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of madness in order to distract Claudius, Polonius, and other members of the court from his plan to attain revenge for his slain f...
affection for his father is very close to hero-worship; he loves the man with the same degree of loathing that he feels for his fa...
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...
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...
his objections are overblown. When Ophelia talks to her father or to the court about her relationship with Hamlet, it sounds lik...
lines before the mention of Ophelia that he actually tells us whats bothering him: "Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,...
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...
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 no longer has the means to interact with the living effectively, he returns to drive his son Hamlet to take revenge on his beha...
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...
Ophelia. Remember, Hamlet is but a mere college student, who despite his cunning, is often depressed and riddled with insecurity....
the circumstances at an emotional level. His mother Gertrude married Claudius less than a month after the murder. Although Hamle...
or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...
feels that he is protecting Ophelia by feigning insanity, or by being insane, he finds that he has merely turned her away. His you...
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...
of our known world esteemd him." As we note, Horatio had a great deal of respect for Hamlet, and later illustrated how Hamlet had ...
it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a most sterile promontory; ... Man delights ...
have a woman who does not necessarily understand what is going on with Hamlet. Both of them are deeply concerned with Hamlets ment...
At last, however, he confronts her, all but begging her to see some truth: "My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And ma...
wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...
essence, this is seen as "feminine and shrewd" (Rusche). From this description we can begin to understand that Gertrude may wel...
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...
brother Laertes. She is deeply in love with Hamlet, and when he treats her with disdain, she becomes confused and depressed. Ham...
In six pages the response of Rosencrantz and Guilderstern to Claudius and Gertrude, the response of Claudius to 'The Murder of Gon...
Madness is the focus of this thematic analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet consisting of 5 pages with Hamlet, Claudius, and Op...
fact that this protagonist seems to have an identity through his blood. He seeks revenge, but he also seeks to find out who he is ...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...
In five pages five scenes from the play are presented in an argument that Claudius is in fact a sympathetic character in William S...
In five pages this paper analyzes Shakespeare's tragic protagonist in terms of the Prince's godlike view of himself. One source i...