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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...

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

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

has come forth with a version that wholly eclipses the standard. What can easily be argued is the fact that Branaghs film version...

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...

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

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

carry out his plan of revenge against Claudius without arousing suspicion. Hamlets madness is responsible for bringing the play t...

guilty. What he does not know is how involved his mother, Gertrude, is in the plotting of the old Kings death. Her over hasty marr...

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...

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

truly a message or morality play determined to convey the fact that none of the material goods any human being (or "every man") ac...

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

In nine pages this paper examines why Hamlet delayed killing the conspiratorial Claudius in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. ...

In four pages this paper discusses the reasons for Hamlet's vengeance of his father's murder being delayed. There are no other so...

In five pages this paper examines how William Shakespeare employed the hesitation motif in this tragic play in an analysis of how ...

In five pages this paper examines the oppositional and dysfunctional relationship between stepfather and stepson in a consideratio...

In nine pages this paper discusses the complexities associated with analyzing Hamlet's character. Five other sources are cited in...