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    financial control of the European powers and had lost territory in a series of disastrous wars. There were several reasons for this gradual decline‚ some being internal decay and the influence and/or ineffectiveness of the Janissaries. Internally‚ the Ottomans suffered from three major problems. First of all‚ after Suleiman’s death‚ the sultans were less capable and energetic‚ being raised and spending more of their time with the harems. Without the sultan’s leadership at the helm‚ corruption became

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    (Shakespeare‚ Ham.‚ 1.5.61-64) The death of Hamlet’s father set the book onto a layout of revenge and despair. It caused Hamlet to change his mindset and later on influences everyone else. In such little time and quite a rush one by one their life was taken. They vanished. Only time can tell when their live flesh would be no more and all that is left of them are bones. Hamlet drives himself mad. Mad enough to kill his uncle and drag others down. But why‚ why so much death? Have the minds of those in Denmark

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    obstacles‚ yet human beings question what awaits them in their life “beyond the grave.” In the play Hamlet‚ the author William Shakespeare‚ portrays the character of Hamlet‚ who struggles throughout the play to understand the idea whether is it better to live or to die‚ which leaves the universal question unanswered: “What awaits humans after death?” Throughout the play‚ this question plagues Hamlet if he should take his life and if it is morally the right thing to do; in which he utters the phrase

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    Hamlet Writer-William Shakespeare Movie Producer-Mel Gibson Characters: Hamlet-Prince of Denmark‚ son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude King Hamlet-ghost seeking revenge of his death Queen Gertrude-Queen mother to Hamlet and future bride of Claudius brother of King Hamlet Claudius-King Hamlet’s deceitful brother and his murderer Horatio-best friend to Hamlet Ophelia-Polonius daughter‚ sister to Laertes and love of Hamlet’s Laertes-revenger of his father’s

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    Death as a pervading theme is obvious in both Shakespeare’s Hamlet and John Irving’s The World According to Garp. The theme is particularly apparent in Hamlet as all the major characters in the play die‚ mainly because by dying they have redeemed themselves. However‚ the underlying intentions and reasons for death differ in the two works Hamlet‚ the Prince of Denmark‚ is the hero of Shakespeare’s play. The play begins focused on death‚ namely the death of Hamlet’s father. Seeking vengeance‚ Hamlet

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    Key moments- Act 3 Scene 1 - Hamlet’s turmoil
Claudius and Polonius eavesdrop when Hamlet meets Ophelia. Hamlet speaks the famous soliloquy (’To be or not to be’) and rejects Ophelia‚ whom he had previously professed love to‚ believing that she is in league with his uncle and Polonius.
Hamlet Get thee to a nunnery‚ go‚ farewell. Or if thou needs must marry‚ marry a fool‚ for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. Act 3 Scene 3 - Claudius’s plotting
Claudius arranges Hamlet’s

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    Hamlet Essay Rough Draft There are several tragedies in the story of Hamlet‚ and one of them is the leading to Ophelia’s death. Some of the many questions asked in The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare is whether or not Ophelia was killed or committed suicide and who was to blame for her actions. Many can argue that King Claudius was the one who caused it‚ but in reality he did not lead anything towards Ophelia. King Claudius only wanted the crown‚ the queen‚ and to kill Hamlet. The people

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    sons/daughters because they might be stuck becoming something they don’t like or simply aren’t good at. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet a son named Hamlet is trying to avenge his father’s death who was killed by his own brother who marries his wife. The father of Hamlet is old Hamlet who comes back as a ghost demanding his son to kill his uncle but to leave his mother alone.In Miller’s The Death of a Salesman the father Willy wants his oldest son Biff to become

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    Greek ways of thinking about death‚ and “became a more complicated issue than it had been in the earlier morality plays” (Best‚ 2011). Instead of portraying death as a Grim Reaper type figure that preyed upon every man‚ Shakespeare’s writing explored new ways of thinking about mortality and transcendence. Using the Ghost‚ Hamlet contains references to this idea in connection with death and mortality as the great equalizer‚ and in particular explores the idea of death as an “undiscovered country”

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    I do not mean to suggest that the _custom_ of lying has suffered any decay or interruption--no‚ for the Lie‚ as a Virtue‚ A Principle‚ is eternal; the Lie‚ as a recreation‚ a solace‚ a refuge in time of need‚ the fourth Grace‚ the tenth Muse‚ man’s best and surest friend‚ is immortal‚ and cannot perish from the earth while this club remains. My complaint simply concerns the decay of the _art_ of lying. No high-minded man‚ no man of right feeling‚ can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying

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