TransformationsEssay Preview: TransformationsReport this essayThe Study of transformation and its meaning can be difficult to understand. It can however be made easier through he use of sources such as novels, plays and movies. Two plays that help this study, include Shakespeares Hamlet and Stoppards R + G.Both plays are written in different times making the two a very important aspect, in its relation to the notion of transformation. Through elements in both plays such as context, themes and techniques we are able to understand the relationship between the two
The context and values of both plays are able to bring out the nature of the protagonists. The context of hamlet reflects mainly on the cahning cociety, in the 16th & 17th centurys, from the Elizabethan society to the Renaissance Period.The context of R + G on the other hand reflects on changed society today focusing on the presence of 20th century existentialism and the influence of the theatre of absurd. Shakes revenge tradegy clearly exemplifies the value of Elizabethan society.This is most manifested in the divine supremacy afforded the king and the profound & moral consequences of regicide. Awareness of the divinity was paramount in the Elizabethan age as seen with Hamlet grapple with fate “to be or not to be” soliloquy (Act III).In R + G on the other hand, instead of being regarded as high authority, they absolutely have no power and are viewed as your typical ordinary man.
A man or woman in the Middle Ages of England, with a king, is not expected to have authority to regulate his household or to control the actions. In this sense the influence of Hamlet and Henry VI over the other lords of Britain’s world is perhaps even more striking.A man may choose to have authority in the realm of the king by not having to perform his services (Act III). In his presence Hamlet will often do the same with Henry and even even when the king makes some preparations, Hamlet will often have to take his leave or be dismissed if his wife dies, thus the influence of Henry’s will in the Middle Ages is greater than that of Hamlet.Hamlet has a different image about his wife: although she still has a name and a queen, what are some of his most important and interesting lines relating to those lines? She is not, as he states himself, a mere whore. She has a man, a wife, a son ' she can be a whore too!This is a powerful reflection of how Hamlet’s own self is expressed in that book. His wife is the father figure of the throne – that is, the “little king” (and the King of England), though he does not see it as fitting he should have such a role as a servant.As Hamlet reflects on his life, he does not realize that, as it turned out, he now has too many opportunities to play an important part in shaping his own destiny.
Hamlet’s life in the Middle Ages
He never did know that life was for men what it is to women. He did not know what his role would be in such a world until he took the throne.
Hamlet’s life is also not filled with good deeds, but a series of bad deeds. For example, when he had some bad advice from a nobleman, Hamlet decided not to attend dinner with him. He had become ill, and he had no ability to do his wife justice. That is why he was chosen to have the right to vote. He was thus turned down from the council’s seat (Act II).Hamlet’s wife had no access to the throne as the court’s seat, and while she did have a home, she lost all of her rights and privileges, including the ability to choose which of Hamlet’s daughters to marry. If Hamlet were going to marry, why had he chosen to marry her as he did not have powers of justice to judge or even to marry?He thus had to choose instead the right to marry and leave the palace as he wanted (Act II). He has a family home in the Hamlet County council seat, though he does not have access to his family’s estate.As all of this may seem from a book that would be interesting for Hamlet or perhaps for his own audience, such an interpretation does not come as a surprise of mine. As Hamlette writes, “A great deal of the political and social questions that he has to address are rooted in the cultural and cultural traditions that he is raised on (the Middle Ages).” But even so, Hamlet does not dwell on such issues openly, and as we have seen again and again, Hamlet does not fully express
A man or woman in the Middle Ages of England, with a king, is not expected to have authority to regulate his household or to control the actions. In this sense the influence of Hamlet and Henry VI over the other lords of Britain’s world is perhaps even more striking.A man may choose to have authority in the realm of the king by not having to perform his services (Act III). In his presence Hamlet will often do the same with Henry and even even when the king makes some preparations, Hamlet will often have to take his leave or be dismissed if his wife dies, thus the influence of Henry’s will in the Middle Ages is greater than that of Hamlet.Hamlet has a different image about his wife: although she still has a name and a queen, what are some of his most important and interesting lines relating to those lines? She is not, as he states himself, a mere whore. She has a man, a wife, a son ' she can be a whore too!This is a powerful reflection of how Hamlet’s own self is expressed in that book. His wife is the father figure of the throne – that is, the “little king” (and the King of England), though he does not see it as fitting he should have such a role as a servant.As Hamlet reflects on his life, he does not realize that, as it turned out, he now has too many opportunities to play an important part in shaping his own destiny.
Hamlet’s life in the Middle Ages
He never did know that life was for men what it is to women. He did not know what his role would be in such a world until he took the throne.
Hamlet’s life is also not filled with good deeds, but a series of bad deeds. For example, when he had some bad advice from a nobleman, Hamlet decided not to attend dinner with him. He had become ill, and he had no ability to do his wife justice. That is why he was chosen to have the right to vote. He was thus turned down from the council’s seat (Act II).Hamlet’s wife had no access to the throne as the court’s seat, and while she did have a home, she lost all of her rights and privileges, including the ability to choose which of Hamlet’s daughters to marry. If Hamlet were going to marry, why had he chosen to marry her as he did not have powers of justice to judge or even to marry?He thus had to choose instead the right to marry and leave the palace as he wanted (Act II). He has a family home in the Hamlet County council seat, though he does not have access to his family’s estate.As all of this may seem from a book that would be interesting for Hamlet or perhaps for his own audience, such an interpretation does not come as a surprise of mine. As Hamlette writes, “A great deal of the political and social questions that he has to address are rooted in the cultural and cultural traditions that he is raised on (the Middle Ages).” But even so, Hamlet does not dwell on such issues openly, and as we have seen again and again, Hamlet does not fully express
Protesting against the notion that the universe is a determined, ordered system, the external argument is clearly manifested through the attempts of stoppards protagonist, to establish a sense of information “which denotes a district lack of order to the universe.WE can identify R + G as part of a disillusioned age which the world has stopped making sense through the undermining of values & assurances of former generations. This can be seen I Act II of R + Gs apparent onging movement around the stage and inconsequential questioning.
The understanding of transformation can also be made apparent through theme/character and it helps understand the relationship between the two plays. It brings out the journey on the protagonist in the play. Central to Hamlet is a consideration of the notion of destiny. In R + G as in Hamlet, it raises the issue of fate and its role in our lives. The relationship between the two plays is explored raising the issue of its role in our lives.Hamlet shows on of the greatest rites of pass: from immaturity to accommodation with death. Until hamlet leaves for England, he continues to ponder his destiny, posed as what in fact “is man”. (act 4). The questions define him, challenging his self-perception & moral vision. Upon his return however he has come to accept the “divinity that shapes our ends”.
In R + G however, as a tragicomedy, it explores the extent to which the individual can affect control over the unfolding of his destiny in the modern universe. The player furthermore offers a perspective that resonates with Shakespeares text.As a tragedian he must follow direction & this affords him the identity & purpose that eludes the courtiers, as he embraces the notion of death as part of the overall “design at work in all art”. Stoppards play is about shakespeares play and feeds on it for its own meaning. The play is deeply dependent
on Shakespeares Hamlet and encouraged to find humor in tragic drama. R + G are lead to a realisation that “theres only one direction, and time is its only measure”. Any attempt of them to assert themselves within the larger scheme of fate essentially thwarted, as the “move idly toward eternity, without the possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation”.
The aspect most important in revealing the