Hamlet Essay

What is it about Hamlet, that really captivates the audience? Maybe it's the classic "everybody dies in the end", which is typical Shakespeare, whatever it may be there is something about Hamlet that grasps the reader. Performative utterance has an enormous impact to the characters and the plot of Hamlet. Hamlet himself portrays self-overhearing predominantly throughout the play. He shows how listening to our own words can really sometimes serve as the best form of education for ourselves.

Hamlet clearly demonstrates that words and actions are two completely different things through performative utterance and if you really do want to turn your words into actions then you must follow through entirely. Making a promise is easy but keeping that promise and actually committing to it can be extremely tough just as we saw Hamlet struggle after he promised his father's ghost that he would avenge his death which takes him a very long time to do because he realizes his intentions and what he wants to do are very different from that of what others want him to do.

Self-overhearance is a key element in Hamlet. Hamlet is truly able to express his emotions aloud through his words and at the same time listen to them. He really does rely on self- overhearing and anyone who has read the story could basically say it is a form of treatment for himself. Hamlet is able to take self-overhearing and use it in as his way of reevaluation. Self- overhearing is definitely present in my life all the time especially being a competitive gymnast. I constantly have to listen to myself and tell myself that I am able to do something especially when the fear of some of the harder and scarier skills sets in, I have to be able to reevaluate the situation I am being put in.

There are clearly tons of strong elements that draws the readers of Hamlet in. Performative utterance is definitely one of these and has a huge role in Hamlet, and is really about the action Hamlet himself takes and follows through with. Self-overhearing is really that one element where the audience can truly connect with Hamlet on a personal level because we all have and continue to use self-overheaaring in one way or another and gives us a more vivid image to create and place ourself in Hamlet's shoes.