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    Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most renowned tragedies. It’s a story of mortality‚ revenge‚ and most of all‚ madness. On Hamlet’s quest for revenge‚ there was one death that caused Ophelia to ascend into her own madness. There are only a few signs before hinting towards Ophelia being insane‚ but he the days following the death she takes the plunge down the rabbit hole. This lead up to when Ophelia finally died and ended her own life. There are two theories as to why Ophelia went insane. One being

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    tragedy Hamlet‚ death and justice are reoccurring themes‚ but they are not as vital as love. Love affairs‚ broken hearts‚ and betrayal shuffle between each of the characters‚ causing hysteria within their lives. Shakespeare uses the characters to show how love‚ justice‚ and death play a part in each act‚ letting the reader debate the outcome and reasoning of each event. Hamlet’s love interest‚ Ophelia‚ has the greatest ties to love. She experiences love in many ways‚ including blind love and loss

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    SPH 4U Worksheet 1) A spring with spring constant 450 N/m is compressed 15cm and is used to fire a 5g plastic ball straight up in the air. Find: a) the launch speed b) the maximum height to which the ball rises 2) A pendulum with a mass of 50g on it at a height of 30cm is allowed to swing. At the bottom of its swing it strikes a horizontal spring that compresses 5cm in stopping the pendulum. What is: a) the spring constant? b) the speed of the pendulum bob when the spring is only compressed

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    What is love? Is it even possible for finite minds like ours to determine what this elusive emotion is? Many people have mixed up beliefs of what love is‚ therefore it is pretty hard to define this decisive emotion. The universal definition of love is the natural response of the heart to the feelings and existence of all of life. There are also different levels of love. Pragma – love which endures‚ Philautia – self-respect‚ Eros – romantic and erotic love‚ Storge – family love. These four different

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    We see that Hamlet treatment of Ophelia because of this may be thestraw-that-breaks-the-camel ’s-back with respect to the pressure he puts onOphelia. Ophelia will become increasingly despondent and mad in thewake of Hamlet ’s rejection of her. In this sense‚Ophelia is treated like an object by her family who strives to keep the manshe loves and that loves her away from her. Used bythe King‚ her father and brother‚ and abandoned by Hamlet; these externalpressures combine to cause Ophelia ’s bizarre

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    ’Macbeth’ was written around about 1603-1607 and no one really knows when the exact date ’Hamlet’ was written‚ but it was approximately in 1599-1601. The plays written were both tragedies written by William Shakespeare. ’Macbeth’ was about a man who was told a prophecy by three witches that he will be lord of Cawdor and he will become King. So he killed the former King of Scotland for himself and his wife Lady Macbeth to become king and queen‚ he was not alone in the murder his wife manipulated

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    Duty of the Offspring: A Comparison Between Modern Society and Hamlet Shakespeare shows in Hamlet‚ many relationships are based on emotional bonds‚ which‚ according to tradition‚ should be strong and unquestionable. The bonds of blood‚ those of friendship‚ and those of social position affect the relationships in this play. Shakespeare shows that loyalty and familial devotion‚ defined in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary‚ as "the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal towards one’s family"

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    In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Prince Hamlet and Ophelia have a very intricate and often confusing relationship with each other. While Hamlet has written Ophelia love letters‚ claimed that he loves her‚ and flirts with her‚ he also insults her‚ shows no remorse over killing her father‚ and claims that “I loved you not” (3.1.119). Hamlet’s behavior throughout the play poses question as to whether Hamlet ever loved Ophelia. While Hamlet’s behavior is questionable and his motives are often unclear‚ I believe

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    June 25‚ 2013 Ophelia: Crazy or Not? In the story “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare the character of Ophelia is quite a challenge to understand. Ophelia is Hamlets love interest‚ whom many thought was mad or psychologically disturbed from the beginning of the story. That may have been true‚ but it was not necessarily the whole truth. Ophelia could have been mad or just been madly in love. She also could have been putting on a cloak of madness to hide the fact that she was in on Hamlets plan to expose

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    14‚ 2012 Ophelia and her Flowers Flowers; there expected to be over 10 000 different species of this aesthetic plant‚ and each can have a different meaning. In the play HamletOphelia‚ a girl raised by obedience and manipulation‚ uses these flowers in a fit of madness and their archetypal meanings to express her thoughts‚ feelings‚ and hopes towards her once thought as lover‚ Hamlet. As the play goes on‚ you can see that more is revealed in her relationship with Hamlet‚ and that Ophelia isn’t as

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