eleanor F Milligan

Document Summary

In shakespeare"s hamlet, the main protagonist, hamlet experiences a series of events that dramatically change his character. When the audience first meets hamlet, he is dressed in all black he is portrayed as a sulky, depressed prince. Through the course of the play however, it is revealed that hamlet as a character has more than one side to him he is brooding as he is impulsive, and he is vengeful as his is indecisive. The audience sees hamlet struggling with the death of his father, and the emotional toll of knowing the truth but being unable to exact revenge. Towards the beginning of the play, the court of denmark comes onto the stage. The audience sees the king and queen but then they see hamlet, dressed in black and looking sad. Hamlet"s outward expression of grief is so noticeable that gertrude makes it a point to tell.