introduced to Hamlet‚ an intelligent young man grieving the death of his father. However‚ as the play progresses‚ Shakespeare highlights a change in Hamlet’s character from good to evil. This is due to the fact that Hamlet discovers that it was his uncle Claudius who murdered his father (Shakespeare
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whose father has passed away‚ continues to contemplate life and the reason for his existence. His mother‚ Gertrude‚ greatly contrasts with Hamlet’s point of view and lives a happy life by not caring about anyone else. She and her newlywed husband‚ Claudius‚ have the same attitude towards life‚ and the belief that they have to be selfish to get what they
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In act I section II‚ the new king of Denmark‚ Claudius is dealing with affairs of state addressing two important issues. At the start of Act I section II the new king of Denmark‚ Claudius‚ first brings up with the issue with the state of Denmark‚ after the passing of the old king‚ Hamlet‚ it only took two months for Claudius and Gertrude ‚the wife of Hamlet‚ to marry one another. To explain this he talks about how the kingdom had grieved over the loss of their previous king and how it has effect
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Denmark to attend his father’s funeral. In the midst of learning of his father’s death‚ Hamlet also becomes privy to the detail that his mother has remarried to his uncle‚ Claudius. Furthermore‚ during Hamlet’s time home his father reappears as a ghost to enlighten Hamlet of his murderous death committed by Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius. In just the first act of the play‚ readers quickly find themselves in a swirling whirlwind of Hamlet’s family drama. Through these many incidents and Shakespeare’s eloquent
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justified in any way. Because Claudius dies‚ Hamlet dies‚ Ophelia‚ Horatio all die at the end of the play. The first reason why the Hamlet play is proof that revenge is not justified. Hamlet is the main character of the play trying to figure out how to get revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed hamlets father by pouring poison in his father’s ear. In order to become the new king of Denmark. And to steel the old kings wife. During the second act‚ Hamlet finds out that Claudius killed Hamlets father
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Within the passage from Hamlet‚ Shakespeare uses diction‚ Imagery and metaphors in order to gravely convey the Ghost and Hamlet’s contempt for Claudius and the Queen. Shakespeare uses vivid Imagery throughout the selected passage to illustrate his theme. While describing the death of Hamlet’s father‚ the lines read “And curd‚ like eager droppings into milk‚ the thin and wholesome blood.” Giving the reader a gruesome picture of the spread of poison‚ encompassing the king’s body‚ Shakespeare shows
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Claudius is ambitious man that craves power and unlike other characters of the play he gets and maintains his power in a very immoral way. Claudius‚ because of his obsession to get the power of his brother‚ poisons him and this ignites the start of the revenge going to take place by Hamlet‚ “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown” (1.5.46-47). Claudius’s brother was a great warrior that probably ruled with ideas of justice and moral balance but Claudius is a corrupt politician
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"mad in craft" [Shakespeare III.iv.188-199]. Hidden amongst the associates in question‚ exists his cowardly uncle‚ Claudius--the man responsible for the death of Hamlet’s father and Gertrude‚ his unfaithful mother‚ who married Claudius. Hamlet’s “insane” facade is also shown to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ two of Hamlet’s school friends who follow every order given by King Claudius. Hamlet refers his two friends as "sponges" [ IV.2.9-11] for they listen to every
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William Shakespeare’s‚ “Hamlet” The protagonist‚ Hamlet faces challenges trying to murder King Claudius‚ who is his uncle and the murderer of his Father‚ King Hamlet. After King Hamlet’s death‚ his wife Gertrude marries King Claudius the murderer. Later in the play‚ Gertrude suffers a terrible death by drinking poison that was not intended for her. This fatal action is caused by Gertrude marrying Claudius‚ watching a play that offends her‚ instead of speaking out‚ she tries to get Polonius to overhear
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character who is also a student of life due to his contemplating nature in which he is always questioning everything “to be‚ or not to be: that is the question” (Act III‚ Scene I). Hamlet delays to act because he does not know how to respond to Claudius’ action because secretly that is what he wanted—to kill his father and marry his mother. Not in actuality‚ but deep down in the recesses of psychological turmoil almost all sons love their mothers to such an extent that they are jealous of their
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