Hamlet

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(Now we have a new idea so we need an idea sentence) This question culminates in Hamlet’s confrontation with Ophelia. When he pleads with her (context) “what should fellows such as i do?” (example) embodying (verb) the curious groping of thought that (effect) C.S Lewis describes it as the “shadow world” of moral uncertainty” that is the essence of Hamlet’s predicament. (effect). (we need to finish paragraph with an evaluation sentence) Hence, this search for clarity and moral absolutes amidst the shifting existential and theological parameters of a corrupt world defines the protagonist’s passage throughout the play.

Hamlets historical reference to Alexander the Great as he proclaims his “returneth to dust” resonates his philosophical shift that recognises the limitations of human understanding reveals his awareness of the mystery of human experience. While speaking with Horatio, Hamlets personified assertion that “there’s a divinity that shapes our end” coupled with his biblical allusion to Matthew claiming “there’s a providence in the fall of a sparrow”, resonates predestination theology as a way of comprehending the vast unknown of the human experience that transcends our understanding, suggesting that we must acquiesce to the absence of moral and ontological absolutes in a corrupt world. This absurdist stance compels him to acknowledge “readiness is all” and “let it be” offering acceptance of circumstances as they present themselves. While evoking human purpose is predicated on our willingness to “find quarrel in a straw” and risk all for an “eggshell” rejects the passivity of predestination for the integrity of self-determination in shaping our existence. In this way through Hamlets existential struggle for meaning, Shakespeare argues that we must acquiesce to the vagaries of a corrupt and hollow world, advocating assertive action as means of transcendence.