A study of physical and figurative Death in Hamlet

Abstract EN

Hamlet is the most famous work in English literature.

Inwhich, Shakespeare's brilliance takes the reader to anotherlevel of analyzing literary texts.

The themes Shakespearedeals with in Hamlet are not new, but it is the first literarywork that tries to explore the nature of death.

ThroughHamlet's character, Shakespeare mentions different views ofdeath.

Hamlet is a tragic play that is full of bloodsheds, notonly because it tries to define the nature of death, but alsothere is already the death of social values in Hamlet's society.

This study aims at analyzing the concept of death for Hamlettaking into consideration the different views and doubts aboutdeath.

It also analyzes the metaphorical death of social andmoral values in Elsinore society.

These physical andfigurative deaths lead to make Hamlet one of the most tragicworks in human history.

What the reader concludes at the endof this study is that death is something ing, and it isinevitable for everyone.

However, only one character survivesthe bloodbath at the end of the play because of his moralattitude.