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father speaking to him, or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, th...

they are in committing to marriage. The imagery evoked by "violet in the youth of primy nature" implies that Hamlet is interested...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

the past and what the traditions were at the time, which is not part of this paper because the only source being used is Shakespea...

he no longer has the means to interact with the living effectively, he returns to drive his son Hamlet to take revenge on his beha...

find a different word. The line "Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with" (III.iv.2)is difficult because "broad" does...

He says, "What is a man,/If his chief good and market of this time/Be but to sleep and feed? a beast no more" (IV.IV.33-35). But w...

writer create something unless it comes at least partly from within? Trying to provider a brief synopsis of the play is impossibl...

(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...

The play is divided into two acts, containing three scenes in the first and two scenes in the second. It centers...

has to "face the men of the time" and "think about war," in order to "construct a new stage" (Of Modern Poetry...Stevens). What St...

of those in relation to us..." (The Religious Affiliation of Playwright Tennessee Williams). In looking at this particular...

is generally understood that when a child dies a strain sets in upon marriages, often leading to divorce. In essence, men and wome...

he believed they "were too attached to European culture and traditions" (The Academy of American Poets, 2006). His work, on the ot...

This paper presents an analysis of William J. Williams' When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor in five pages. Ther...

American women's social roles are considered in William Carlos Williams' poems 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Young Housewife' in a...

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

In five pages this paper assesses Polonius's advice to his son Laertes 'This above all: to thine own self be true' with in the con...