“THE DEAD AMONGST THE LIVING” IN HAMLET AND FRANKENSTEIN William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein are challenging literary works that both have the same theme about the dead amongst the living. Both protagonists Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein endure hard times after their beloved father/mother dies. Victor’s mother and Hamlet’s father play a significant role in their upbringing. Therefore‚ their deaths bring to them inexpressible nostalgia for the past. Memories
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Betrayal Over the past few years‚ I have gained much knowledge about betrayal. I have come to believe that it is close to the worst thing that people can do to each other (besides murder)‚ and it’s something that happens more and more as one grows older. By definition‚ betrayal can mean to be unfaithful‚ to deliver something to an enemy by treachery‚ or to desert a person in the time of need. Obviously‚ this can tell a person a couple of things. First of all‚ betrayal is a broad "subject‚" and secondly
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The responsibility of revenge on the perpetrator falls to Hamlet‚ since he believes his father was murdered. Hamlet learned the events that unfolded during his father’s murder in the garden from a ghost that claimed to be the spirit of King Hamlet. In both soliloquies‚ his desire and drive to kill Claudius is “prompted to [his] revenge by heaven and hell” (2.2.547). His thoughts of revenge derive from seeing his father’s thought to be spirit in purgatory. The ghost that visited Hamlet may be the
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beginning of the story Claudius wanted Hamlet to treat him as if he were his father. Hamlet didn’t want to so he stuck to only knowing him as his uncle. Claudius wants Hamlet dead. Hamlet doesn’t want to call Claudius his father. Claudius married Gertrude which was Hamlet’s mother. Now Claudius went from being his uncle to being his father‚ so now Claudius plans out how he is going to kill Hamlet. In conclusion to this paragraph my thoughts on Claudius are‚ he was an extremely jealous man.
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discover of the source of Hamlet’s insanity drives him to his death‚ which further induces Ophelia’s drowning. Being extremely nosy‚ he once again hides to eavesdrop on Hamlet’s conversation‚ this time with Hamlet’s mother in the queen’s chamber. After Gertrude feels threatened by Hamlet’s aggression and screams‚ Polonius makes a sound behind the curtain‚ in turn shocking Hamlet. Then Hamlet yells‚ "How now‚ a rat? Dead for
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revenge‚ many new situations arise that test his resolve. In response to these circumstances‚ Hamlet acts increasingly erratic‚ and even murderous‚ to achieve his goal. While Polonius hides away to eavesdrop on a conversation between Hamlet and Gertrude‚ Hamlet discovers his presence
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Father’s prepare their children for the outside world. They nurture them with the children’s mother by their side. Father’s are protective‚ caring‚ dependable‚ etc. In Hamlet Act I‚ We encounter three fathers‚ who are Polonius‚ Claudius‚ and The Ghost. Each of these men are different from their garments to their personalities. Like all fathers they have a special bond to their children. Shakespeare uses different literary techniques to characterize these men and how the give advice to their children
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Providentialism‚ he can interfere in private matters and exercise his power over Polonius’s family. Right after this‚ Claudius enquires Hamlet about his gloomy appearance and behaviour because‚ instead of being joyfully celebrating the marriage of his mother Gertrude and his uncle Claudius‚ he is mourning his father’s death yet. That Hamlet does not share the general mood is perceived by Claudius as a threat against his position. He calls Hamlet stubborn and urges him to forget about his father: “[...] to persever/
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disregards her feelings like a typical man. Polonius also treats his daughter poorly and uses her as a spy‚ completely disregarding her feelings toward Hamlet. The Queen’s son Hamlet and the King didn’t tell her the truth to benefit themselves. Gertrude marrying Claudius Hamlet’s uncle so soon after his fathers death makes Hamlet extremely furious towards his mother‚ causing him to become violent towards her. The Ghost that Hamlet meets adds more fuel to the fire giving him more information about
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Anscombe rejected many forms of ethical conceptions and embedded her own thoughts based of past philosophers. For this reason‚ Anscombe considered many aspects of ethics including‚ virtue‚ psychology‚ intention‚ desire and action (Driver). Based of Anscombe‚ ethics is based on the idea of virtue but because of her Catholic background‚ Anscombe based ethics of divine law. Anscombe believed that‚ “only suitable and really viable alternative is the religiously based moral theory” (Driver). Additionally
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