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    Providentialism‚ he can interfere in private matters and exercise his power over Polonius’s family. Right after this‚ Claudius enquires Hamlet about his gloomy appearance and behaviour because‚ instead of being joyfully celebrating the marriage of his mother Gertrude and his uncle Claudius‚ he is mourning his father’s death yet. That Hamlet does not share the general mood is perceived by Claudius as a threat against his position. He calls Hamlet stubborn and urges him to forget about his father: “[...] to persever/

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    discover of the source of Hamlet’s insanity drives him to his death‚ which further induces Ophelia’s drowning. Being extremely nosy‚ he once again hides to eavesdrop on Hamlet’s conversation‚ this time with Hamlet’s mother in the queen’s chamber. After Gertrude feels threatened by Hamlet’s aggression and screams‚ Polonius makes a sound behind the curtain‚ in turn shocking Hamlet. Then Hamlet yells‚ "How now‚ a rat? Dead for

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    revenge‚ many new situations arise that test his resolve. In response to these circumstances‚ Hamlet acts increasingly erratic‚ and even murderous‚ to achieve his goal. While Polonius hides away to eavesdrop on a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude‚ Hamlet discovers his presence

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    Is Hamlet Good Or Evil

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    In almost every story we have a hero who is a valiant good doer with a heart of gold. Each good hero needs an even better villain; for them to be interesting and a worthy enemy of the hero‚ they must have a believable motive‚ real emotions‚ and a conscience. One must believe that this villain is not evil for the sake of being evil. Without these complexities of character‚ the villain comes across as insignificant; only existing to be defeated by the hero. Emotional conflicts provide human aspects

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    An Examination of Guilt: One’s Own Deadly Poison Guilt‚ like a disease of the mind‚ has the power to consume one’s sanity‚ govern one’s emotions and demolish one’s life. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare and in the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies‚ guilt dominates the lives of multiple characters by negatively impacting their fate. This can be seen through how guilt arises from a flaw in the character’s personality‚ induces a burden on the lives of a loved one and leads to their

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    12 November 2012 From Grief-Stricken to Obsessed: How Hamlet did it in One Fell Swoop Everybody knows that person who is obsessed with something really strange. From trying to stalk their celebrity crush to needing to buy every single pair of sunglasses they see‚ they have strange urges to do strange things. Hamlet is like those people; throughout the play he becomes obsessed with getting revenge. At the end‚ he does everything‚ including losing his own life‚ to kill the one who killed his family

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    (How hamlet is mad and we begin to doubt ourselves which is when tension comes in‚ When he handles Ophelia roughly). - Setting Tension‚ Denmark and Poland tension in a warlike situation  Expand - Context  Religious (Ghost)  Expand - Hamlet Gertrude Claudious Conflict when theyre all together on the stage at once. What for you was the most riveting or satusfyign moment in the play? Can you account for how the playright managed to achieve it? - Act I Scene I‚ When the apparition of the ghost

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    Betrayal Over the past few years‚ I have gained much knowledge about betrayal. I have come to believe that it is close to the worst thing that people can do to each other (besides murder)‚ and it’s something that happens more and more as one grows older. By definition‚ betrayal can mean to be unfaithful‚ to deliver something to an enemy by treachery‚ or to desert a person in the time of need. Obviously‚ this can tell a person a couple of things. First of all‚ betrayal is a broad "subject‚" and secondly

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    The responsibility of revenge on the perpetrator falls to Hamlet‚ since he believes his father was murdered. Hamlet learned the events that unfolded during his father’s murder in the garden from a ghost that claimed to be the spirit of King Hamlet. In both soliloquies‚ his desire and drive to kill Claudius is “prompted to [his] revenge by heaven and hell” (2.2.547). His thoughts of revenge derive from seeing his father’s thought to be spirit in purgatory. The ghost that visited Hamlet may be the

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    Why Is Hamlet Lonely

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    beginning of the story Claudius wanted Hamlet to treat him as if he were his father. Hamlet didn’t want to so he stuck to only knowing him as his uncle. Claudius wants Hamlet dead. Hamlet doesn’t want to call Claudius his father. Claudius married Gertrude which was Hamlet’s mother. Now Claudius went from being his uncle to being his father‚ so now Claudius plans out how he is going to kill Hamlet. In conclusion to this paragraph my thoughts on Claudius are‚ he was an extremely jealous man.

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