must hold my tongue’ implies to the audience that if he locks up all the anger and heartbreak he has just displayed in the soliloquy‚ he will grow insane because of his inability to express these emotions. Even when talking to his good friend‚ Horatio‚ Hamlet uses grotesque imagery when speaking of his mother’s wedding‚ ‘the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables’. Hamlet is referring to the fact that because his mother’s wedding was so soon after his father’s funeral
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father that brought him to his doom. After King Hamlet’s death he appeared as a ghost moving through the castle at one o’clock every morning. When the guards and Horatio‚ Hamlet’s best friend‚ noticed this ghostly figure‚ Horatio quite intelligently believed that he could get the ghost to speak with Hamlet. The next day the two guards‚ Horatio‚ and young Hamlet were present to speak to the ghost of King Hamlet. The ghost told Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius‚ his brother‚ who had been sworn in
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violence between Denmark and Norway. Horatio‚ when he sees the ghost of the old king‚ says: Our valiant [old] Hamlet (For so on this of our known world esteem’d him) Did slay this Fortinbras‚ who‚ by a seal’d compact Well ratified by law of heraldy‚ Did forfeit (with his life) all [those] in his lands Which he stood seiz’d of‚ to the conqueror[.] (1.1‚ lls 84-9) Of course‚ Fortinbras was going to sit by after his father was killed; instead‚ he raises an army. Horatio guesses the Prince of Norway
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something invisible. Example: "Alas‚ poor Yorick! I knew him‚ Horatio‚ a fellow of infinite jest‚ of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination is it! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now?" (Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare‚ page 252: line 158-165) Function: Hamlet and Horatio venture into the graveyard and have a short conversation with the gravedigger
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and inability to take action)‚ regardless of his other qualities (such as honour and integrity)‚ will be the main reason why the play ends so tragically. Although we are supposed to suspect that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark"‚ as Horatio puts it‚ from the start of the play‚ it is only when Hamlet talks with
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relationships where mutual trust‚ respect‚ loyalty‚ and selflessness are key values shared between human beings are few and far between in Hamlet. The only relationship which comes close in Hamlet is the friendship between the Danish prince and humble Horatio. This gloomy reality not only reinforces central thematic concerns such as corruption‚ but also justifies Hamlet’s brutal actions. Most importantly however‚ Shakespeare makes the concerns in the play relevant and important to our own lives. We learn
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Hamlet quotes “Frailty‚ thy name is woman!” Hamlet; Hamlet is angry with his his mother for re marrying as quickly as a he did. He is saying that a woman changes her mind quickly . “Thrift‚ thrift‚ Horatio! The funeral bak’d meats / Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.” Hamlet; it was right after they buried his father that his mother married his uncle. It happened in such a short time that Hamlet feels like the food from the funeral could have been used for the wedding tables
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Hamlet is a play that represents violence through its many scenes. The violence is shown throughout multiple characters including Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Laertes‚ and Fortinbras. Also‚ the plot includes multiple situations of violence such as the killing of late King Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet. The killing of these main characters derives from acts of revenge and selfishness‚ as they all represent inhumane qualities. Though other events in this play exhibit violence‚ such as the killing of late
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What Ghosts Do Act one‚ Scene 1 Background As Horatio‚ Barnardo‚ and Marcellus confront and then discuss the ghost that has appeared to them‚ they demonstrate some superstitions and beliefs that they have about ghosts. Directions Reread the following lines and describe what assumptions the speakers are making about the ghost and ghosts in general. Lines: “In what particular thought to work I know not‚ but in the gross and scope of my opinion‚ this [seeing the ghost] bodes some strange eruption
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What is love? Is it even possible for finite minds like ours to determine what this elusive emotion is? Many people have mixed up beliefs of what love is‚ therefore it is pretty hard to define this decisive emotion. The universal definition of love is the natural response of the heart to the feelings and existence of all of life. There are also different levels of love. Pragma – love which endures‚ Philautia – self-respect‚ Eros – romantic and erotic love‚ Storge – family love. These four different
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