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

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

This five page paper interprets Claudius' question to Hamlet as to what has become of Polinus' body, the question preseted in Act ...

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

those who are less fortunate. When Pip sees a group of starving and shackled convicts, he is appalled by their plight. One convi...

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

He does not say, and this is another of the hundreds of loose ends in Hamlet that Shakespeare does not explain. At any rate, Ophe...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the topic of the purpose of Hamlet's Ghost. Citing textual evidence, the writer sho...

This essay presents a discussion of Hamlet's character. The writer argues that Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet focuses on...

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...

In three pages this paper analyzes what is meant by Prince Hamlet's 'antic disposition' remark in the first act of William Shakesp...

In five pages this research paper considers the religious aspects of Hamlet by William Shakespeare in an analysis of Hamlet's acti...

and how do his views regarding death change throughout the course of the play? Why Does Hamlet Die at the End?...

death of Hamlets father. Hamlet then starts to speculate about how much his mother was involved in this plot. Because of this p...

has credible reasons for his melancholy state, as his father has been dead only two months, and his mother has already remarried. ...

a character claiming he is "sick at heart," sets the stage for all the struggles that will take place (Shakespeare I i). It is the...

move from one emotion to another. There is depression, sorrow, despair, anger, frustration, and perhaps a bit of madness mixed in ...

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

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...

In five pages this paper discusses the author's unsympathetic characterization of the protagonist in 'Young Goodman Brown.' One s...

Puritans have a dour, unsympathetic reputation, so the idea of Puritan poets may seem rather odd. However, that faith tradition pr...

matter? Good-looking, of course, dark hair, rather matted; the reddish beard several shades lighter; with very deep lines round th...

"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...

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...

He says, "What is a man,/If his chief good and market of this time/Be but to sleep and feed? a beast no more" (IV.IV.33-35). But w...

she wants to be as close to the seat of power as possible and will do anything to keep her power as queen" and this sets him on a ...

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...