As Hamlet watches the gravedigger toss around a skull he begins to wonder whose skull it belonged to. He carries on a completely normal conversation with Horatio and even expresses compassion for whomever the skull belongs to‚ something a mad man wouldn’t do. The gravedigger speaks about Hamlet when he says‚ “he that is mad and sent into England”; at this point Hamlet knows that his plan has worked because
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10/31/12 Mrs. Brookes IB English Hamlet Journal Analysis Summary * ACT 1‚ SCENE 1 * The two guards first see a ghost. Then they call Horatio in to talk to the ghost because he is a scholar. The Ghost returns but doesn’t talk to Horatio. It disappears and the guards believe that Horatio scared it off. Then the ghost returns again and Horatio isn’t able to converse with it again. The ghost looks like deceased King Hamlet. * ACT 1‚ SCENE 2 * King Claudius gives a speech to his
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John Dalton is a chemist who was born on September 6‚ 1766‚ in Eaglesfield‚ England. In 1803 John Dalton created the Dalton’s Atomic Theory. When Dalton’s atomic theory was created chemists believe his ideas were untrue. Even though Dalton’s atomic theory is two centuries old scientist still question to this day whether his theory has been proven correctly or incorrectly. There appear to be many articles out there pointing out what was inaccurate about his theory. However‚ still to this day chemist/people
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How does Shakespeare present the idea of madness in Hamlet? Many times‚ it is easy for people to judge just by the first impression. Society can judge and create stereotypes of everything just by the way they look. Writers such as Homer‚ in the Odyssey and Virgil in the Aeneid‚ where really obvious with the themes and how the characters behaved throughout the story. They believed in destiny and thought any path would take the character to fulfill it. Shakespeare was a great writer‚ he was able
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He can entrust Horatio with his confession of killing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern without fear of resentment from Horatio‚ "he should the bearers put to sudden death‚ not shriving-time allow’d". Hamlet is indeed a very complicated character with many strengths and weaknesses. his strengths help to endear him to us‚ and when he is good‚ he is pretty great. However given what he has been put through‚ the audience can also appriciate his weaknesses and understand why he has them. He also covers his
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This is one reason Hamlet so readily believed his friends when they told him they had seen his father’s ghost; he was also more likely to believe their story because his friend Horatio told it‚ and he is an intellectual. However‚ when Hamlet is all too willing to follow his father’s ghost‚ his friends‚ Marcellus and Horatio‚ are very reluctant to follow. Marcellus is reluctant to follow because he is afraid of the ghost. Most people are afraid of the unknown; this would include soldiers‚ who are
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Ophelia and Hamlet’s platonic companionship with Horatio. However‚ Hamlet’s filial love for his father is foremost which causes conflicting thoughts to overwhelm him once an apparition in his father’s figure returns. The play opens when two guards‚ Marcellus and Barnardo‚ apprise Horatio about the appearance of an impression in the king’s image. Although Horatio is sceptical he agrees to join the guards on their watch and is received by the ghost. Horatio exemplifies unyielding faithfulness to Hamlet
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L I T CHA R T S TM GET LIT TM Hamlet Historical and Literary Context w w w. L i t C h a r t s . c o m Background Info Author Bio Full Name: William Shakespeare Date of Birth: 1564 Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England Date of Death: 1616 Brief Life Story: Shakespeare’s father was a glove-maker‚ and Shakespeare received no more than a grammar school education. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582‚ but left his family behind around 1590 and moved to London‚ where he became an
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