highly consider killing himself if it was not a sin. In addition to the harsh reality of death Hamlet has to face‚ he encounters the fact that his mother has moved on. Hamlet’s father being dead for only two months‚ Hamlet expected his mother‚ Gertrude‚ to still be mourning heavily over her husband. While Hamlet is still wearing black and in grief‚ his mother says‚ “Cast thy night color off… thou know’st ‘tis common‚ all that lives must die.” (1362). Not only has his mother forgotten the death
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Discuss the part played by one of the following in Hamlet‚ with brief reference to the same theme or concern in Antigone or the poetry of John Donne: female sexuality‚ the supernatural‚ or the passage of time. Human sexuality is thought to be the manifestation of ‘the limits of human agency and willpower’ (Sjöholm‚ 2004)‚ however its expression is perceived as the embodiment of human freedom. It is through the oppression of female sexuality that throughout history females were essentially rendered
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Gertrude‚ Claudius‚ Polonius and others base their convictions of Hamlet’s insanity on his belief of the presence of a ghost. They are wrongfully condemning his guilt‚ because not only do others see the ghost‚ but also it makes a statement of its need to see Hamlet‚ and only him. Gertrude denied sight of the ghost of King Hamlet a few times throughout the play‚ but that is not true with everyone
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Ophelia is a young woman who is the daughter of Polonius and the sister of Laertes. In the play‚ Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which results in tragic consequences. As a character who perfectly represents the “good girl” schema‚ Ophelia is the quintessential obedient daughter‚ a role demanded of all young women in the early 17th century. Her obedient nature can be seen in repeated quotes such as – “I shall obey my Lord‚” as she complies with her father’s
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The stress of one’s mortality is constantly questioned by the protagonist‚ Prince Hamlet‚ throughout Hamlet. Despite entertaining the idea of suicide in III.i.‚ it was never really an option for Hamlet because Hamlet was scared off by “what dreams may come”; that is‚ his uncertainty of the afterlife made earthly suffering‚ a familiar agony‚ seem like the better option. Hamlet was able to at least articulate his earthly agony‚ whereas ghosts‚ devilish spirits‚ hell‚ and purgatory were foreign‚ frightening
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Shakespeare’s Ophelia is a complex character in her own right. She is controlled by her male relatives and isn’t set free truly till madness sets in. She is loved like a daughter by Queen Gertrude‚ first loved and then abused by Hamlet and above all used as a bargaining tool by Laertes and Polonius. In Shakespeare’s time the way her father and others treated her wouldn’t have been uncommon and the shock would have come from her bawdy behaviour when she went mad whereas a modern audience would
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Instead of only Hamlet dying‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ Hamlet and Claudius die. Laerte’s sword poisons himself and Hamlet. Gertrude poisons herself with Hamlet’s drink and Hamlet forces Claudius to drink poison because of it. Claudius’ actions in the end of the play caused it to end in a very tragic way. Because Claudius decides he will
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results of inaction are dangerous. First of all Shakespeare implies that life can be very bleak because of the situation that Hamlet is in. Hamlet’s father died and his mother remarried his uncle who took the throne‚ all within a month. For Gertrude to not show grief‚ as evidenced by her readiness to remarry‚ after the death of whom Hamlet describes as “so excellent a king‚ that was…so loving to his mother‚” shows a severe weakness in Gertrude’s character. Hamlet could not understand how his
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father and for the honor of his mother‚ Gertrude. While the killings both seem like a noble act‚ Hamlet and the Vicario brothers’ actions reveal a much deeper truth about machismo and the strain it puts on these characters. The Vicario brothers’ killing of Nasar is to bring honor for a woman they love; their act is a desperate attempt to reclaim their family’s dignity‚ but more
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At the end of the Act 3‚ Polonius was killed by Hamlet. Ophelia heard the news about her father’s death in the Act 4. After she heard the news‚ the became insane. She lost her dignity as a noble lady and continued to sing in front of people. The song she sang seemed meaningless to others; however‚ there was a meaning to those. The song implied her endless sadness. Not only Ophelia’s song expressed her sadness and nostalgic feelings towards Polonius‚ but also a resentment towards Hamlet. Although
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