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and quite unthinkingly into a marriage to his murderer, and was able to ignore the facts and clues that encircled her, pointing to...

In five pages this paper discusses how the play's text reveals the Danish queen to be guilty of adultery and murder conspiracy in ...

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...

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...

In five pages these 2 characters featured in William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy are contrasted and compared. There are no ...

thrown into chaos. The roles of Gertrude and Ophelia within the plays construct were painstakingly designed by the Bard to reflec...

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...

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

conflict, whereas Gertrude and Ophelia are blatantly constructed to subordinate and to submit to all of the whims and desires of t...

marriage, and to decline / Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor / To those of mine! / But virtue, as it never will be movd,...

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

In four pages this essay analyzes the character of Queen Gertrude and argues that her state of denial is responsible for her actio...

is affected by parental behavior. Sometimes, there is no reason other than the childs own psychological makeup. It does not seem t...

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

the throne of Denmark. This is why Hamlet frequently verbally attacks his mother. Gertrudes role was expected to be that of wife...

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

In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

In five pages five scenes from the play are presented in an argument that Claudius is in fact a sympathetic character in William S...

In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...

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

Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father h...

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

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

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

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

In each, their gestures of submission paradoxically enable the expression of desire. This shows female characters that inhabit th...

feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...

In five pages this paper examines Hamlet's role in the deaths of certain characters in terms of whether or not he actually caused ...