Plot: Act III‚ Scene I starts off with Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Polonius‚ Ophelia‚ Rosencrantz‚ Guildenstern coming on stage. Claudius and Gertrude converse with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about the cause of Hamlet’s lunacy. When Claudius questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ they tell the King and the Queen that they have not been able to determine the cause of his lunacy. King asks if they tried to cheer him up and they answer by saying that the players cheered him up. Polonius encourages both to
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Guildenstern‚ but the deaths of Hamlet and Ophelia make audiences mourn over. Picking some of these characters‚ I will identify how obeying the ghost affects and changes attitude of Hamlet himself‚ Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ Ophelia and Laertes and leads to their death as final results. The revenge thought is killing Hamlet inside. Hamlet is introduced in the beginning of the play is prince of Denmark. He is loved by subject and have a petty love with Ophelia. However‚ the death of his father changes him
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DECEPTION IN HAMLET One must always be weary of the truth because it is quite often manipulated to serve the needs of any person who requires that the truth be on their side. Quite often‚ the only way to discern the truth from the fiction is by way of a deceptive act‚ because an act of deception always exposes both its self and the truth to be two quite different things. Nowhere is this more true than in William Shakespeare’s‚ Hamlet. One of the major themes in the play is in fact‚ deception.
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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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reckless actions were caused by frustration and anger. The anger arose in them made them acted spontaneously‚ without giving much thought of the consequences that came after. Hamlet and Laertes also shared deep love and care towards Ophelia. Hamlet was infatuated with Ophelia‚ and Laertes has a strong brotherly love for her. Once learned
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mistrustful of even his own son. 3. Why is Ophelia so upset when she enters at 2.1.74.1? What has happened to her? Does Hamlet’s appearance (in her telling) as a madman (a distracted lover) come as a surprise after what we last heard him say? Why would he appear in this sort of madness to her? Is there any possibility he really is a distracted lover responding to Ophelia’s apparent rejection of him? How well has she obeyed her father’s orders in 1.3? When Ophelia enters the scene she cries that she has
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go of his daughter. As no mention has been made of Ophelia’s mother; we must assume that Ophelia is the predominant female figure for him in his life. He looks at Laertes as his heir‚ typical in his time‚ also evidenced by the fact that it seems that they have talked about Ophelia and Halmet’s relationship. He looks after his daughter and cares for her in his own ways. Although his bawdy advices to Ophelia when he asks her about her and Hamlet’s relationship may seem harsh‚ it may also be taken
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may assume he is mad‚ however Marcellus‚ Bernardo and Horatio‚ a group of sane men‚ are also witness seeing the ghost. Thus proving the ghost is real and Hamlet is not psychotic. Through Hamlet’s ‘antic disposition‚’ Hamlet seems to care for Ophelia very much. He barges into Ophelia’s room and grabs her wrists‚ without a word‚ he sighs and leaves. This is a diversion to keep suspicion away
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“all is not well‚” setting the stage and allowing the audience to wonder what will occur (Shakespeare Hamlet 14). By knowing that something deficient is occurring in Denmark‚ this foreshadowing is easily connected to Hamlet’s unusual behavior toward Ophelia which in turn has a fatal outcome for the two lovers‚ as well as much more. Near the beginning of Hamlet‚ Horatio attempts to convince Hamlet to turn away from pursuing an action. When Horatio suggest this‚ Hamlet replies: “why‚ what should be the
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