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    Ethical Issues In Hamlet

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    resolve in killing Claudius. The three main ideas for Hamlet’s

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    his true identity. Shakespeare uses soliloquies to show the readers and audience the true feelings and emotions of Hamlet. All seven soliloquies‚ each slightly different‚ proclaim Hamlet’s inner conflicts and reasons for delaying his revenge. Hamlet is a very complex character. He doesn’t really know who he is‚ but through his soliloquies we can trace Hamlet’s search for his true identity. In Hamlet’s opening soliloquy he reveals how he feels towards Claudius and his mother. He is disgusted with

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    In the play Hamlet‚ Shakespeare creates a rich emotional fabric in Hamlet’s first soliloquy. From the first lines of the soliloquy‚ we can find such emotions as depression‚ disillusion‚ anger‚ and even the hatred and disgust for Hamlet’s mother and uncle. The first line in the soliloquy shows us depression: "O! that this too too solid flesh would melt‚/Thaw and resolve itself into a dew" (Shakespeare 42). Hamlet’s depressive spirit is explained by that he is tired of life and wants to die. The reason

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    Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ is a play that focuses on Hamlet’s own character development. Through his soliloquies the audience learns a lot about how he truly feels. This evidence leads to the essence of Hamlet’s lunacy. The function of these soliloquies is to track his maddening behavior as it evolves. Hamlet’s first major soliloquy occurs in Act I of the play. He contemplates killing himself as well as how he truly feels about his mother and father. About his mother he says‚ “frailty‚ thy name is woman”

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    The first soliloquy provides a contrast between the controlled and artificial dialogue he had exchanged with Claudius in the court. It is situated when King Claudius and Ma’am Queen Gertrude advocate Hamlet in “open court” to discard his feelings of melancholia‚ which they believe has taken over his mind as a result of his father’s death. For them‚ they believe that Hamlet has grieved enough already about his Father’s death. When we read a bit before the soliloquy‚ we notice that‚ that is when King

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    Mental Illness In Hamlet

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    protagonist is the Prince of Denmark. This Prince is witty and sarcastic‚ always presenting comebacks and complex ways to insult someone. The play starts off with a death‚ King Hamlet’s death. As the scene goes on Queen Gertrude marries the new king‚ King Claudius‚ King Hamlet’s brother… Prince Hamlet’s uncle (Shakespeare). During the rest of the play‚ Hamlets moods seem to jump up and down‚ from a very manic mood to suicidal thoughts. After reading the play‚ and getting to understand more about Bipolar Disorder

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    ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?” (A3S1) In this one sentence‚ there are three commas‚ two colons‚ and one question. In this whole soliloquy‚ there are a total of five sentences. Hamlet’s elongated sentences shows how frustrated‚ difficult‚ and serious the topic he is dissecting is‚ which in this example is life and death.

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    The soliloquy begins with Hamlet contemplating suicide. He feels that life is worthless and depressed about the “heartache” that living brings. When Hamlet realises that the only reason he has not already killed himself is because the fear of uncertainty‚ his

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    Tragically‚ the state of Denmark is lead falsely to believe that a poisonous snake was the cause of his death. In reality‚ the king’s death was a murder committed by his brother-and-current-king‚ Claudius. During the course of the play‚ Claudius claims in his soliloquy‚ “I am still possessed / Of those effects for which I did the murder: / My crown‚ mine own ambition‚ and my queen. May one be pardoned and retain th’ offense?” (III‚ iii‚ 57-60). He recognizes his fault through repentance

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    What is the significance of Hamlet’s soliloquies? Before Hamlet I had read three other Shakespeare plays - Romeo and Juliet‚ Macbeth and King Lear. Hamlet is often renowned for being one of the best if not the best of Shakespeare’s plays. At the same time it is a notoriously difficult play to study because of the complex themes and ideas that lie at its heart. Having now read and studied the play in class I feel inclined to say that these very general and stereotypical opinions about Hamlet

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