Senior‚ and then married Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ in order to seize the throne. Female characters play an important yet underappreciated role in most of Shakespeare’s plays especially Hamlet. The presence of only two female characters‚ Ophelia and Gertrude‚ shows the little value Shakespeare had for woman. Ophelia and Gertrude both play important roles in the progression of the play‚ however they are not adequately credited for their contribution. Gertrude‚ the queen of Denmark plays the role of
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Name: _________________________________________________________________ Antigone: Prologue 1. Circle the names of the four children of Jocasta and Oedipus: a. Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polyneices‚ Eteocles b. Antigone‚ Ismene‚ Polyneices‚ Eurydice c. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ Polyneices‚ Eteocles d. Antigone‚ Haemon‚ Teiresias‚ Eteocles 2. Circle the points of conflict mentioned in the Prologue. You may circle more than one answer: a. Creon has
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After the king Oedipus was known that he is a person who killed his own father‚ and after Jocasta decided to take her own life by hanging herself. That led the king Oedipus into guilt. The king Oedipus tore the Jocasta’s golden brooches and smote full on his own eyeballs because he doesn’t want to see anything that fear and he feel guilty. Although
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murderer and to send for Teiresias. Teriesias states that Oedipus is the murderer‚ but since the king knows himself to be innocent (or thinks he knows)‚ he accuses Creon of plotting with Teiresias against him. The quarrel of Oedipus and Creon brings Jocasta from the house; seeking to calm down her husband and prove that oracles cannot be trusted‚ she tells again of how Laius died. When she mentions that he was killed ¡§at a place where three roads meet‚¡¨ Oedipus suddenly begins to suspect that he may
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have prevented him from completing the Oracle. Instead‚ Oedipus acts impetuously‚ and got himself into more trouble than what was needed to begin with. Next‚ Oedipus dooms himself by killing his father‚ Lauis‚ and laying with his mother‚ Jocasta‚ and therefore completing the Oracle. When Oedipus learns that he will kill his father and lay with his mother from the Delphic Oracle and flees to Thebes‚ he meets a king in a coach at a crossroad on the way to Thebes. He gets driven off
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use of dramatic irony‚ a suspenseful expectation‚ he implies that disaster will overcome the city of Thebes. This irony is persistent throughout Oedipus‚ because from the beginning the reader knows what Oedipus does not‚ that he is son of Laius and Jocasta. Etc... Hubris‚ the deadly flaw that lead Oedipus‚ Antigone and Creon to their ruin‚ steered them to act in outrageously. One instance is when Oedipus‚ when looking for the murderer of his father. He disagreed with the prophecy. Antigone‚ when she
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She has wealth‚ but it is not her own. She has power‚ but only by means of her husband. Gertrude is completely dependent on Claudius for external reasons. She is not only dependent on him for money and power‚ but for love‚ affection‚ and human interaction. In several cases‚ Claudius uses Gertrude for a personal gain. It is apparent that his marriage to Gertrude is in itself a greedy action. Claudius killed his brother and married his widow‚ which allowed him to gain the Danish
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the death of the king‚ Hamlet’s father‚ arise as his mother marries his uncle. As the play progresses‚ Gertrude begins this process of further maladjustment from her environment due to the inability to make her own‚ independent decisions leading to her failure of properly representing the strong‚ female character. The death of a character is needed to move along the plot of a story‚ even Gertrude plays upon this thought when she says “Thou know’st ‘tis common‚ all that lives must die‚ Passing through
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mask of loyalty and eloquence with the sole purpose of moving up on the chain of being. Although Shakespeare does not provide us with a certain statement proving Polonius’s selfish motives‚ they become apparent when he tries to convince Claudius and Gertrude that the reason behind Hamlet’s madness is his love for Ophelia‚ Polonius’s daughter. " I went round to work…"Lord Hamlet is a prince among stars‚ this must not be" and then I prescripts gave her‚ that she should lock her self from his resort… which
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However‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ betrays his father by remarrying with Claudius. The Ghost calls Gertrude his “most seeming – virtuous queen” which implies that she only seems to be virtuous‚ but is not.(1.5.53) To be virtuous means to be honest and moral‚ Hamlet believes that his mother is no longer either because
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