Hamlet

Hamlet Standing the Test of Time When do you know a work of literature has stood the test of time' When William Shakespeare wrote it. But why are his works so respected and cherished' One of his most famous works, Hamlet, is still a favorite among actors and readers, alike, but why' Why is Hamlet still able to challenge and inspire people, four hundred years after it was written' The answer is simple. Shakespeare’s work (Hamlet), though complicated, will never have just one meaning; it will always be up to the interpretation of the people of the time. With this reason, Shakespeare will always be powerful and applicable to the day. One of the first reasons why Hamlet will never lose importance is because of the incestuous relationship between Hamlet’s mother, Queen Gertrude, and uncle, King Claudius. Even in Elizabethan times, Hamlet was disturbed by his mother’s quickly new found love. In scene II of the first act, Hamlet’s disgust with his mother’s incestuous relationship and pain over his own father’s death is no more clear then in the lines of his speech: “But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: so excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion hamlet, play, people, king, hamlet’s, decision, time, never, make, father’s, always, uncle, spirit, own, one, even, because, though, scene, reason, fact, decisions, case, act, able, without, very, two, test, readers, quickly, mother, incestuous, heaven, good