is all around and it takes Hamlet a great deal of travesty to attain the crucial evidence he needs to incriminate his uncle Claudius and take his revenge on him. Hamlet decides to act like he has gone mad to turn the attention away from his true intentions of gathering evidence against Claudius. Hamlet stages an elaborate play called‚ “The Mousetrap” to try to catch Claudius in his guilt. Claudius’s reaction to the scene where the king was murdered is undeniable proof of his guilt. Hamlet schemes
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father King Hamlet‚ the ghost reveals to Hamlet that his Uncle Claudius is “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life‚ now wears his crown”‚ but Hamlet is reluctant to believe it. Even though Hamlet promises that he will revenge for his father “O cursed spite/ that ever I was born to set it right”. Yet‚ Hamlet does not take action after the meeting with ghost; instead‚ he plans a play “The Mouse Trap‚” in order to expose Claudius. Hamlet wants to prove the credibility of the story that the ghost
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of his Stepfather Claudius‚ of his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and also of Polonius. Prince Hamlet was set on taking revenge for his father’s murder since he spoke to the ghost of his dead father (1.5 31-37). There was nothing that would stop this young man from achieving his goal‚ and he does in fact achieve it. First he wanted to know that Claudius was actually guilty and that he had not just gone completely mad. He tests Claudius and Claudius fails (2.2). Claudius shows his guilt to
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the book because Hamlet wanted to kill Claudius but he didn’t kill him because he thought it wouldn’t had been christian like. Hamlet didn’t think killing Claudius wouldn’t had been a Christian idea‚ so he just let him suffer for what he had did to his dad. “ Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned‚ bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell” (*Shakespeare pg 51) . Hamlet wanted to go to heaven‚ and with his religion he couldn’t kill Claudius. King Hamlet was in the middle of Heaven
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Hamlet is a play that represents violence through its many scenes. The violence is shown throughout multiple characters including Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Laertes‚ and Fortinbras. Also‚ the plot includes multiple situations of violence such as the killing of late King Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet. The killing of these main characters derives from acts of revenge and selfishness‚ as they all represent inhumane qualities. Though other events in this play exhibit violence‚ such as the killing of late
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father’s death through the murder of Claudius‚ but Hamlet fails to act on occasion because of his indecisive personality. Shakespeare’s character‚ Hamlet‚ is known for his indecisive personality. It is a trait that humanizes Hamlet in the sense that every man is flawed. However‚ this feature is Hamlet’s main personality flaw and because of it‚ the play is dragged on. From the moment of encountering the ghost‚ Hamlet is determined to enact revenge upon Claudius. Soon after his encounter with the ghost
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After‚ a ghost appears who resembles Hamlet’s father and tells Hamlet to avenge his death by killing Claudius who murdered the king in order to take his crown. Throughout the rest of the play Hamlet feigns insanity and plots against Claudius until he finally murders him in the end after a tragic duel. In “Hamlet” Shakespeare points to four events that illustrate tests of tolerance. First when Hamlet is silently displeased
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utter injustices that can present themselves in humanity. The Ghost tells Hamlet that people of Denmark have believed in a lie that a snake had killed him in his sleep. However the Ghost explains how he was actually murdered in horrible fashion when Claudius poured a vile of poison in his ear that killed him in excruciating pain within minutes. Upon hearing
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commonly used themes in writing. We usually find which of the characters in a story are good and which are evil through smaller‚ less important characters. In the play Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ these less important characters show Hamlet and Claudius as both good and evil. In Shakespeare’s play‚ he decides to portray his main characters in the grey area instead of a more traditional black and white depiction. Shakespeare’s reason for taking this uncommon way to portray his characters is to
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play and then delay killing Claudius‚ and then Hamlet not being able to kill Claudius while he’s praying‚ we see that Hamlet chooses not to take action. The one flaw that will most certainly overcome Hamlet and brought him to death is his courage to over think any idea. Hamlet often ties to analyze situations too much which causes him to procrastinate and be able to do what he needs to do in time. With this procrastination he allows Claudius to get away and then Claudius is able to plot his death.
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