Paper no.:6 – The Victorian Literature
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This document provides a cultural study analysis of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It examines how cultural studies looks at power relationships and gives importance to marginalized characters who have been overlooked, such as Rosencrantz and Guildensten. The document discusses how cultural studies provides historical context and analyzes how characters from wealthy families were portrayed more nobly despite immoral acts, while marginalized characters with morality were suppressed. It also notes some flaws in Hamlet's character and how he fails to consider the lives of others in his actions.
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Paper no.:6 – The Victorian Literature
- 1. Topic :cultural study in practice: study of hamlet Name:- Goswami Gayatri M. MA-part- 1-sem-2 Roll no :-9 Paper no.:6 – The Victorian Literature Year:-2014 Submitted to:-Department of English Smt. S. B. Gardi maharaja krishnakumarsihji Bhavnagar university
- 2. Cultural Study of Hamlet •Cultural studies examines power relationship also • It emphasis on it ,for the example ,cultural studies and its critics assume oppositional roles ,wherever they might be found . •In this play some marginalized character. • we have not been given Enough importance and those who should have been given recognition in their lives • Hamlet is “ play within the play” •In this play main hero and power position of Hamlet.
- 3. • Hamlet belong to royal family • They were intelligent and educated with the proper understanding . • Here Rosencrantz speech shows his excellent and mestory language • Hamlet politics, power, indeed on all matter that deeply affect people’s practical and day to day live • Here shown money is importance over life so if you have money that time your identity of main and give power position • So the people who have money and power position they will be given importance • Rosencrantz and Guildensten are marginalized character • Rosencrantz and Guildensten is major character in the play
- 4. The singular and peculiar life is bound With all the strength and armor of the mind To keep itself from noyance, but much more That spirit upon whose weal depends an rests The lives of many.The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw what's near it with it. It is a massy wheel Fixed on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortised and adjoined ;which, when it falls, Each small annexment , petty consequences, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh but with a general groan. Speech of Rosencrantz’s
- 5. •The passage is thoughtful and in Imagistically successful passage, worthy of a wise and Accomplished statement •But many readers and viewers of the play would rank •This passage best soliloquies “play within the play”
- 7. What is to be understood ? • It is necessary to enrich our response to Hamlet by looking at a related cultural and philosophical. • Manifestation from the twentieth century. •In the twentieth century the dead ,or never living and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where resuscitated by tom stopper in a Fascinating re-seeing of their existence their existence, or its lack. •It is to note that the essence of marginalization is here Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are archetypal human beings. •In this play powerless Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- 8. What is cultural study wants: • so cultural studies given us as a view from history and historical events or incident • marginalized character had been ignored • their noble characteristics had been suppressed in spit of having morality and high moral values where as hero from royal and wealthy families were being described an noble character in spite of king immoral and inconstant people so cultural studies wants us to have a look at these marginalized character
- 10. Hamlet’s lacks •Hamlet has many lacks for example he has a chance to kill Claudius while praying to god Hamlet thinks that if, he kills Claudius now then he will directly go to heaven because he is praying to God but if he had killed Claudius at that time then he would not have killed innocent polonious. • Hamlet does not think of his two best friends with whom he has spent a lovely time and decides to put an end to their deaths.