FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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Question
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he cannot leave Denmark.
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the King has locked him in there.
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he feels trapped.
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there is something wrong with him.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamlet calls Denmark a prison because he feels as if everyone is turning against him, and everyone is watching him, similar to how prisoners are watched in a prison, and he says that Denmark is the worst of the prisons, strictly because there is no one he can trust, not even his friends.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why does Hamlet regard Denmark as a “prison” in Act 2, Scene 2? He feels oppressed by Claudius and Gertrude’s lofty expectations for him as the future king. He feels entrapped by his situation as the son of a murdered king who must avenge his death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Here, it becomes clear that when Hamlet says “prison, ” he’s referring to the confines of his country-Denmark. Hamlet is confined and at the mercy of the leaders of his country, including King Claudius, who he believes murdered his father and the men that the king employees, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Act II, Scene 2 of the play, Hamlet is talking with his childhood friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who have been summoned to the court to uncover the reason for Hamlet’s melancholy state. The young Hamlet says that, for him, Denmark is a prison and he is trapped there.
Detailed explanation-5: -He feels trapped by his duty to his father and his duty as a member of the Danish royal family, so his story is confined behind the battlements of the Danish royal fortress. Elsinore is a place with many private spaces. Hamlet is often alone when he delivers his soliloquys.