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Hamlet/The Ruse of Insanity

ghost is the specter of his father, condemned to suffer "sulphurous and tormenting flames" (I.v.7) because he died without having ...

Hamlet Interpreted Three Ways

films of the play and specifically, the "To be or not to be," "Get thee to a nunnery" and "Now might I do it pat" speeches from th...

Weak or Strong: Ophelia and Gertrude

of Fortinbras, a military man and the individual who will now assume the kingship: "Go, bid the soldiers shoot" (V.ii.403). Cannon...

Was Hamlet Sympathetic or Unsympathetic?

lost her mother at an early age, was brought up in a very sheltered environment, with her father Polonius - one of Claudius best f...

Do Not Speak the Speech, I Pray You

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

Effects of Hubris on Tragic Shakespearean Heroes Brutus, Hamlet, and Othello

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

The Grand Ladies of Shakespeare, Ophelia and Desdemona

not of noble blood and its no good for her to dream about marrying a prince "out of thy star; / This must not be" (II.ii.141-142)....

Two Great Tragic Heroes

lovd me for the dangers I had passd / And I lovd her that she did pity them" (I.iii.167-168). Pity here doesnt mean that she was s...

Ophelia and Hamlet

reader wonder why hes reacting so strongly. Hamlet is a college student, and although no child wants to believe that their parents...

Downfall of William Shakespeare's Tragic Hero Macbeth

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

Comparative Analysis of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

even if there were a few sinful missteps along the way. However, if they put themselves and their own needs ahead of what God exp...

Characterization as a Literary Technique

remarried-his fathers brother, no less. Then, to his horror, he finds out that his fathers death was no accident, but fratricide: ...

Don Quixote, Hamlet and Their View of the World

Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Ophelia, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern all dead. This is a bleak, tragic world, which is why...

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the vengeance and madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Melville's Captain Ahab. Sev...

Musical Shakespeare

or not music evokes images which have a significant impact upon mans conduct, in terms of virtue and morality. There is an old sa...

British Literature and the Theme of Sin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

Five Tales of Anti Feminism

In five pages the anti feminist handling of female characters in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet, Chaucer's The Wi...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Film Adaptations by Directors Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh

should take place in the nineteenth century, a time characterized by scandalous behavior, which he believed would make 400-year-ol...

Claudius in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this character analysis of Claudius focuses on ethical values with a contrast and comparison between Prince Hamlet a...

Madness Feigned or Real in Ophelia and Hamlet

In twelve pages this paper discusses the presentation of madness in Shakespeare's tragedy as genuine in the character of Ophelia a...

Humor's Purpose and Tone of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

other plays by Shakespeare. In fact, the techniques used in Hamlet are used in "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Othello" (Draud...

Killing of Polonius and the Staging of the Third Act, Fourth Scene of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

In four pages this paper discusses how entrances, exist, groupings, movements, costumes, tone, and gestures would be staged in thi...

Hamlet Foils Siblings Laertes and Ophelia

In five pages this paper discusses how the personalities of Ophelia and Laertes are in sharp contrast to that of Prince Hamlet. T...

Mastering the Literary Art

In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...

A Comparison of Two Characters in Shakespearean Literature

This paper compares and contrasts the character Miranda, from The Tempest, with Ophelia of The Tragedy of Hamlet. This five page...

12 Questions on Theater and Acting

In twelve pages twelve questions on acting and theater are answered with varying Hamlet interpretations between Kenneth Branagh an...

Character Analysis of Laertes in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

leaves to France. He gives her advice, as a brother would, and recommends that she be careful with Hamlet and that she must prote...

Role of Hamlet That Actors Aspire to Play

Kevin Kline, after being encouraged by the legendary Joe Papp, chose to "do Hamlet" and received great critical accliam. During t...

Psychotic Discourse Framing Analysis

were a child answering her mother (Ribeiro 80). The great playwright William Shakespeare was a keen observer of human behavior, ...

Using Aristotle to Analyze "Hamlet"

in thought - that is, the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in given circumstances" (Aristotle). The fourth element...