How Is Hamlet Annotated

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Berla Obas Mrs. Papadinis Annotated Bibliography May 20, 2024 Annotated Bibliography for Hamlet Critical Texts Adelman, Janet. “Man and Wife is One Flesh": Hamlet and the with the Maternal Body.” Hamlet, edited by Susanne L. Wofford, Bedford/St. Martin, 1994, pp. 113-117. 256-282. See the e-mail address. In Adelman’s essay, she highlights the complex relationship subconsciously shared between Hamlet and his mother Gertrude. Throughout various Shakespeare plays there is a focus on the maternal body being regarded as holy and pure. In the case of Hamlet, there is an underlying desire for him to take over the deceased King’s role as Gertrude’s partner in his father’s absence. Unfortunately, Hamlet’s desire is not satisfied due to his mother’s unexpectedly short …show more content…
The play follows the real events according to the ghost, but Hamlet slightly shifts the blame towards his mother. In the play, although the King’s brother is still the main villain in the story, a majority of the blame is placed on the Queen. The author explains that this is due to the fact that, in Hamlet’s eyes, Gertrude’s remarriage is comparable to murdering the King. As a result, the sacred maternal body becomes relative to the body of Eve in the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Gertrude becomes the cause of Hamlet’s inability to live up to the idealization of his late father, even though Claudius was the real murderer; equally as Eve is blamed when the serpent is the real villain. All in all, Adelman clearly identifies and analyzes the way in which Hamlet reflects aspects of the Oedipus complex and how Shakespeare emphasized the value of the maternal body in the play. Bristol, Micheal D. “"Funeral Bak'd-Meats": Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Hamlet.” Hamlet, edited by Susanne L. Wofford, Bedford/St. Martin, 1994, pp. 113-117.
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