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to send him to hell. He wants to kill him as he sins so that his soul may be as damnd and black/ As hell, where it goes" (III.3.94...

woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

agrees that this scene is enlightening on Hamlets background and character. In fact, Bloom argues that loosing Yorick, who died in...

of his day to day life that he would never be able to keep his plans from her. So, he has decided that he must pretend to sever th...

who had nothing to do with the death of his father. When Hamlet does figure out what is right for him, in terms of addressing the ...

and Achiles reenact the way in which Hamlet believes his father was killed by Claudius and how revenge will be exacted on the guil...

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

have been a devil, cleverly taking the shape of his father in order to lure him into committing a sinful act. Basically, Hamlet ...

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

is not overly sad that he is gone. Finding herself in yet another situation, she is making the best of it. She realizes that to be...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

supposedly goes insane and they think that he has no power, no part in all else that takes place within the kingdom. Hamlet has pu...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, followed by a talk with Ophelia. In the same act Ophelia says "My lord, I have remembrances...

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

Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...

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

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

violence unless he is propelled by the heat of passion. From the beginning of the play, Hamlet has doubts concerning the morali...

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

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

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

wicked wit, and gifts that have the power, So to seduce!--won to his shameful lust, The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (A...

the not-too-distant past; the guards on the battlements talk about how the previous King Hamlet "smote the sledded [Polacks] on th...

Prince. Despite his antic disposition or pretending to be mad as another ploy to ensnare Claudius in his revenge trap, maybe Haml...