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    experience an event or numerous events that their mind simply cannot cope with and‚ thus‚ to avoid their harsh reality‚ they fall into a state of madness. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ there is much questions and debate whether the protagonist‚ Hamlet‚ is mad or just pretending. In the disastrous state of Denmark‚ Hamlet has had his father pass away‚ his mother marry his uncle while he takes over the kingship‚ his love of his life no longer permitted to see him and instructed for revenge by the ghost

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    Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most analyzed plays. The Danish prince is developed into a mysterious and fascinating man. A philosopher and a fencer‚ he is a man disgusted with the rottenness of life around him and is obligated to set things right. Under the guise of madness he attempts to achieve his ends; yet there is much to puzzle over. Was Hamlet really such a good actor that he could fool everyone into believing in his madness or was he truly mad? And‚ why did he wait so long to carry

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    Characters: Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark who has come home from Germany only to find his father dead and his mother married to his father’s brother‚ Claudius. Claudius‚ King of Denmark who has usurped the throne and taken his brother’s wife by killing the former king. Gertrude‚ Queen of Denmark‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ King Hamlet’s widow‚ and Claudius’s new wife. The Ghost‚ Spirit of King Hamlet‚ roaming the earth every night until his soul is avenged. Polonius‚ the Lord Chamberlain and chief councilor to

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    Hamlet Timed Writing In Hamlet‚ Gertrude is portrayed to be not as loyal to Hamlet as a mother should be. Hamlet is a scholar and a philosopher‚ searching for life’s most elusive answers. Gertrude is shallow‚ and thinks only about her body and external pleasures. Like a child she wants to be delighted. Gertrude is also a very sexual being‚ and it is her sexuality that turns Hamlet so violently against her. The Ghost gives Hamlet‚ who is already disgusted with his mother for marrying his uncle

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    and in particular Hamlet and the period of time in which the play was written? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the theme of revenge is central to understanding the values and beliefs in society at the time the play was written. It is the characters‚ and in particular Hamlet that reflect the ideas from different periods of time such as the renaissance and the medieval era. This is shown through one’s ability to take action versus the inability to take action when seeking revenge. Hamlet is a character that

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    yet he is in fact sane. Shakespeare achieves this by using imagery throughout the play. In the beginning of the play‚ Shakespeare demonstrates that in the play Hamlet‚ he plugs in the idea of existentialism quit often in Act 1. He uses existentialism because it conveys a certain image in those scenes. When Hamlet’s father dies Hamlet is convinced that he shouldn’t live without his father. During the first two months of his father’s death he becomes suicidal and thinks to himself that “Oh‚ that

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    November 18 2013 Hamlet in Total Control of his Destiny Throughout the play‚ Hamlet’s destiny lies in his own two hands due to the fact that he chooses to take revenge for his father’s death. Hamlet shows that he is in control of his own destiny by taking initiative‚ showing clever characteristics by orchestrating his plans before taking action and finally‚ being manipulative towards the other characters. As the play progresses‚ certain actions by Hamlet demonstrates how Hamlet is indeed in control

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    In Hamlet‚ suicide is a motif‚ but it is an act that Hamlet himself cannot commit in order for the story to be a revenge tragedy. Hamlet has to revenge his father’s death and if he were to commit suicide the final wish of his father would not be granted. Hamlet’s father comes to him in Act I as a ghost and tells him that King Claudius has murdered him. The ghost tells Hamlet to seek revenge for his murder. Hamlet is distraught by the death of his father and also by the marriage of his mother to

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    Analysis on Hamlet In one of the greatest plays‚ Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare introduces a tragic story of the royal family of Denmark‚ which contains elements of politics‚ loyalty‚ heroism‚ friendship‚ and love. Allan Massie‚ a writer for The spectator‚ argues that Prince Hamlet is “an indecisive and self-questioning Romantic intellectual (the Gielgud interpretation)‚ or as a mixed-up kid‚ immature‚ uncertain of himself‚ veering from self-love to self-loathing by way of self-pity.” However‚ Hamlet‚ the

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    themes in Hamlet such as revenge‚ madness and religion. But who would be the villain and who would be the hero? Hamlet would be considered a hero and Claudius would be considered the villain. Some people might think different because of all that Hamlet did to people. Hamlet has a reason for all that he has different motives. Motive is something that causes a person to act in a certain way‚ do a certain thing‚ etc. Despite how Hamlet has some villainous qualities he is still the hero in Hamlet. How

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