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    heavy meaning. Throughout the entire play‚ blood is mentioned multiple times due to all the murders committed. Macbeth shows many different meanings for blood‚ but the one that is displayed the strongest is guilt. The mood‚ the repetition‚ and In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the blood that is shed in the murders symbolizes the guilt that destroys their mind because of the murders. First‚ the mood conveyed throughout the entire play Macbeth is very serious‚ dark‚ and unnerving. The reason that

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    Play Analysis: Hamlet

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    Play Analysis 2: Hamlet 1. In Hamlet the King has recently passed away and his brother Claudius has taken the throne and married the widowed Queen Gertrude. One night in Elsinore Castle in Denmark the King’s ghost appears before the watchmen and then Horatio. Horatio and the watchmen bring Hamlet‚ the prince‚ son of the deceased king and Gertrude‚ the ghost reveals it is the spirit of the dead king. He tells his son that he was murdered by Claudius and bids him to take revenge upon his uncle. Hamlet

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    In the story Shakespeare in the Bush‚ author Laura Bohannan has an argument with a friend about the interpretation of Shakespeares literature. Her friend stated that Shakespeare was "a very English poet" and that people of other cultures could certainly misunderstand his literal meanings. The author then argues that the plots and motivations of Shakespeares tragic plays will always be apparent because human nature is more or less universal through out the world. She does however take into account

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    Hamlet Tone Analysis

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    The production‚ Hamlet by Shakespeare follows the struggles of Prince Hamlet who is deeply depressed by the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius. The tone of the play gives off a very dark‚ uncertain and introspective feel‚ as the line find quote from beginning of the play. These lines represent the distressing and mourning of the death of the King. Because of this gloomy tone‚ I chose a setting that was a rather dark period of time and expressed the same feelings

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    The story of Hamlet shows Stoicism‚ which Hamlet himself conveys in Shakespeare’s piece. Stoicism means self-control or enduring of pain in order to develop clear judgement and inner calm. Stoicism was derived from Greek word “stoa” referring to a colonnade and developed by Zeno of Citium. Stoicism was presented in this play when Hamlet disguised himself as madman to avert his uncle’s attention to him as Claudius sees him as a threat. Hamlet discovered the truth behind his father’s death because

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    lines of tragedy and it’s effects‚ the tragic hero must receive sympathy in order to create the full tragic effect. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet‚ it is easy to sympathize for the main character who’s name happens to be the same as the title‚ Hamlet. Hamlet clearly struggles with depression‚ which is a beginning building block for sympathy. Off and on‚ Hamlet contemplates suicide. The struggle of ending his life‚ or enduring more hardships constantly weighed on his troubled mind. On top of Hamlet’s

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    he Foils of Hamlet Hamlet is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible‚ because it is in excess of the facts as they appear.... We should have to understand things which Shakespeare did not understand himself." T.S. Eliot (Hamlet and His Problems) In the play Hamlet [Titles] by William Shakespeare the cast of main characters use the support given to them by the foils to enhance the play. A foil is a minor character who by simulations [?] and differences reveals character‚ and who‚ as an element

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    Hamlet Feminist Analysis

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    Thesis: Throughout William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ women are viewed negatively and play a limited role within the society of Elsinore. Through the use of critical and dismissive dialogue‚ women are displayed as powerless‚ play a muted role and are dependant on a male figure. The negative judgements of women are represented throughout the whole play through the use critical and dismissive dialogue towards the female characters. Hamlet believes that women are powerless humans. He first demonstrates

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    century and the start of the 17th century‚ Shakespeare’s Hamlet surpasses the constraints of time and muses upon both the primitive and contemporary man. In the late 16th century in England‚ people of all classes on the social echelon‚ with the exception of royals‚ were able to publicly eyewitness theatre. Audiences craved new plays to assuage their appetites. One of numerous dramatists that capitalized this abundance of opportunity was Shakespeare. Opposed to the modern time‚ audiences spectated the

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    character to destruction. Hamlet is an example of Shakespeare’s tragic hero. His tragic flaws are his indecisive nature‚ his inability to act‚ and his misogyny‚ mistrusting of women‚ all of which lead to his demise. Hamlet’s indecisive nature makes him delay his plan for revenge‚ which give others opportunities to prepare and eventually strike back on him. He thinks‚ rather than taking action. When Hamlet meets the ghost of his dead father King Hamlet‚ the ghost reveals to Hamlet that his Uncle Claudius

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