Why is the idea of playing a role or acting a part so important to Hamlet over the course of the play? The idea of acting out a part in his own life as it's represented in Shakespeare's Hamlet is important to Hamlet because it allows him to disguise his own feelings and hide his true motivations for his behavior.
This play-within-a-play not only helps Hamlet to judge Claudius's guilt, but also acts as a spur for his own revenge: it shows him the murder that was done to his father and the murder that could be done to his uncle.
What, according to Hamlet, is "the purpose of playing," or acting? It is to represent reality. What is Hamlet hoping will happen when the king sees the play? Hamlet hopes to see the king's face to show that he is guilty of killing Hamlet's father the king.
Hamlet meets with the actors and instructs them as to the nature of proper acting. He tells them not to overact, and not to use large gestures. He wishes them to be honest; he asks them to mirror nature, to be entirely realistic in their portrayals.
He says, “Do not saw the air too much with your hands, thus, but use it gently”. Hamlet cautions against excess of hand motions, as if more than the words themselves were needed to express the meaning. He then goes on to complain about how some players indulge in excesses while acting.
I just got done reading Hamlet awhile ago in English class. It's a good book. So, Hamlet was role playing all throughout the book. He was basically acting crazy the entire time so that he could avenge his father's death.
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