5. Act 1: 1st Entry; I am still in morn. My father’s death came as to a shock to me. The cause of his death is unknown‚ which leaves me curious as to what really happened. It has been one month since his death and my father’s brother; Claudius‚ is to be married to my mother. How can this be‚ after only one month? My father was a good man; loyal‚ trusting and good at heart. Does my mother realize? How can she already remarry‚ especially to her own brother? I don’t understand how they could already
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deceit and illusion. The relationships that develop the most throughout the play are Claudius and Gertrude’s‚ Hamlet and his father’s and Hamlet and Ophelia’s. Queen Gertrude and King Claudius have a relationship where there is love for the other person but also a greater love for something else. Claudius loves Gertrude but he cares more for himself and his kingdom. In the beginning‚ Claudius kills his own brother‚ Prince Hamlet’s father‚ so that he could take possession
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father visits him and explains that his Uncle Claudius was the one who murdered him. Claudius married Gertrude‚ who is Hamlets mother‚ and Hamlet is depressed from all the horrible things that happened and plans revenge. To try to show Claudius’ guilt he hires actors to do a play about a man who kills his brother to become the King. He tells his mother about what has been happening and why he’s been acting crazy and kills Ophelia’s father thinking it is Claudius. Ophelia is Hamlets girlfriend and she drowns
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unfathomable consequences exemplified in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet. The titular character‚ Hamlet‚ the conniving King Claudius‚ and the foolish Polonius all attempt to control people to further their own ends and accomplish cunning deeds. Despite each of their respective intentions‚ their fates all end the same‚ in death. Due to their ability to cleverly falsify‚ King Claudius‚ Prince Hamlet‚ and Polonius cause internal strife in themselves and others‚ the misguided resolve of Laertes‚ and their
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the uses of this world!” This is the only reason why Hamlet can’t kill himself. Hamlet felt that he was the only one that thought that this marriage was an unnatural and starts to dislikes Claudius. Back in the day‚ women were not allowed to marry after their husbands died‚ so when Gertrude marries Claudius‚ Hamlet feels
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Laertes‚ and King Claudius are all characters who felt the need to obtain restitution for past injustices against them. These retaliations are not the best ways to handle things‚ but the characters are so set on vengeance that they forget everything else. Shakespeare shows how revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to act blindly through anger and emotion‚
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ACT 1 1.1 1. What happens when Francisco and Bernardo meet at the beginning of 1.1? Where are we‚ and when? Why is there confusion over which one is supposed to challenge the other by asking "Who’s there"? Why is Horatio with Bernardo and Marcellus? Who is he? The play‚ Hamlet‚ begins with Francisco‚ one of the sentinels at the guards platform at Elsinore‚who is waiting for Bernardo to relieve him of his duty right after midnight. Bernardo calls wondering who is there‚ to which Francisco replies
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schizophrenia. The decay of Hamlet’s mind had produced the question of suicide that he had asked of himself. The Mousetrap is a perfect example of the corruption within the royal family. Not only did Hamlet produce the play to make a mockery of Claudius’ intelligence‚ but he also created a "trap" for the king to fall into. Hamlet says to Horatio: There is a play tonight before the King./ One scene of it comes near the circumstance/ Which I have told thee of my father’s death./ I
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of the play where Hamlet hesitates and decides against killing Claudius where he was sat defenseless. If Hamlet had rather not hesitated in killing Claudius‚ Hamlet would have had the potential to convince the kingdom to see his deed as something honorable due to his evidence from “the mouse trap” and would as a result‚ gain his fortune back. However instead‚ Hamlet’s flaw for over-thinking immobilizes him causing him to allow Claudius the upper hand throughout the continuation of the play coupled
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Hamlet a mission to get revenge on King Claudius and this shows many themes throughout the play. When Prince Hamlet encounters King Hamlet’s ghost‚ the Prince is shocked and somewhat scared but he listens to what seems to be his father. His father tells him that King Claudius put poison in his ear to kill him; he also tells him that he has ruined Denmark and the Queen. His father tells him to not take revenge on his mother but implies him to get revenge on Claudius for everything he has done. The Prince
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