characters true nature. Many characters put on appearances to deceive others into believing their lies and hide their true motives. The main characters in the play that hide their true appearance are Hamlet‚ Claudius and Polonius. Hamlet hides behind his antic disposition to try and reveal if King Claudius is guilty of murdering the previous king‚ Hamlet’s father. While putting on this act Hamlet fools many characters into believing he is mad. The first site of Hamlets madness is his encounter with Ophelia
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marriage of his mother to his uncle‚ King Claudius. From there‚ the mystery of what happed to his father began to unfold. Shortly after his return to Denmark‚ the ghost of his father visited Hamlet. During this scene‚ the ghost reveals to Hamlet the mystery behind his father’s dead. However‚ as the audience of the play‚ we are unsure of the reality of this statement until Hamlet showcased a play within the play of what the ghost had told him. King Claudius was outraged and could not handle the guilt
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introduced to Hamlet‚ an intelligent young man grieving the death of his father. However‚ as the play progresses‚ Shakespeare highlights a change in Hamlet’s character from good to evil. This is due to the fact that Hamlet discovers that it was his uncle Claudius who murdered his father (Shakespeare
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whose father has passed away‚ continues to contemplate life and the reason for his existence. His mother‚ Gertrude‚ greatly contrasts with Hamlet’s point of view and lives a happy life by not caring about anyone else. She and her newlywed husband‚ Claudius‚ have the same attitude towards life‚ and the belief that they have to be selfish to get what they
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In act I section II‚ the new king of Denmark‚ Claudius is dealing with affairs of state addressing two important issues. At the start of Act I section II the new king of Denmark‚ Claudius‚ first brings up with the issue with the state of Denmark‚ after the passing of the old king‚ Hamlet‚ it only took two months for Claudius and Gertrude ‚the wife of Hamlet‚ to marry one another. To explain this he talks about how the kingdom had grieved over the loss of their previous king and how it has effect
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throughout the 2 silioguies‚ “O what a rogue” (1.2.549) and “O this too sullied flesh” (1.2.129). He finds out Claudius killed his father (Hamlet Sir). In the first “O this too too sullied” silidoquey‚ Hamlet is angry with his mother. Hamlet is so depressed he wishes it wasn’t a sin to commit suicide; he is falling apart. Hamlet is angry and upset at Gertrude because of her fast marriage to Claudius (his uncle)‚ right after the death of her husband and Hamlets father‚ Hamlet Sr. Hamlet understood and
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Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. In the midst of learning of his father’s death‚ Hamlet also becomes privy to the detail that his mother has remarried to his uncle‚ Claudius. Furthermore‚ during Hamlet’s time home his father reappears as a ghost to enlighten Hamlet of his murderous death committed by Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius. In just the first act of the play‚ readers quickly find themselves in a swirling whirlwind of Hamlet’s family drama. Through these many incidents and Shakespeare’s eloquent
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"mad in craft" [Shakespeare III.iv.188-199]. Hidden amongst the associates in question‚ exists his cowardly uncle‚ Claudius--the man responsible for the death of Hamlet’s father and Gertrude‚ his unfaithful mother‚ who married Claudius. Hamlet’s “insane” facade is also shown to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ two of Hamlet’s school friends who follow every order given by King Claudius. Hamlet refers his two friends as "sponges" [ IV.2.9-11] for they listen to every
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cope well with situations and ends up making it complicated. Hamlet who lost his father‚ Old Hamlet‚ grieves over his death and the fact his mother‚ Queen Gertrude‚ marries his father’s brother‚ Claudius a month after. It was just too much for him to handle. Hamlet feels resentful towards his Uncle Claudius because Hamlet should’ve been king‚ be on the throne and follow his father’s footstep. It upset him even more when he found out that his uncle was responsible for his father’s death. In act 1 scene
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character who is also a student of life due to his contemplating nature in which he is always questioning everything “to be‚ or not to be: that is the question” (Act III‚ Scene I). Hamlet delays to act because he does not know how to respond to Claudius’ action because secretly that is what he wanted—to kill his father and marry his mother. Not in actuality‚ but deep down in the recesses of psychological turmoil almost all sons love their mothers to such an extent that they are jealous of their
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