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This five page paper interprets Claudius' question to Hamlet as to what has become of Polinus' body, the question preseted in Act ...

five-act pattern. The setup creates the plays "world", introduces us to the characters, and lays the groundwork for some of the c...

Ophelia in the process. The burden of these struggles is more than the emotionally fragile prince can bear, and when he utters th...

In five pages the dramatic structures and themes are compared in this examination of a trio of William Shakespeare's plays. Two s...

should take place in the nineteenth century, a time characterized by scandalous behavior, which he believed would make 400-year-ol...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares Laurence Olivier's 1948 Hamlet adaptation with Franco Zeffirelli's 1990 interpret...

In four pages this review includes discussion of character and plot development, staging, and considers how they support the actio...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares how women's roles are depicted in these two classic works of literature. Five so...

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how sin is depicted in the Books of Genesis and Romans as well as how it is thematically dev...

and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...

also clear that Shakespeare is not writing the play from the perspective that it is about the problems of interracial marriage. I...

the water by someone. As such her death is not an obvious murder. But, do we consider it murder if she was so distraught by the cr...

possibility that Desdemona is cheating on him, and in domino fashion this suspicion turns to jealousy, hurt, anger, rage, and even...

see that vengeance is in order. That is another classic theme in humanity. If someone were to have killed one of our parents we wo...

Had they employed reason by waiting for the light of day, perhaps they would not have rushed into love, marriage, and ultimately, ...

have been a devil, cleverly taking the shape of his father in order to lure him into committing a sinful act. Basically, Hamlet ...

thinks she is ignorant because she is unsure and innocent. He feels that she is an idiot to even begin to believe the words or aff...

now he is praying; And now Ill dot. And so he goes to heaven; And so am I revenged" (Hamlet III iii). He stops, however, and truly...

subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...

life, consuming him. It is this rage that eventually drives him to madness and murder. It seems ironic that Claudius, Laertes, a...

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

the witch may well have been incredibly deceptive and conniving in her involvement with the knight, and in this we can see the pre...

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...

for the rest of the world, There will never, never be another Laurence Olivier" (69). The article goes on to report that at the "s...

that Hamlet must seek vengeance for the crime. This begins the powerful intrigue in the play that is filled with conflict. In t...

Jocastas acceptance of her role and of the death of her son is fundamental to the actions of the play. When Oedipus kills Laius a...

When Hamlet returns home, he is greeted with what he is convinced is his fathers ghost. After identifying himself, the ghost prom...

where hours were spent singing songs and learning nursery rhymes. When Gertrude inquires as to how she is doing, Ophelia sings, "...

(like Mel Gibson in the 1991 film) has no interest in playing him as an apologetic mope" (Ebert). In the written play there is a...