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Character Relationships for "Hamlet" Character: Claudius Claudius’s Introduction in the story: Act 1‚ Scene 2‚ commences with Claudius holding court. He quickly dispenses with the memory of King Hamlet‚ asserting his position as the new leader of Denmark with decisive authority. Claudius’s dismissal from the story: Claudius dies at Hamlet’s hand: "Here‚ thou incestuous‚ (murd’rous‚) damned Dane‚ Drink off this potion. Is (thy union) here? (Forcing him to drink the poison.) Follow my mother
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impressive because Marcellus and Bernardo only told Horatio about them seeing the ghost in the two nights before during their watch. Horatio did not believe them “Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy and will not let belief take hold of him touching this sight twice seen of us;” (1.1.23-25) What makes the siting of the ghost so important is that the two guard believe it to be the ghost of the dead King Hamlet. When the ghost appears and Horatio asks it to speak the ghost suddenly disappears. In its
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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 Claudius. Horatio‚ a commoner who went to school with Hamlet and is his best friend. Laertes‚ son of Polonius and brother to Ophelia‚ he returns from school after King Hamlet’s death‚ only to return again after the murder of his own father. Ophelia‚
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HAMLET Act I(brief summary): For two nights‚ the Ghost of King Hamlet has haunted the soldiers guarding Elsinore castle. On the third night‚ Horatio joins the watch; when the Ghost appears‚ however‚ it does not speak. Horatio surmises that the spirit represents a bad omen of Denmark’s future. The next day‚ Claudius addresses the assembled aristocrats at court; he thanks them for helping him to succeed to the throne of Denmark and for permitting his hasty marriage to Gertrude. The king then directs
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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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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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