believed Hamlet to have gone mad‚ Polonius was spying on Hamlet. He was eventually caught and stabbed. Although Hamlet believed he was killing his uncle‚ Polonius was dead all the same. Laertes‚ stricken with sadness and anger‚ conspires with King Claudius to end Hamlet’s life‚ for revenge and for justice. His desire for revenge succeeds. He poisons Hamlet‚ but this also leads to his own death‚ and the death of the King and Queen. On his deathbed he feels no joy‚ but regrets the decisions he made‚
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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 of the old king’s spirit wandering the castle at night. At this moment he carefully devised a scheme. He tried to wear a mask but not literally‚ in order to hide
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that he doesn’t want to kill Claudius and wonders how he came to be stuck with completing the act (I.v. 189-190). Hamlet delays killing Claudius again after his version of the play‚ saying “Now could I drink hot blood/ And do such bitter business as the bitter day/ Would quake to look on. Soft‚ now to my mother”‚ which shows that Hamlet is procrastinating his uncle’s death by having to talk with his mother (III.ii. 365-367). Hamlet says that he’s ready to kill Claudius‚ but then changes his mind‚
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other female lead portrayed in Hamlet is Gertrude. Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother‚ a queen who betrayed her husband and got seduced by the prince’s uncle Claudius. She remarried with him and thereafter obeyed every order from Claudius. Gertrude is objectified by Claudius‚ as he said: "my crown‚ mine own ambition and my Queen." In this quote‚ Claudius says that the Queen is one of his possessions and that she wasn’t the first. This suggests that he seduced the Queens in an attempt to get to the throne
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ justice‚ revenge‚ and love were big themes in the play. The concept of justice is hard to understand in the play‚ also agreeing that Hamlet also receives justice or revenge for his murdered father. By killing his uncle Claudius‚ does Hamlet truly receive justice or did he seek revenge for his father’s death? Was Hamlet’s doings for the love of his father or the hatred of his uncle? Justice is key for Hamlet because he thinks that he receives justice for the death of his
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Gertrude is Hamlet ’s mother‚ a queen who betrayed her husband and got seduced by the prince ’s uncle Claudius. She remarried with him and thereafter obeyed every order from Claudius. Gertrude is objectified by Claudius‚ as he said: "my crown‚ mine own ambition and my Queen." To him the queen is one of his possessions and not even listed as the first. This suggested Gertrude is used by Claudius to get to the throne. The hasty marriage only a few weeks after her husband ’s death shows her great dependence
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attack motivation‚ King Claudius can be seen using aspects of Steven Stosny’s Motivation theory throughout William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Steven Stosny’s Motivation theory consists of three major types of motivation: approach‚ avoid‚ and attack. Approach motivation occurs when somebody wants to get more of something that interests them by learning more information from others. Avoid motivation happens
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they advise him to see for himself at midnight upon their next watch‚ and sure enough the ghost reappears. As Hamlet follows the ghost it describes the actions that led to his death‚ explaining that Claudius murdered him‚ then asks Hamlet to avenge him. In the midst of asking Hamlet to punish Claudius he also says‚ “Taint not thy mind‚ not let thy soul contrive/Against thy mother aught. Leave her to Heaven/And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge/ To prick and sting her” (I iv 85-88). Though the
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VOSKANYAN Tigran TES1 Hamlet’s second soliloquy : oral presentation In the last scene of act I Hamlet is told by the ghost that his father has been murdered by Uncle Claudius‚ the brother of the deceased king. Hamlet once mournful and grim turns revengeful‚ he promises the ghost to “sweep” to revenge. But he is tormented with doubts. The ghost has taken its toll on Hamlet but has not been convincing enough‚ he cannot fully trust it given that it might also be an evil spirit willing to make him
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Why did Gertrude Marry Claudius? Claudius classified his marriage to Gertrude as an "equal scale weighing delight and dole" (1.2.12). However‚ the audience of William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ has a hard time comprehending exactly what drove Gertrude to her hasty marriage a mere two months after the death of her husband. Character analysis along with evidence taken from the play makes the answer obvious. Gertrude married Claudius because she needed a powerful
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