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    Today‚ your honour‚ I stand before the courts to appeal for justice for my client‚ the young Prince Hamlet who is accused of murdering our Principal Secretary of State‚ Polonius‚ in cold blood. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ the prosecution have presented a flimsy case against the prince; most significantly they failed to mention the fact that my client‚ Hamlet‚ may indeed have been clinically insane at the time of the Principal Secretary of State’s murder. If my client is found to be unable to

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    Lidtke Mill Short Story

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    No one will go to this place I am going to talk about. This Mill is type of a story that no one wants to hear about 4 ghosts that no one really knows. I am gonna tell you a story so be ready….. Once upon a ghost story a girl named Penelope‚ who opened the Lidtke Mill but then died the next day. Penelope has been just doing chores around the house like a normal girl then boom there she is dead on the floor not knowing what happen so let’s go way back to 1960 where it all happens. It was a wonderful

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    (Dictionary.com). In today’s society‚ revenge is prevalent in many movies‚ books‚ and television shows. Young Hamlet is devastated by the murder of his father and looks to avenge his death after being told by the King’s ghost that Claudius poisoned him while he was asleep in the orchard. The ghost said to Prince Hamlet‚ “So art thou to revenge when thou shalt hear” (Act 1‚ Scene V‚ Page 1). Throughout the story‚ Hamlet is blinded by the desire to avenge his fathers death that ultimately it leads him to sin

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    evidence that Hamlet doesn’t know what is going on in his own life. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder‚” demands the ghost in (Act I‚ Scene 5‚ line 23). The fact that his own uncle could kill his father leaves Hamlet crazy and confused. Although Hamlet knows something is wrong in Denmark‚ he begins to question everything that the ghost has told him. When something is needed to be done‚ Hamlet is to busy thinking about his problems. An example of this is when Hamlet has his

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    the play was the murder of his father by his own uncle who is now married to his mother. When the Ghost first appeared and spoke to Hamlet‚ he confesses the truth about his death and tells Hamlet‚ “But know‚ thou noble youth‚ the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown…Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest‚” (1.5.38-40‚82-83). As soon as the Ghost informed Hamlet about the murder‚ he promised to take revenge for his father’s death. And that promise

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    including his own indecisive mind‚ to take action for his father and the revenge obligations of Laertes and Polonius parallel the plot. Hamlet is cursed by the ghost of his father coming back and haunt him by dictating Hamlet to avenge his horrible murder. Since he is naturally both a thinker and a reasoner‚ Hamlet questions whether the ghost is really his father. The self-examination causes a delay in Hamlet’s avenge-seeking plans. Moreover‚ Hamlet displays signs of depression since his mother did

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    realize that the more sense one tries to find in people the less is actually distinguishable. Prior to the play’s opening‚ King Hamlet was found to be dead in his garden. The kingdom writes it off as a natural cause‚ but when the King’s ghost pays a visit to Hamlet he reveals the unnatural‚ twisted ploy which was his murder‚ saying‚ “Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole‚ with juice of cursed hebona in a vial‚ and in the porches of my ears did pour the leprous distilment” (Act 1 Scene 5)

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    revolves around her life and how the situation will affect her. Gertrude’s selfishness is displayed in her marriage to Claudius‚ her forcing Hamlet to accept Claudius as his father‚ and her betrayal of Hamlet to Claudius after Hamlet sees his father’s ghost. Gertrude is continuously selfish throughout the play but‚ her selfishness began with her marriage to Claudius "but two months dead"(I‚ii‚138)‚ of her former husband King Hamlet. Because of Hamlet’s reaction to his mother’s quick marriage‚ it is

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    well‚ and exactly what caused them to flip their script. Hamlet was known as the madman of the book. After the death of his father and his mother marrying his uncle that killed king Hamlet.‚ the ghost (of old hamlet) says “‚The serpent that did sting Hamlet’s father’s life/Now wears his crown.” The ghost also goes onto to say “that that in lestuous‚ that adulterate beast‚/ with traitorous gifts won to his shameful lust / the will of old hamlet’s most seeming virtuous

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    Hamlet's Tragic Flaw

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    Hamlet tragic flaw is him trying to get revenge for his father after his uncle murdered him. Hamlet see’s his father ghost and he tells hamlet to kill his unlce and leave his mother alone‚ hamlet father ghost goes to hell at night but leaves it in the morning. After Hamlet see’s the goes the tragic starts to happen. Hamlet stress’s ideas of how to kills is uncle and when to kill him. At this point Hamlet starts to go crazy but now physco yet. Although he goes love crazy and Ophelia notice that

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