HAMLET On Claudius: “A little more than kin‚ a little less than kind” “Smiling‚ damned villain!” “Keeps wassail” “drains his draughts of Rhenish down” “remorseless‚ treacherous‚ lecherous‚ kindless villain!” “what‚ frighted with false fire!” On Polonius: “these tedious old fools” “i’ll lug the guts into the neighbour room” “you are a fishmonger” “thou wretched rash‚ intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous
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tragic hero has a fatal flaw‚ or “hamartia”‚ that causes the events of the tragedy to develop. At the beginning of Hamlet‚ the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals to Hamlet the circumstances of his death and ushers Hamlet onto a quest for revenge. Unlike Laertes‚ who after learning of his own father’s death‚ rushes onto revenge without hesitation‚ Hamlet spends the next four acts contemplating what it is he should do. Hamlet knows that his destiny should be to kill Claudius‚ his father’s usurper. In Act
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decay through Claudius’ actions and behaviour. His thirst for power and possession leads to the destruction of other characters as well as his own tragic downfall. The political corruption of Claudius is evident as he kills his own brother to become king and marries Gertrude in an incestuous relationship. Claudius says‚ “This cannot be‚ since I am still possessed of those effects for which I did the murder‚ my crown‚ mine own ambition‚ and my queen.” (III‚ iii‚ 56-58) In this quote Claudius admits his
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three times and sighing "profoundly"‚ then subsequently leaving her. It was surprising to involve Ophelia so directly in Hamlet’s play at insanity‚ as I figured he would act around Claudius and Polonius instead. But by acting as a distraught lover‚ the source of his insanity is clearer and easily acceptable by Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ and Polonius than the "murder" of King Hamlet. It is difficult to tell if Hamlet truly is upset at being rejected‚ as they have not been in a scene together and as Hamlet
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In the third scene‚ Hamlet stumbles across Claudius praying‚ and implies that he is begging forgiveness for his murder. It would have been a perfect moment to seek revenge and strike him down‚ but for Claudius’s momentary closeness with God. Hamlet decides to do his deed when Claudius is committing a terrible act instead. As the events unfold‚ however‚ Hamlet’s nobility becomes questionable‚ to the point where he is arguably no better than Claudius the incestuous murderer. Hamlet kills Polonius
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The character that everyone who has read this play loves to hate has to be Claudius. His vendetta was with the world. He felt so cheated by his brother’s success as the king of Denmark that he was inclined to take the most desperate of measures‚ and commit murder and treason. I suppose he wanted to prove to the world that he was not to be seen in his brother’s shadow any longer. “Although there are no unequivocal referents supporting this proposal - a feature that is quite typical of the psychopath
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In the play ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare‚ Claudius kills his brother (King Hamlet‚ former king of Denmark) by murdering him in order to take his position. Cladius’s brother is the father of Hamlet (Prince of Denmark). Cladius is the villain of the play; he is extremely evil-minded. Although a lot of the time he does not show it. This comes under a very important theme of Shakespeare’s plays: appearance and reality. In every play of Shakespeare‚ there is always a character
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For this assignment I chose the speech of Claudius the ghost‚ Hamlet’s late father. I think that this speech is more important than any other in the story. Had Hamlet not have met his father’s ghost‚ he would not have known that his father was murdered by his uncle. This speech was given to introduce the conflict into the story. The first version of this speech I decided to use was created for a program known as “This is Hamlet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gpDgB-GJPY The reason I chose this
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it came to the ruling of his empire he could not contain its riots and fires. Nero was born on 15 December AD 37. He was born with the name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus before he became Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. His Mother was Agrippina the Younger‚ the niece of the previous emperor Claudius (“Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus”). Agrippina‚ the mother of Nero‚ ruled for a little bit because Nero was too young to rule over the Roman Empire. When Agrippina came to power she didn’t want to relax
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king‚ Claudius. Questions have been raised because he does not kill the king after Hamlet’s first encounter with the ghost. The ghost had warned Hamlet that Claudius had murdered his father. As a result‚ there have been four theories that have been developed which try to discover the reasoning behind Hamlet’s procrastination. The average person would have murdered King Claudius immediately after the encounter with the ghost. However‚ it takes Hamlet almost the whole play to murder Claudius. The first
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