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consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

he no longer has the means to interact with the living effectively, he returns to drive his son Hamlet to take revenge on his beha...

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

the past and what the traditions were at the time, which is not part of this paper because the only source being used is Shakespea...

which are clear indications of the depth of his uneasiness with the entire situation. "To be or not to be" can be construed to me...

of madness in order to distract Claudius, Polonius, and other members of the court from his plan to attain revenge for his slain f...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Hamlet's Ophelia. Fine art depictions of the character from history are used to exp...

other. Since the death of Ophelias mother, Laertes and Polonius have appointed themselves as official protectors of her virtue. ...

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...

lines before the mention of Ophelia that he actually tells us whats bothering him: "Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,...

his objections are overblown. When Ophelia talks to her father or to the court about her relationship with Hamlet, it sounds lik...

It would seem that the fact the Ghost appears and Hamlet is able to speak to it is proof enough of the reality of the vision. In t...

to counter the rottenness that has overtaken the land: he makes up his mind to avenge his fathers murder. In his version of the pl...

father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...

they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...

father speaking to him, or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, th...

three types of characters - one who to be killed, one to kill, and one to avenge the killer (89). For audiences during the early ...

with the real conflict that is taking place between the two, but more to do with the fact that Hamlet likely feels killing Claudiu...

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

This paper pertains to Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of "Hamlet." The writer describes the overall film and the cinematic devices ...

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...

Ophelia. Remember, Hamlet is but a mere college student, who despite his cunning, is often depressed and riddled with insecurity....

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

At last, however, he confronts her, all but begging her to see some truth: "My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And ma...

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

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

answer might lie with the inner conflicts that were raging within Hamlet regarding his concept of honor and his desire to o the ri...

Back in the old country, the Sicilian Catholics had placed great significance upon supernatural messages and prophecies. When Mac...

the circumstances at an emotional level. His mother Gertrude married Claudius less than a month after the murder. Although Hamle...

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...