Hamlet's Treatment Of Ophelia And Gertrude
.... is understandable Hamlet is upset with his mother for forgetting about his
father and marrying his uncle, Claudius. In Hamlet's eyes, his father deserves
more than one month of mourning and by remarrying so quickly, the queen has
sullied King Hamlet's memory. This remarriage is a sin and illegal, however
special dispensation was made because she is queen.
Hamlet's opinion of his mother worsens as the play progresses because
his father, who appears as a ghost, tells him of his mother's adulterous
behavior and his uncle's shrewd and unconscionable murder. Although Hamlet
promises to seek revenge on King Claudius for murdering .....
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Hamlet: Antiheroism
.... own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what
replication should be made by the son of a
king? (IV, ii, 12-14)
The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does
not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius,
Hamlet's mortal enemy. The reader does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
either which causes the reader to side with Hamlet.
Another incident of Hamlet's high intelligence is shown when he Hamlet tells
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
I am glad of it: a knavish sleeps i .....
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Does Hamlet Have A Tragic Flaw?
.... has a friend, Horatio, who knows of the
murder of Hamlet's father. Hamlet could trust Horatio with his plans and
opinions. Horatio acted as an advisor to Hamlet, but he did not tell Hamlet that
he was heading in the wrong direction. Because of this Hamlet's heart pounded
hard with the thought of revenge. The flaw was there and the stage was set for
tragedy. There was no way for Hamlet to change his destiny. "Haste me to know `t,
that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thought of love May sweep to my
revenge."
Hamlet's surrounding are increasingly affected by his flaw. Hamlet begins to
forget all important obligations in .....
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
.... to come, but the others try
and hold him back. Hamlet struggles free and moves towards the apparition.
1.5 The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his father and that
he was not poisoned, but murdered. He demands that Hamlet avenge his death by
murdering the killer, King Claudius. Hamlet promises to get revenge and orders
the other to swear they haven't seen anything with the help of the ghost.
2.1 Polonius sends his servant, Reynaldo, to Paris to spy and ask about
Laertes. Ophelia then enters the room and tells her father that Hamlet was
visiting and was completely mad. Polonius believes that Hamlet has gon .....
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Hamlet: In His Right Mind's Eye
.... After that incident, Polonius believes, that Hamlet's madness “is the
very ecstasy of love.”(2.1.115) Claudius is convinced, however, that that is
not the case. He believes that something else is troubling Hamlet. “Love? His
affections do not that way tend; Nor what he spake, though it lacked form a
little, was not like madness. there's something in his soul o'er which his
melancholy sits on brood” (3.1.176) After Hamlet kills Polonius, Gertrude
becomes completely convinced that Hamlet is “Mad as the sea and the wind when
both contend which is mightier.”(4.1.7) With these characters convinced of his
madness, Hamlet is able .....
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Hamlet And Gertrude: Love Or Hate
.... as a ghost could mean only one thing, his death was
not an accident. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him but warns him, "taint
not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught . . . leave her
to heaven".
This statement by the ghost was left open enough for Hamlet to develop
many questions about his mother's actual involvement in his father's death. At
first, Hamlet's rage is confined to his uncle Claudius but quickly and violently
shifts towards his mother, dwelling upon the horrible thought that she might
have been involved. "Oh most pernicious women!" He screams, "O villain, villain,
smiling, damned villain! .....
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Hamlet: A Tool Of A Higher Power
.... of his recently deceased father appears to him. The
ghost claims that he is "doomed to walk a certain term to walk the night / And
for the day confined to fast in fires" (1.5.15-16). Also, the spirit explains
how Claudius murdered him by pouring the 'cursed juices of Hebenon' in the
porches of his ears. Hamlet is encouraged further by the spirit to take revenge
upon his father's death.
Because Hamlet is a philosopher and a dreamer, illustrated in his famous 'To be
or not to be' speech (3.1.64-98), he needs additional proof before he takes his
revenge on Claudius. To prove this, Hamlet has the players act out a scene that
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The Merchant Of Venice: Hath Not A Jew Mercy?
.... might
be in the sixteenth century. But again at the end, Shylock offers that Antonio
give up a pound of flesh as penalty of forfeiture of the bond, which Antonio
sees as a joke, but which Shylock fully intends to collect. (I. iii. 144-78)
This action negates any pity which Shylock would have one from the audience just
a few moments before. Shakespeare, in this scene, uses Shylock's dialogue and
soliloquies to push loyalties of the audience back and forth in a result of a
negative view of Shylock.
In Act II, scene 8, Salarino and Salanio describe to the audience
Shylock's reaction when he finds out that his daughter, Jessica, h .....
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Henry IV: Redemption
.... were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as work" (1.2. 211-
212). However Hal needs some type of strength to make his realization come true.
Luckily Hal's father, the King is willing to lend several comments that enrage
him and provide him with the necssary motivation. It also seems that
Shakespeare has included the foil for Hal, the valiant Hotspur, in order to
provide the callow Prince of Wales with another source of motivation, from
which Hal can begin constructing his redemption. In a plea to his father, Hal
vows that he will redeem his tarnished identity at the expense of Hotspur,
saying "I will redeem all of .....
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Henry IV: Hotspur Vs. Harry
.... has nothing but disrespect for Hal. During the play he calls him:
'the madcap Prince of Wales'.
He thinks of Hal as an unworthy opponent. From Hotspur's point of view the only
real opponent is King Henry, and yet it is Hal, 'the madcap of Wales', who
vanquishes him in the end, much to his surprise and dismay. We are neither
surprised nor dismayed by Hal's triumph because we know Hal better than Hotspur
does, and we know what is going to happen.
In the first few scenes of the play we feel that Hal is exactly as Hotspur
describes him, a madcap Prince, but as the play progresses we see that Hal
intends to shine when he becomes .....
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Macbeth: How Money Killed
.... "Three thousand ducats. 'Tis a
good round sum./ Tree months from twelve, then let me see, the /rate--"
(1.3.112-114). Upon this Bassanio asks Shylock if he will really owe him any
interest; Shylock reacts as almost offended, and further explains that Bassanio
will indeed owe him interest. For both Macbeth and Shylock, this is the
beginning of the end.
Macbeth's greed starts to become a problem when people start figuring
out the truth behind Duncan's death. Macbeth realizes that he is well beyond to
point of no return and that the only thing left to do is to keep eliminating
people whom may potentially stand in his way, or hurt .....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Humor
.... good example is the character of Puck.
Puck is a hyperactive child that gets into a lot of mischief. His attitude
toward his tasks is sort of a light and airy one. He does not take life
seriously, he only does what is fun. This type of character is totally
different than everyone else in the play; they are in a serious tone, while Puck
is just dancing around pulling pranks on everyone. One good example of a prank
that Puck created was putting an Ass' head on Bottom. It was unnecessary, just
fun. What made him funny was these sort of pranks, and the contrast of his
attitude toward the other ones in the story. For example, Lys .....
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