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    thousand brothers could not‚ with all their quantity of love‚ make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?" (5.2. 270-72) Although Polonius‚ Ophelia’s father‚ instructs her to never see Hamlet again and to never trust his promises‚ she continues to honour Hamlet’s love and defend him to her father; "My Lord‚ he hath importun’d me with love in honourable fashion" (1.3. 110-11). Since‚ Ophelia is dependent on her father‚ and the men in her life; she now finds herself alone after his sudden death‚ which causes

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    perhaps one of the most well known quotes in the English language‚ Hamlet actually debates suicide. His despair‚ sorrow‚ anger‚ and inner peace are all justifiable emotions for this troubled character. Hamlet’s feeling of despair towards his life and to the world develops as the play moves on. In Hamlet’s first soliloquy he reveals that his despair has driven him to thoughts of suicide; "How weary (horrible) ... His law ’gainst self slaughter." Likewise‚ when Hamlet talks to his friends‚ Rosencrantz

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    of life created by the loss. The bereaved person feels intensely sad‚ hopeless‚ drained and helpless" (www.uams.edu). Hamlet’s depression is revealed in his fourth soliloquy. "Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/ Or take arms against a sea of troubles‚/ And by opposing them? To die‚ to sleep;" (Shakespeare III.i.57-60) Meditative and

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    His challenge concluding the story is of finding a way to rid the suitors that pillage his kingdom in order to retrieve his position back as lord and husband to his wife‚ Penelope. As Odysseus went on many adventures‚ he displayed the qualities of cleverness‚ bravery‚ and vengeance. One quality that separates Odysseus from the many other heroes of his time is the ability to be clever and cunning. Odysseus shows

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    my movie is avatar‚ now I will give a summary of this movie. The story is start at 2154‚ human have severely depleted Earth’s natural resource. Pandora‚ a planet which is has mines for a valuable mineral – unobtanium. And RDA wants to gain it. In order to explore Pandora’s biosphere‚ scientists use Na’vi-human hybrids called "avatars"‚ operated by genetically matched humans. Jake Sully is a paraplegic former marine who works for a corporation called RDA. He infiltrates a native group of people known

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    dialogues‚ and figurative language of the characters. The evidence of this theme can be seen though the breakdown of the royal family‚ and the monarchy‚ by the events surrounding Hamlet’s "To be or not to be" soliloquy‚ The Mousetrap‚ and the moral decay of the characters through the use of spying and poison. Hamlet’s character is the most puzzling of the whole play. His mind erodes further and further as the play unfolds. In act three‚ Hamlet asks himself whether he should commit suicide or fight

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    decision: to take revenge on Claudius or to commit suicide. Hamlet’s hesitation to take action is caused by his moral values. Although he is filled with hatred‚ he cannot get himself to kill his uncle. Hamlet fears “the unknown” and potentially purgatory after death. Hamlet’s compelling ambition to seek revenge on Claudius contributes to the underlying theme: Revenge is an unwarranted action that leads to tragedy. Prince Hamlet’s spark to seek revenge is brought up by the ghost of his father

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    introduce the theme of madness in the first two acts of Hamlet? It is debatable whether Hamlet’s apparent madness is natural‚ due to the series of previous events‚ or whether he feigns his madness. The first line of the play- ‘who’s there?’ immediately creates a sense of the unknown‚ and this is supported by the fear of a potential invasion from Norway on Denmark at the time the play is set. The first sign of Hamlet’s madness is evident when the Ghost departs after speaking of the terrors of hell.

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    The Innocence of Gertrude and Ophelia "Pretty Ophelia‚" as Claudius calls her‚ is the most innocent victim of Hamlet’s revenge in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Hamlet has fallen in love with Ophelia after the death of his father. Ophelia "sucked the honey of his music vows" and returned Hamlet’s affection. But when her father had challenged Hamlet’s true intentions‚ Ophelia could only say: "I do not know‚ my lord‚ what I should think." Ophelia was used to relying on her father’s directions

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    The Deeper Meaning of Hamlet’s Revenge Hamlet‚ by playwright William Shakespeare‚ revolves around the burden of revenge. It all started from the beginning with the murder of King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father. Hamlet finds out the killer had been his uncle‚ Claudius‚ and sets out to avenge his father’s death. Claudius‚ however‚ is now the king and he has also married the queen and possesses all of the things he once envied his brother for. Every action Hamlet makes is founded upon the thought of revenge

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