Hamlet: A Man Of Many Qualities
.... soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 2, Lines
131© 161. Hamlet is angry at his mother for marrying a new husband, his uncle,
Claudius, so quickly after his father's death. This anger shines through in
such phrases such as "Frailty, thy name is woman!"(Act 1,Sc 2, L148) and "Like
Niobe, all tears."(Act 1, Sc 2, L151). At the end of his soliloquy, Hamlet
switches qualities from one of anger to one of fear. This is evident when
Hamlet states, "With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!", and "It is not, nor
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Hamlet: Essay On Act I
.... continues to establish atmosphere in scene III. In this
scene, atmosphere of a diferent kind is created. This scene is a family scene,
in which brotherly, and fatherly advice creates an atmosphere quite different
from that of the appearance of the ghost and the problems of Hamlet and his
relatives. This creates an atmosphere of love, and betrayall, whereby Ophelia
is forced to obey her father Polonious, and is told to be careful with Hamlet,
as he is a prince, and will not look to marry just anyone, suc .....
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Hamlet: Emotional States
.... meaning, direction and a stable identity in the midst of
all the evil about him (Lidz, 73).
We clearly see that Hamlet is quite upset by his mother's quite hasty
marriage to is uncle, and this causes some deep seeded emotional problems for
Hamlet. I can not talk about Hamlet's emotional state without also going into
the fact that Hamlet already suspects the King of killing his father, before the
ghost tells him so (Leavenwoth, 34). First I will go elaborate on how Hamlet,
at certain times, was clearly .....
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Hamlet: Horatio - A Man Of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man Of Action
.... art a scholar; speak to it,
Horatio" ( 1.1.42). The soldiers need Horatio because he is an educated
man. As a man of thought Horatio has a significant role in helping society.
Fortinbras is a man of action. He takes action before he thinks about the
consequences of his actions. The king is making use of these characteristics
when he says "we have to writ to Norway, uncle of young Fortinbras—Who impotent
and bed-rid, scarcely hears of his nephew's purpose to suppress his further
gait" (1.2.29 .....
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Hamlet: Video Comparison
.... on and
asks where Polonius is. Hamlet then realizes that he is in the room and
continues his charade of acting mad. I think that this interpretation is the
best one because it reflects my view of this scene as well as what I think
Shakespeare's intentions were.
Another version was the with Lawrence Olivier. Compared with the other
two, this version didn't quite seem as realistic. When Hamlet enters them room,
it seems like he already knows what's going on, and that Polonius and the King
are in the roo .....
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Hamlet: Theories Of Hamlet's Delay In Killing Claudius
.... are sick or insane.
However, Hamlet's society believes the son of a murdered noble is responsible
for avenging his father.
When the ghost of King Hamlet appears and tells his son Claudius killed him by
pouring poison in his ear, Hamlet does not act upon the word of the specter. He
takes time to think about what the apparition told him. He contemplates whether
it is a good ghost or a bad ghost. He plans things out; analyses situations.
When the actors came to town, Hamlet implores one of them, "D .....
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Macbeth: Independence And Failure
.... then the second will fall on the first as
it tries to stand. This metaphor also excellently exemplifies the catastrophe
that occurs in Macbeth as both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth try to separate.
Macbeth is a eighteenth century play written by William Shakespeare. Using
these two metaphors, the breakdown in the relationship between Lady Macbeth and
Macbeth and between the king and the thanes and how they perfectly parallel
each other because each is caused by Macbeth's will to be independent.
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Hamlet As A Tragic Hero
.... Hamlet's indecisive pursuit in avenging his
father's death.
First, Hamlet's flaw of irresolution is shown when he sees a play and
the passion one particular actor had. A group of players has arrived and Hamlet
arranges a personal viewing of The Murder of Gonzago with a small portion of his
own lines inserted. Hamlet then observes one portion of the play in which one
of the players put on a great display of emotion. Hamlet, besieged by guilt and
self-contempt, remarks in his second soliloquy of Hamlet .....
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Has Hamlet Gone Mad?
.... is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!" Hamlet's
per-sonality underwent severe stresses due to the situations en-countered and
consequently, he had to find a way to solve the apparent problems.
In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet while talking to his father's ghost was urged
to avenge the foul murder, but to leave his mother out of it as her guilt would
be punishment enough. GHOST: "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. …
Leave her to heaven, and to those thorns that in her b .....
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Hamlet's Treatment Of Ophelia And Gertrude
.... tears
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
She married. O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
It is not, nor it cannot come to good. (Hoy, 11)
It is understandable Hamlet is upset with his mother for forgetting about his
father and marrying his uncle, Claudius. In Hamlet's eyes, his father deserves
more than one month of mourning and by remarrying so quickly, the queen has
sullied King Hamlet's memory. This remarriage is a sin and illegal, however .....
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Hamlet: Antiheroism
.... a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two,
Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such
phrases as,
That I can keep your counsel and not, mine
own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what
replication should be made by the son of a
king? (IV, ii, 12-14)
The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does
not like Rosencrantz and .....
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Does Hamlet Have A Tragic Flaw?
.... becomes so over-whelmed with death that death is all he thinks or cares
about. The death and deception burn into his heart like a hot branding iron to a
steer. Hamlet's flaw is intact. Hamlet has a friend, Horatio, who knows of the
murder of Hamlet's father. Hamlet could trust Horatio with his plans and
opinions. Horatio acted as an advisor to Hamlet, but he did not tell Hamlet that
he was heading in the wrong direction. Because of this Hamlet's heart pounded
hard with the thought of revenge. The f .....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
.... talks to Ophelia about not seeing Hamlet and then
orders her stay away from him.
1.4 Claudius is drinking the night and Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus
see the ghost again. The ghost signals to Hamlet to come, but the others try
and hold him back. Hamlet struggles free and moves towards the apparition.
1.5 The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father and that
he was not poisoned, but murdered. He demands that Hamlet avenge his death by
murdering the killer, King Claudius. Hamlet pro .....
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Hamlet: In His Right Mind's Eye
.... out of hell to speak of horrors,”
(2.1.92)and grabbed her and examined her face. Then he let out ”a sigh so
piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk and end his being.”
(2.1.106) After that incident, Polonius believes, that Hamlet's madness “is the
very ecstasy of love.”(2.1.115) Claudius is convinced, however, that that is
not the case. He believes that something else is troubling Hamlet. “Love? His
affections do not that way tend; Nor what he spake, though it lacked form a
litt .....
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Hamlet And Gertrude: Love Or Hate
.... to be
linked as part of a "great chain of being". To Hamlet, the fact that his father
had returned showed that this chain had been disrupted by some evil in the world
of man. That he had returned as a ghost could mean only one thing, his death was
not an accident. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him but warns him, "taint
not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught . . . leave her
to heaven".
This statement by the ghost was left open enough for Hamlet to develop
many questions .....
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