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The Themes and Images of Decay and Disease in Shakespeare’s Hamlet

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Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters, Volume 36, Issue 1 (2018) pp. 110–121

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The setting of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is fourteenth-century Denmark where the dramatist foregrounds themesand images of decay and disease through visual and olfactory imagery in the state itself, the king’s court and nature.Establishing the relationship between body politic and body natural, how the moral corruption of King Claudius, whohas murdered his brother, usurped the throne and married his wife, reflects upon the state of Denmark. In addition,the physical, mental and moral corruption in characters such as Hamlet, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes and Ophelia willbe examined in relation to the above-mentioned themes and images. Despite all the decay and corruption throughoutthe play, the symbolic significance of the flowers Ophelia appropriately gives to the members of the court will beanalysed. Furthermore, how decay and disease in the state and in individuals impact nature will be posited.Applying close reading, the play will be interpreted in relation to themes and images of decay and disease with theaim of establishing how all these reflect upon the the socio-political condition of the court of Elizabeth I in thevery early years of the seventeenth century.

Abstract (Turkish)

Shakespeare'in Hamlet Oyununda Çürümüşlük ve Hastalık İzlekleri ve İmgeleri

Bu çalışmanın amacı William Shakespeare’in on dördüncü yüzyılda Danimarka’da geçen Hamlet trajedisinde yazarınvurguladığı çürümüşlük ve hastalık izlekleri yanında görsel ve kokuyla ilgili imgeler yoluyla başta devlet olmaküzere, bireylerdeki ve doğadaki çürümüşlük ve hastalık imgelerini ele almaktır. Body politic (devlet) ve body natural(insan bedeni) arasındaki ilişki ortaya konup, devletteki yozlaşmanın kral olan ağabeyini öldürüp, başa geçen ve onunkarısıyla evlenen Kral Claudius’daki ahlaki yozlaşmayla ne denli ilintili olduğu saptanmaktadır. Bunun yanı sıraHamlet, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes ve Ophelia karakterlerindeki bedensel, ruhsal ve ahlaki yozlaşmaizlekleriçürümüşlük ve hastalık imgeleri yoluyla tartışılmaktadır. Oyundaki tüm çürümüşlük ve kokuşmuşluğa karşın birçiçek olarak betimlenen Ophelia’nın saraydakilere dağıttığı çiçeklerin simgesel anlamı üzerinde durulmaktadır.Ayrıca, devletteki ve bireylerdeki yozlaşmanın doğadaki yansımaları örneklenmektedir. Yakın okuma yöntemiyleanılan tiyatro oyunu metni söz konusu izlekler ve imgeler bağlamında yorumlanmakta ve Hamlet’in on yedinciyüzyılın başında Kraliçe I. Elizabeth’in iktidarının son zamanlarında İngiltere’deki sosyo-politik ortamı bir ölçüdeyansıttığı ortaya konmaktadır.

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Bozer, A. D. (2018). The Themes and Images of Decay and Disease in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters, 36(1), 110–121. https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.469147

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@article{bozer2018themes,
  author = {Bozer, A. Deniz},
  title = {{The Themes and Images of Decay and Disease in Shakespeare's Hamlet}},
  journal = {Hacettepe University Journal of the Faculty of Letters},
  volume = {36},
  number = {1},
  pages = {110--121},
  publisher = {Hacettepe {\"U}niversitesi},
  year = {2018},
  month = {10},
  issn = {1301-5737},
  doi = {10.32600/huefd.469147},
  url = {https://hacettepe.hbtech.com.tr/en/publication/shakespearein-hamlet-oyununda-curumusluk-ve-hastalik-izlekleri-ve-imgeleri},
  language = {tr},
  keywords = {Creative Arts and Writing},
  abstract = {The setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet is fourteenth-century Denmark where the dramatist foregrounds themesand images of decay and disease through visual and olfactory imagery in the state itself, the king's court and nature.Establishing the relationship between body politic and body natural, how the moral corruption of King Claudius, whohas murdered his brother, usurped the throne and married his wife, reflects upon the state of Denmark. In addition,the physical, mental and moral corruption in characters such as Hamlet, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes and Ophelia willbe examined in relation to the above-mentioned themes and images. Despite all the decay and corruption throughoutthe play, the symbolic significance of the flowers Ophelia appropriately gives to the members of the court will beanalysed. Furthermore, how decay and disease in the state and in individuals impact nature will be posited.Applying close reading, the play will be interpreted in relation to themes and images of decay and disease with theaim of establishing how all these reflect upon the the socio-political condition of the court of Elizabeth I in thevery early years of the seventeenth century.},
  affiliation = {HACETTEPE {\"U}N{\.I}VERS{\.I}TES{\.I}}
}
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