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in a dialogue with what he believes to be the ghost of his dead father. The ghost supposedly tells Hamlet that his ambitious brot...

woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...

true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play th...

will be. And, as a ruler he has obligations. Ophelia is likely not ignorant of such conditions considering she has grown up in a h...

1949. The first soliloquy provides ample opportunity to witness the impact this has upon Hamlet, inasmuch as he simply cannot com...

often "little more than a litany of abuse echoing and amplifying the indictments men level against her" (Corum 183). She is accus...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

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

Ophelias death, he talks with the men who are digging her grave. The comic intent of the scene is evident from the onset by the ...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

as it seems. Is Hamlets revenge motivated by a desire to avenge his fathers murder or is it sparked by the betrayal he feels over...

the king is furious at his sons interference. The king asks if the reason he has come was to save Antigone. His foreknowledge, whi...

involve whether or not his new step father was responsible for killing his father, but doubts about how vengeance was best played ...

poisoned herself at the end is of little consequence to Claudius. But of notable significance is the continued interaction b...

readily recognized as nothing more than lies. In the story Measure for Measure, Shakespeare employs the use of spying/eav...

identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...

all thoughts of Rosaline in favor of his new love, Juliet. This rashness is further exemplified in the famous balcony scene, which...

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, followed by a talk with Ophelia. In the same act Ophelia says "My lord, I have remembrances...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

not fixd His canon gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this wor...

Young Prince Hamlet of Denmark has been dealt two blows in rapid succession. First, while away at college, he learns his father h...

by King Claudius reveal him to be conniving, shrewd and lustful. Unlike Hamlet, who is preoccupied with questions concerning ethic...

his mother Queen Gertrude announces she eloped with Claudius, her brother-in-law who will now succeed Hamlet Sr. as King. The Pri...

Analysis of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act V, Scene ii), As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii), Richard III (Act I, Scene ii), The...

This essay pertains to the characters in "Hamlet" who act as foils to the protagonist. Ten pages in length, six sources are cited....

This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at changes in the text of Hamlet. The difference in Folio and Second Quarto versions a...

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at Kozintsey's "Hamlet". Marxist themes are explored by analyzing the differences from t...

In a paper of nine pages, the writer looks at directorial changes that can be made in Hamlet. The use of directorial edits to emph...