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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...

who are unfamiliar with it; then if the instructor has any sense he or she will run the Kenneth Branagh uncut version the followin...

his objections are overblown. When Ophelia talks to her father or to the court about her relationship with Hamlet, it sounds lik...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

the circumstances at an emotional level. His mother Gertrude married Claudius less than a month after the murder. Although Hamle...

with the real conflict that is taking place between the two, but more to do with the fact that Hamlet likely feels killing Claudiu...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

answer might lie with the inner conflicts that were raging within Hamlet regarding his concept of honor and his desire to o the ri...

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

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...