Deliverable 1.5
Here we see Maslow hierarchy of needs. According to this, Hamlet’s personal reality is far from perfect.
In the first level, physiological, the only hole seems to be sex. Which, through all the crises, he is being deprived of from Ophelia, or anyone else. Considering the midnight meetings with his dead father, and the madness disrupting his mind, it’s a possibility that his body is also lacking sleep. All others, such as breathing, food and water wouldn’t be an issue.
In the second level, safety, it seems as though all starts to crumble. Security of body is questionable seeing how his step father is trying to murder him, along with security of morality when we look at the planning of murders and blood spill. As his family is falling apart, or more like dropping dead, the security family provides is lacking in his life. The last hole is security of health. The madness corrupting him, I assume, should drive us to question his mental health, and with that faltering, would follow his physical health.
In the third level, love/belonging, we see one huge hole in Hamlet’s life. As his friends turn against him, his family falls apart, and any kind of sexual intimacy disappears after Ophelia is ordered to stop seeing him… what more is there to say.
In the forth level, esteem, as the level below has broken floor, it’s difficult for him to stay stable. Betrayal now rules, and there’s no longer any respect received, nor given. From here on up Hamlet’s personal reality has crumbled, and is not regained.
