Friday, September 19, 2014

Hamlet HBL 9/18/14

Throughout the play Hamlet struggles with both EXTERNAL and INTERNAL conflicts.  Name and explain what one EXTERNAL and one INTERNAL conflict Hamlet is dealing with throughout the play.

19 comments:

Unknown said...

An internal conflict is his love for his mother or so thought in many theorists eyes today. An external problem Hamlet deals with is the physical presence of both his Uncle and Polonius which cause conflicts in Hamlets mind. He makes him question and think when he shouldn't be and without them being around Hamlet might have had a different path throughout.

Unknown said...

An internal conflict that Hamlet deals with is the fact that his father was murdered, and he questions his own bravery and why he doesn't seem to be brave enough to get revenge. An external struggle is Hamlet discovering that almost everyone he loves has betrayed him, and trying to figure out who he can actually trust.

Aayush Swamy said...

An internal conflict is his love for his mother and an external is who can he trust. Everyone comes across as someone who has betrayed him and he needs to figure out who is on his side and who isn't.

Eric Shank said...

One internal conflict is Hamlet getting over his fathers murder. One external conflict is everyone trying to spy on him.

Tabitha said...

Hamlet is constantly struggling with internal conflict as he is so indecisive about what he is going do to next. He is questioning everything is doing. Hamlet isn't very confident and is hopeless at points. When dealing with external conflict is evident between Hamlet and Claudius. Hamlet wants to kill him for poisoning his father but can't seem to actually follow through with it. Also Laertes and Hamlet show another external conflict, because after Laertes hears about Hamlet killing his father he is read to get revenge.

Anonymous said...

Externally, Hamlet is dealing with the lying and spying of people he thought he could trust; he can't trust anyone, not even Ophelia. Internally, he is dealing with his cowardliness and indecisiveness towards gaining revenge. This anger is constantly boiling inside of him for an extended amount of time and eventually turns him mad.

Kyrsten Holzman said...

One internal conflict that Hamlet has is that he is very indecisive. He doesn't know whether he should believe that ghost and take the revenge on his uncle. We are already on act four and we still haven't seen Hamlet take revenge on his uncle. One external conflict that Hamlet has is the act of betrayal by his friends and family. He is now having a hard time trying to figure out who he should trust.

Bri Urich said...

An Internal conflict of hamlets is the death of his father, this caused him to go mad. An external conflict of his is the people around him and who he is able to trust.

Anonymous said...

The internal conflict is the love he feels for his mother while the external conflict is the presence of the people who he can and cannot trust. Polonius and Claudius are the two men who show the most distrust so their presence makes him feel abnormal and even more indeciseive.

Anonymous said...

One external conflict that Hamlet struggles with is his revenge against Claudius. Towards the end when Claudius knows that Hamlet knows he comes up with multiple schemes to kill Hamlet. This external conflict also leads to one of his internal conflicts. Hamlet struggles with his ability to take someone's life. He doesn't really value his own so how can he take somebody else's? This is something that he must learn to get over if he is to get his revenge.

郑天予 said...

哈姆雷特一直都想为他的父亲复仇,但是他一直都在担心他父亲亡灵的话可不可信。

哈姆雷特一直都没有办法相信他身边的人。

Unknown said...

Hamlet internally faces his struggle to take revenge on Cladius, and has a hard time dealing with his indecisiveness and cowardliness. Externally, Hamlet struggles with the people around him, and who he can trust.

Anonymous said...

An internal conflict is that Hamlet has to deal with all of the pressures of his family. This includes his fathers death, his mothers and step fathers betrayal, and his bravery. The external conflict is that he realizes that he must go to England and the problems he has with his indecisiveness.

Anonymous said...

An external conflict that Hamlet has is is himself. He can't even trust his own thoughts and motives. An external conflict are the people, unknowingly to him, that are trying to harm him.

Anonymous said...

Hamlet's greatest external problem the murder of Polonius, not only can Claudius use it against him but Laertes wants his revenge. His internal problem is his emotional struggle with the death of his father. He does not know how to act or avenge his father's death.

Unknown said...

Internally Hamlet has to deal with his feeling for his mother. It is quite apparent that he loves his mother but he really hates the fact that she has married his uncle so quickly after his father's death. Externally he has to deal with Polonius watching him around every corner. This leads to Hamlet killing Polonius while Polonius is spying on Hamlet.

Lidia Gebre said...

Hamlet's external conflict is how he has been played for a fool and betrayed by most of the people around him. Hamlet is going though such troubled times since his father's death, and probably needs someone to help him get through the pain, but has no one. An internal conflict is his duty to avenge his father. Although he did promise the ghost of King Hamlet that he would take revenge, he has delayed and hesitated to progress.

Anonymous said...

An external conflict is Hamlet dealing with trust issues with his friends and family. An internal conflict is Hamlet trying to have the will to kill his Uncle.

Naomi Pena said...

External: Hamlet is extremely resentful towards his mother's quick recovery from his father's death and her marrying his uncle almost immediately after.
Internal: Hamlet is torn between taking action and finding proof in order to get revenge on Claudius.