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To Be or Not To Be Answered

ponders "To be or not to be." This paper tries to answer his question and argues that there are two things happening in this solil...

Hamlet's Ghost - A Textual Analysis

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the topic of the purpose of Hamlet's Ghost. Citing textual evidence, the writer sho...

Identity Search of Denmark's Prince Hamlet

fact that this protagonist seems to have an identity through his blood. He seeks revenge, but he also seeks to find out who he is ...

Act II Scene ii of Hamlet Within the Play's Overall Context

In six pages the response of Rosencrantz and Guilderstern to Claudius and Gertrude, the response of Claudius to 'The Murder of Gon...

Character Study of Hamlet

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

Hamlet: Thought, Feeling, Action

"When a potential suicide reflects on the prospects of facing an unknown fate after death, he is dissuaded from action" (Buttry). ...

Ophelia in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

sign of madness was, in reality, a genuine declaration of affection. Ophelia is the only character with whom Hamlet can, at least...

Hamlet and the Hesitation Motif

In five pages this paper examines how William Shakespeare employed the hesitation motif in this tragic play in an analysis of how ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Crisis of Identity

In five pages this paper discusses Prince Hamlet's identity search within the course of Shakespeare's play. There are no other so...

Hearing is Believing in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper examines the emphasis upon 'ear' and 'hearing' in the play and how this impacts Hamlet's encounter with t...

Delayed Reaction of Hamlet to Seek Vengeance for His Father's Slaying

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

Strong Character Deterioration in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more" (Shakespeare 202). Hamlet is resigne...

Hamlet's Madness Analyzed

carry out his plan of revenge against Claudius without arousing suspicion. Hamlets madness is responsible for bringing the play t...

Crime Fiction and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...

Eulogy for Hamlet by Horatio

of our known world esteemd him." As we note, Horatio had a great deal of respect for Hamlet, and later illustrated how Hamlet had ...

Act I Soliloquy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper considers the ghost of Hamlet's father and his soliloquy in Act I of Shakespeare's play in terms of its p...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Women's Roles

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

'Mystery of' William Shakespeare's Hamlet

hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...

Musical Shakespeare

or not music evokes images which have a significant impact upon mans conduct, in terms of virtue and morality. There is an old sa...

The theme of insanity in The Yellow Wallpaper

"I must put this away,--he hates to have me write a word." This shows how controlling John is over her as both husband and docto...

Kozintsey's "Hamlet" - An Analysis

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Kozintsey's "Hamlet". Marxist themes are explored by analyzing the differences from t...

Casting in 7 Plays

In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...

The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

Four ‘Ghostly’ Commands in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

not he possesses the courage to commit murder. His fear and susceptibility to depression often paralyze his movements to a point ...

Hamlet, Act IV Soliloquy

He says, "What is a man,/If his chief good and market of this time/Be but to sleep and feed? a beast no more" (IV.IV.33-35). But w...

William Shakespeare's Tragic Hero Hamlet

In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...

Hamlet's Character Development

In nine pages this paper discusses the complexities associated with analyzing Hamlet's character. Five other sources are cited in...

Guilt of Hamlet in Mel Gibson's Film Adaptation

In 5 pages this paper analyzes how Hamlet's revenge transformed him into a man very much like his adversary Claudius as represente...

Queen Gertrude of Denmark's Character

guilty. What he does not know is how involved his mother, Gertrude, is in the plotting of the old Kings death. Her over hasty marr...

Hamlet's Treatment of Women in William Shakespeare's Play

in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...