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which are clear indications of the depth of his uneasiness with the entire situation. "To be or not to be" can be construed to me...

"When a potential suicide reflects on the prospects of facing an unknown fate after death, he is dissuaded from action" (Buttry). ...

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 ...

This paper pertains to Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of "Hamlet." The writer describes the overall film and the cinematic devices ...

ponders "To be or not to be." This paper tries to answer his question and argues that there are two things happening in this solil...

his objections are overblown. When Ophelia talks to her father or to the court about her relationship with Hamlet, it sounds lik...

It would seem that the fact the Ghost appears and Hamlet is able to speak to it is proof enough of the reality of the vision. In t...

of madness in order to distract Claudius, Polonius, and other members of the court from his plan to attain revenge for his slain f...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Hamlet's Ophelia. Fine art depictions of the character from history are used to exp...

other. Since the death of Ophelias mother, Laertes and Polonius have appointed themselves as official protectors of her virtue. ...

lines before the mention of Ophelia that he actually tells us whats bothering him: "Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,...

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...

likens the process of death to an innocuous fly buzzing. In other words, instead of being a mysterious occurrence, it is a proces...

intoxicated on the sound of the bird, the "light-winged Dryad of the trees" (line 7). Nevertheless, it is clear that his mental s...

be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...

the circumstances at an emotional level. His mother Gertrude married Claudius less than a month after the murder. Although Hamle...

it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a most sterile promontory; ... Man delights ...

father, as he speculates that the specter could have been a devil that assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into s...

with the real conflict that is taking place between the two, but more to do with the fact that Hamlet likely feels killing Claudiu...

of our known world esteemd him." As we note, Horatio had a great deal of respect for Hamlet, and later illustrated how Hamlet had ...

not a personality, in which impressions and experiences combine in peculiar and unexpected ways. Impressions and experiences which...

the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expressi...

At last, however, he confronts her, all but begging her to see some truth: "My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And ma...

answer might lie with the inner conflicts that were raging within Hamlet regarding his concept of honor and his desire to o the ri...

nature in which the numbers play a role. She writes, "I thought of dried leaves/drifting spate after spate/out of the forests/th...

Ophelia. Remember, Hamlet is but a mere college student, who despite his cunning, is often depressed and riddled with insecurity....

so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...

of him, his semblable is his mirror; and who else would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more" (Shakespeare 202). Hamlet is resigne...

of character. He knows that, for many reasons, his actions have consequences, but his major miscalculation is in what form they w...

to do so throughout the play as he plots his revenge. "The spirit that I have seen May be the devil; and the devil hath power To...