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all. However, Hamlet does not see it this way and becomes very angry with his mother for marrying Claudius. Because of this, Ham...
on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...
is affected by parental behavior. Sometimes, there is no reason other than the childs own psychological makeup. It does not seem t...
is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...
consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...
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...
his objections are overblown. When Ophelia talks to her father or to the court about her relationship with Hamlet, it sounds lik...
a man so much that she would do anything for him-- lie, cry, and eventually die. In many ways, Queen Jocasta submits fully...
1949. The first soliloquy provides ample opportunity to witness the impact this has upon Hamlet, inasmuch as he simply cannot com...
were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...
At last, however, he confronts her, all but begging her to see some truth: "My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And ma...
In six pages the response of Rosencrantz and Guilderstern to Claudius and Gertrude, the response of Claudius to 'The Murder of Gon...
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...
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...
The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...
and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...
may wish to add that Claudius and Gertrude both attempt to find out what is bothering Hamlet, which only serves to make it more pl...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In four pages this essay analyzes the character of Queen Gertrude and argues that her state of denial is responsible for her actio...
reputation as a modern writer, and her influence was extensive. Stein was profoundly dependent on her brother Leo after their par...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
both royalty, they have both been told by an outside agency to look for a murderer in their midst, and in both cases, the agency t...
front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...
"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...
This five page paper interprets Claudius' question to Hamlet as to what has become of Polinus' body, the question preseted in Act ...
In six pages Hamlet, his mother Gertrude and stepfather Claudius are analyzed within the criteria Aristotle established regarding ...
In this research paper consisting of 5 pages, the Oedipal overtones of the relationships between Jack Burden and his mother and Ha...
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...
thrown into chaos. The roles of Gertrude and Ophelia within the plays construct were painstakingly designed by the Bard to reflec...
often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...