revenge between Hamlet‚ Polonius‚ and King Claudius. Polonius and Laertes forbid Ophelia from seeing Hamlet because they believe that he is only using her for sex‚ yet Polonius uses her to seek information from Hamlet as though she were his personal spy. Although Hamlet loves Ophelia and genuinely cares for her‚ he sees the danger he and the royal court pose on her. Hamlet wants to get her away from the corruption while putting on an act for King Claudius to prove that he is really mad‚ and in that
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Corruption [Claudius] "My words fly up‚ my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go" “But know‚ thou noble youth‚ The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown" “You were sent for‚ and there is a kind of confession in your looks which your modesties have not craft enough to color. I know the good king and queen have sent for you.” [Hamlet] "Frailty‚ thy name is woman" "Get thee to a nunnery!" "My thoughts be bloody‚ or be nothing
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Hamlet mourns about his father’s sudden death. He also is vitriolic toward his mother‚ Gertrude’s remarriage with his uncle‚ now King Claudius. Hamlet re-understands his mother’s love toward King Hamlet and berates the frailty and mutability of women: “Frailty‚ /thy name is women.” (Act I‚ Scene 2) Gertrude doesn’t perceive her son’s opposition toward her and Claudius’ remarriage‚ she believes Hamlet is still immersing in the grief for his father’s death. Gertrude tries to cheer Hamlet up‚ she advices
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characters to develop Macbeth’s and the play’s themes. This will be shown through the analysis of three secondary characters: Duncan‚ Macduff and the Weird Sisters. Duncan is a very influential character when he is alive and after his death. He helped develop the theme of loyalty and patriotism by making Macbeth think twice about his assassination. Macbeth’s loyalty towards Duncan is expressed in his famous soliloquy when he says‚ “ He is here in double trust:/ First‚ as I am his kinsman and his
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in addition‚ he raped one of his sisters and made prostitutes out of his other sisters. He also forced sexual intercourse with the wives of his friends‚ and then publicly humiliated them by issuing a divorce. Empress Valeria Messalina‚ the wife of Claudius I‚ also lived a notoriously dissolute life‚ having scandalous affairs with numberless palace courtiers‚ entertainers and soldiers when her husband was conquering Europe. Such absurd and ridiculous love life of ancient Roman aristocrats lead us
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Hamlet’s labeling of the Denmark castle as “an unweeded garden” foreshadows the eventual sin overtaking of the people within. Gertrude can be identified as the initial weed because her weakness‚ exhibited by immediately submitting to her brother-in-law Claudius‚ spread to the rest of the castle’s inhabitants‚ therefore contaminating Hamlet and in turn Ophelia. In addition‚ the floral reference of “thorns” is used to describe her lose of purity. The Ghost advises Hamlet “Leave her to heaven and to those
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Queen goes and tells Claudius that Hamlet is truly mad and that he killed Polonius. Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to go find Hamlet and asks where he hid the body. Because Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet‚ he refuses to tell them where Polonius’body is. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take Hamlet to see Claudius. Hamlet even refuses to tell Claudius where the body is‚ and Claudius tells Hamlet that he will be sending him to England for safety. Claudius sends Rosencrantz and
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However‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ betrays his father by remarrying with Claudius. The Ghost calls Gertrude his “most seeming – virtuous queen” which implies that she only seems to be virtuous‚ but is not.(1.5.53) To be virtuous means to be honest and moral‚ Hamlet believes that his mother is no longer either because she remarried
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uncover that Hamlet was just putting on a show to be crazy‚ the prompt and blunt path in which she educates Claudius concerning Hamlet’s conduct and his murder of Polonius suggests that she considers herself to be united to the ruler as opposed to her child. Whether Gertrude truly trusts Hamlet to be frantic‚ or has just perceived that her best advantage lies in aligning herself with Claudius paying little heed to what she accepts‚ is difficult to decide from this scene and is generally a matter of
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(Royal DSM N.V.: IT Enabling Business Transformation; CS #809-078) Due on: 29/3/2012 1. What Challenges and opportunities do senior executives at DSM N.V. face in 2000? In 2000‚ DSM senior executives were provoked with a dilemma to either continue on supporting the past business services that DSM used to offer – the core petrochemicals business – or make an eventually courageous investment in the future via growing the life sciences and performance materials businesses. Subsequently
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