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In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

sign of madness was, in reality, a genuine declaration of affection. Ophelia is the only character with whom Hamlet can, at least...

In five pages this paper discusses the play's second scene in Act II and the first scene in Act III in a consideration of the func...

five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...

should take place in the nineteenth century, a time characterized by scandalous behavior, which he believed would make 400-year-ol...

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

In four pages this review includes discussion of character and plot development, staging, and considers how they support the actio...

and turned" (Every Man - III, 2, pp. 48) and Hamlets "imagination" as he dwells on the experience of seeing his fathers ghost: "Th...

theme that Shakespeare used appeared in many different forms. Perhaps the most distinguished of the supernatural forms is the gho...

that he will do anything to avenge his death and bring the now King Claudius to justice. He understands that it will not be easy ...

leaves to France. He gives her advice, as a brother would, and recommends that she be careful with Hamlet and that she must prote...

This paper consists of five pages and analyzes usage of the term dead and the concept of death within the context of Shakespeare's...

In five pages this paper analyzes the play's tragic elements and then applies them to the experience of the contemporary world....

In five pages the revenge theme in Shakespeare's tragedy is analyzed....

the wishes of his mother and the king to remain at court rather than return to his school, they are grateful and satisfied and lea...

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

hopes he may have of retaining and gaining the throne, Hamlet with obsessive focus, directs his attention to the matter at hand: c...

Hamlets touch with reality begin to influence him very strongly. This is first seen through Ophelias words of her encounter with h...

ultimate sleep that all people must experience. In this scene he is talking to Ophelia and perhaps, in a roundabout way, telling h...

harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, / Thy knotted and combined ...

the ghost of his father who tells him that Claudius has murdered him and stolen his Queen. Hamlet vows to avenge his fathers death...

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

of the careful construction lends enough credibility for the reader to suspend disbelief, but all the while, when one backs up to ...

have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...