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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

type of entertainment depends on a larger population to be successful. It is highly unlikely that a person would be able to see a...

and Cheng, 2001). We see a rise in Americans income, from $1,900 to $2,100, between months 2 and 3; this is an increase of 9% (app...

agricultural commune, with most people looking out for the other, in which agricultural products were the primary focus of barter....

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...

(VII). In this he is telling Beowulf that he had many apparently noble men claiming they would get rid of the beast but they drank...

find a different word. The line "Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with" (III.iv.2)is difficult because "broad" does...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a most sterile promontory; ... Man delights ...

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

proletariat. Marx notes firstly that the interests of communists do not differ from the interests of the proletariat as a class; t...

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