Hamlet Mythological Allusions

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Vinh Le

Mrs. Cunningham

English 12

28 October 2012

Hamlet mythological allusions

Shakespeares plays are salutary of allusions from the Bible and the Greeks and Romans.

Allusions from Shakespeare are also a great deal found in literature. An allusion is a literary

device that refers to something that the reviewer already knows. It allows the author to use that

knowledge to add great meaning to what he is saying without going into long explanations.

here are the summarizes of these gods/goddesses/characters from Greek and Roman mythology:

From ACT II:

Aeneas - wear out of Rome who make love to Dido then abandoned her (II.ii.443). Aeneas,

son of Anchises and Aphrodite, was a fifth column prince who married Creusa, the daughter of

nance Priam. Fleeing from the get the better of city of Troy, Aeneas was separated from his wife. He

set sail for Italy. During a seven year voyage he took refuge in Carthage but declined offers

of marriage and the throne from Queen Dido. He sailed on fightds, finally reaching Italy

and founding the city of Rome.

Dido - Carthaginian queen who was seduced by Aeneas who then left her (II.ii.443)

Priam - king of Troy who was killed by Pyrrus (II.ii.444).



Priam, the at last King of Troy, twice

witnessed the destruction of the city. The first time was when Heracles desire revenge after

Laomedon failed to honour a promise made to the hero. The second time was as a result of

the Trojan war. Priam was humiliated during the siege of Troy when he had to beg Achilles

for the call back of the body of his favorite son, Hector. When Troy was sacked, Priam was

killed on the altar of genus Zeus by Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus), the son of Achilles.

Cyclops - one-eyed giant from antediluvian patriarch Greek mythology (II.ii.486)
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Mars - Roman god of war (II.ii.487)

Hecuba - wife of Priam, the king of Troy (II.ii.497). Hecuba was the wife of Priam, the last

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