murdered by the new king‚ Claudius‚ and he ordered Hamlet to avenge his death. After meeting with the ghost‚ Hamlet was unsure of what to do next. He started acting crazy while he came up with a good plan. A short time after‚ Hamlet came up with an idea to prove that Claudius was guilty. He had players perform a scene closely resembling the sequence by which his uncle would have murdered his father. During this important scene‚ just as the king is being murdered‚ Claudius rose and cried out "Give
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huge way and can have an impact on those you love. Claudius fakes his love strongly towards his stepson Hamlet by telling him to not leave for school so he can kill Hamlet and continue on with his plan. “I must to England‚ you know that”‚ (Shakespeare 220-225). In this quote Hamlet is sent by Claudius to go to England knowingly that he will be executed and it shows the fake love between them. Another way appearance differs from reality is when Claudius doesn’t appear to love his wife‚ Gertrude. “No‚
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Polonius is sent to the grave with his actions of insanity. All three people‚ Ophelia‚ Gertrude‚ and Polonius‚ are Claudius’ allies‚ and by hurting Claudius’ allies‚ Hamlet is indirectly hurting Claudius. This is Hamlet’s short-term goal: Rodriguez 2 to rid Claudius of allies. Besides using insanity to harm Claudius’ allies‚ the mere presence of Hamlet’s insanity troubles Claudius. Hamlet understands the potential of madness; madness blurs reality
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his bedroom. The spirit tells him that Claudius was the one that killed him and that he needs to seek revenge in place of his father. This causes the beginning of Hamlet’s madness in the tragedy. His madness continues to build up throughout the play finally until he was not able to take it anymore. When Claudius ended up poisoning Hamlet’s mother all the anger inside of him snapped. He killed Claudius and not in any type of polite way either‚ he made Claudius suffer for all the pain he had caused
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uses a monologue in Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ lines 1-38‚ this passage is the speech King Claudius is giving to the court about the recent events that have occurred in the kingdom recently. This monologue allows the reader to get a deeper sense of King Claudius’s character and style of rule‚ and also raises more suspicion that King Claudius murdered his brother‚ Old King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father. The speech given by the Claudius‚ the new king of Denmark‚ allows the reader to get a deeper sense of how the new
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in Denmark‚ and his family • Upset with his mother marrying his uncle (Gertrude marries Claudius) • Tells Ophelia he doesn’t love her‚ and she gets very sad • Considers the option of suicide • Son of queen Gertrude‚ and late King Hamlet • Cant make a decision‚ and waits to long to make decisions Claudius – (antagonist) • The King of Denmark • Hamlet’s uncle • The villain of the play • Claudius is a calculating‚ ambitious politician‚ driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power
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Fortinbras‚ Claudius‚ and Laertes. These characters have been created to make the audience understand how important Hamlet is in the story. Hamlet and Fortinbras are not the best of friends and they do not see each other often‚ but when Fortinbras comes into the scene shortly after Hamlet dies‚ it is clear that their personalities‚ mechanisms‚ and goals are the same‚ but also different. When looking at the comparisons between Fortinbras and Hamlet‚ there
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he calls women “two faced” and “untrustworthy”. Hamlet speaks honestly to his mother‚ scaring her with his harshness. Hamlet has a moral compass yet he chooses to use it only when it will benefit him. He doesn’t kill Claudius while Claudius is praying because he knows that Claudius will go to heaven. He wants to make sure that when
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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 plans to avenge
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the contagious disease can be spread through three main characters in the play‚ Claudius‚ Ophelia‚ and Hamlet. Claudius‚ the present King of Denmark‚ is the contagion of corruption around the kingdom‚ and is the reason that corruption eventually contaminates all of Denmark. He first displays corruption when he kills his own brother solely to take over the throne‚ and marry Gertrude‚ the wife of King Hamlet. Claudius’ secret is told when the ghost of his deceased brother tells Prince Hamlet the
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