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Hamlet: Themes and Quotations, He has the persuasiveness and physical…

- - - - Peripeteia - a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative
      - In Act 3, Scene 3, Hamlet does not have the ability to act when he sees Claudius, praying, when he is at his most vulnerable because Hamlet's psyche and conscious motion towards certainty takes over. Overall, as Old Hamlet's 'sole son [he will] do this same villain send To heaven.'
        Hamlet recognised now he is praying', which is evidence of his guilt, due the fratricide upon his brother and Hamlet's father, Old Hamlet. 'Why, this is hire, and salary, not revenge.' - Hamlet would have liberated, Claudius of his guilt, it would be rewarding for him. Hamlet's logistical mindset is what fuels his tragic flaw.
      - Fortinabras is Hamlet's foil and his direct opposite. He takes direct action against Denmark, as they are responsible for the death of his father and the loss of some land. He is Hamlet's opposite because Hamlet has the inability to do this, they are parallels. - Consequently, Hamlet becomes inspired by his action 'Sith I have cause, and will, and strength and means To do't' - Act 4, Scene 4
      - Anagnorisis is the recognition by the tragic hero of some truth about his or her identity or actions that accompanies the reversal of the situation in the plot.
      - Hamlet's point of recognition (the anagnorisis) is when he sets up the mousetrap play/scene. In the play within in the play, Hamlet has someone murder the King, Gonzago, who then marries his wife after doing so. After this scene in the play, Claudius rises and leaves the room. The Mousetrap Play is put on in order to 'catch' Claudius' conscience. 'Have you heard the argument? Is there no offence in't?' 'The King rises' (Ophelia) 'Give me some light - away!' - Light exposes what lies within the darkness, Claudius fears exposure, so he leaves the room after reacting to the play. - Immediately after this scene, in Act 3, Scene 3, Claudius prays to God, solidifying his guilt.
        
        The Mousetrap Scene is a form of action from Hamlet, but this occurs in order to identify whether Claudius is guilty of murdering his brother and Hamlet's father, which was clearly illustrated after the play was enacted.
        
        "The play's the thing. Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." - Act 2, Scene 2. - This quote is about Hamlet's plan to get the king to admit that he killed his father. This is Hamlet's first step in his plan. He calls this plan the mousetrap and it shows Hamlet's action towards the plan. It is a rhyming couplet illustrating Hamlet's inescapable purpose.
  - - - The Mousetrap Scene - Act 3, Scene 2