There are an infinite amount of what-ifs in history. What if the soldier that had Hitler in his scopes actually shot and killed him a bit earlier? What if one party in the Cold War actually attacked and initiated World War III? What if the Titanic steered clear of the iceberg? What if the Mayflower capsized? What if John Wilkes Booth was exposed on his way to Ford’s Theatre? What if the people of Pompeii evacuated the area of the volcano? What if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded
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Hamlet’s Procrastinated Revenge Hamlet’s revenge was indeed procrastinated‚ but was Hamlet’s death worth it? By looking at Hamlet’s inability to get his revenge one can see that he uses the existential idea of bad faith because he avoids the option to kill Claudius due to the responsibilities he will receive. He uses Appearance vs. Reality to show his madness‚ but yet he is in fact sane. Shakespeare achieves this by using imagery throughout the play. In the beginning of the play‚ Shakespeare
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King Claudius gives a speech to his courtiers proclaiming his rule‚ and also explains his marriage to Gertrude. * ACT 1‚ SCENE 3 * Laertes leaves to go talk to Fortinbras and advises his sister to not fall for Hamlet while he is gone. Polonius then comes to Ophelia and asks her about what Laertes told her. After she tells him‚ he agrees with Laertes and makes her promise not to fall for Hamlet. * ACT 1‚ SCENE 4 * Hamlet‚ Horatio‚ and the guards go out and wait for the ghost. When
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The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare exemplifies entrapment between characters. Polonius manipulates Ophelia into spying on Hamlet‚ Hamlet has the players add a scene of murder to a play in front of Claudius‚ and finally Claudius and Laertes devise a scheme to murder Hamlet during a fencing match. Each trap set between characters epitomizes themes occurring throughout the play. Shakespeare shows irony in his work‚ however‚ because none of the characters ’ plans end successfully. Closer to the
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been two nights that this has occurred 2) Marcellus believe that Horatio should speak to the ghost because he’s well educated (1.1.49) He thinks that Horatio is better at communicating to the ghost and wont offend him 3) Fortinbras wants to get revenge on the king who killed his father‚ therefore he wants to kill Hamlet instead because he is the kings son. (1.1.99) 4) The guards want to tell Hamlet about the ghost because the ghost looks like his father. (1.1.168) They believe that he should be
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Hamlet therefore losses Ophelia‚ due to the fact that Ophelia has an attraction for men with power with she finds within his brother and father. Once Hamlet sees his Father ghost and reveals the cause of his death; Hamlet goes crazy‚ wanting to take revenge by killing his uncle. Act 2: Hamlet acts crazy to make his wish to kill Claudius justifiable. Polonius begins to believe the separation of Ophelia from Hamlet fuels the madness. The whole act is based on the investigation on Hamlets madness.
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1. Death In Shakespeare’s Hamlet it can be seen as a major theme‚ death. It drives the plot of the entire story from the beginning‚ with the ghost of the murdered king‚ to the ending with the majority of the royal family dying. Stephen Greenblatt talks of death in a suicide sense that Hamlet carries the entirety in the play. We see this in Greenblatt’s writing as “.. he discloses‚ in the first of his most famous soliloquies‚ a near-suicidal despair…” It is a smart conclusion because in Hamlet‚ you
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Hamlet‚ is forced to overcome many devastating losses. Dealing with these hardships causes Hamlet to change during the course of the play. Hamlet’s change from a peaceful to bloodthirsty man is evident through his anger over his situation‚ his wanting revenge‚ and his determination to finally get what he wants. Hamlet’s peaceful life was flipped upside down very quickly. His father‚ King Hamlet‚ died‚ and his mother remarried his uncle very shortly after his father’s death. Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle‚ took
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fundamental ideas inherent within the play. The construction of Hamlet’s soliloquies‚ the constant presence of disease imagery and the overlapping revenge threads within the play assist in the creation of memorable‚ flawed characters that personify the themes of revenge and corruption. Furthermore‚ the interactions perpetuated by Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Laertes and Gertrude serve to highlight the intensity of awareness in grappling with key dilemmas within those themes that resonate with audiences past and
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psychological thinking prevents him from carrying out the revenge for his father’s death. The foils of Hamlet‚ Laertes and Fortinbras‚ who immediately avenged their father’s deaths‚ are perfect examples of the success a “Man of Action’ can obtain. Unlike his opposites‚ Hamlet becomes so entangled with his own thought process‚ that he cannot make a firm decision of action against his uncle‚ Claudius. A ‘Man of Action’ like Fortinbras and Laertes‚ is more prone to success than ‘A Man of Thought’ like
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