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    Hamlet Act III Questions

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    Act III questions Read the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia carefully. Why is he so bitter towards her? When Hamlet sees Ophelia coming‚ he calls her‚ “The fair Ophelia!” and speaks fondly of her. Though as soon as she starts speaking to him in a formal way because she knows she’s being watched and returns the gifts to Hamlet‚ he realises something is up and they’re being watched. He feels tricked and trapped and so he asks Ophelia what she seems to be‚ “Are you honest?... Are you fair?”. Hamlet

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    Hamlet Act 4 Summary

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    ACT 4 Scene 1 After being Harassed by her son Claudius tells Gertrude to explain what happened and she tells Claudius of how Hamlet killed Polonius by mistake and thought it was Claudius instead of Polonius. After hearing the story King of Denmark Claudius realises that he could have easily been killed if it were him instead of Claudius. Then asks the Whereabouts of Polonius corpse and Gertrude knew not where Hamlet had taken it just that he dragged it away. So the king demands the Hamlets old

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    Hamlet Act 1 Analysis

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    short first scene of Act IV bases on Gertrude’s selling out of her child‚ handing him over to the ruler in the wake of having guaranteed to help him. While she keeps her guarantee not to uncover that Hamlet was just putting on a show to be crazy‚ the prompt and blunt path in which she educates Claudius concerning Hamlet’s conduct and his murder of Polonius suggests that she considers herself to be united to the ruler as opposed to her child. Whether Gertrude truly trusts Hamlet to be frantic‚ or has

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    Hamlet Act 2 Assessment

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    I believe Hamlet isn’t pretending and is actually going mad because •He acted very strange infront of Ophelia and it genuinely scared her‚ and because she loves him and knows him sos well she knows something is really wrong. "Lord Hamlet‚ with his doublet all unbraced;/ No hat upon his head‚ his stockings foul’d‚/ Ungarter’d‚ and down-gyved to his ankle;/Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other‚/And with a look so piteous in purport/As if he had been loosed out of hell/To speak of horrors

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    Hamlet Act Iii Climax

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    In The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Shakespeare uses personification‚ allusion‚ and a rhetorical question to advocate that the climatic moment of Act III is when King Claudius admits to the murder of King Hamlet because‚ by definition‚ it is the act that turns the action of the scene around‚ leading toward an inevitable conclusion. Shakespeare uses personification when King Claudius says that “[his] offense is rank‚ it smells to heaven” (line 36). Claudius’ guilt of killing his very own brother

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    Hamlet Act 2 Essay

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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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    Why Hamlet Cannot Act After reading Shakespeare ’s Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark‚ one comes to the conclusion that Prince Hamlet is defined by his indecision. This indecision has a dire consequence‚ namely the inability to act‚ which ultimately leads to his death and the deaths of most of the other characters by the play’s end‚ thus becoming Prince Hamlet’s tragic flaw. Due to his tendency to over think‚ over analyze‚ procrastinate‚ and stagnate in deliberation‚ the majority of the play focuses not

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    Maternal Instinct

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    A maternal instinct is a bond that forms between a mother and a child while the child is still in the womb. Overtime I do believe that a lot of women have lost that maternal instinct with their unborn child due to dangerous factors coming in between that bond. I do believe that maternal instincts should be allowed to be regulated by the government or anybody who has the unborn child’s best interest at heart. Though the mother may have the best interest at heart‚ it may be lost because of a form of

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    Hamlet Essay Act 2

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    Overcoming a loved ones death is never easy‚ but it becomes manageable with the help‚ support‚ and love of loved ones around you. In Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet’s father’s death brings great pain to him. On the other hand his mother and uncle seem to have moved on from that episode by continuing with a new life together. He is the only honest character in the royal court‚ the only person of high standing whose sensibilities are offended by what has happened in the aftermath of his father’s

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    The Moral Instinct

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    AJ Jimenez RWS 100 Prof. Traylor November 8‚ 2012 “The Moral Instinct” A journalist of The New York Times Magazine by the name of Steven Pinker published an article titled‚ “The Moral Instinct.” The purpose of the article was to discuss morality and the questions and speculations around it. In the article‚ Pinker suggests that our moral goodness is just in our minds and is there to help us decide between what is right and wrong. He says that our moral goodness isn’t just an opinion-based conclusion

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