Laertes’s father‚ was Lord Chamberlain of the royal court. They both seek revenge for their fathers’ deaths. Laertes and Hamlet’s consciences change throughout the play. Along with their shared hate for one another they also share a common love for Ophelia. Laertes’ actions after the death of Polonius is more justified than the actions of Hamlet. In the beginning of the play Hamlet’s father‚ King Hamlet‚ is murdered. Hamlet is told by his father’s ghost that Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle‚ is the
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People are not always what they appear to be. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” really applies to most of the characters in the play. Some of them appear to be genuine and caring when‚ in reality‚ they are rotten and angry on the inside. However‚ they are great at masking their true selves. It is where the reader really needs to read between the lines and decipher the true feeling each character possess. The mask Hamlet himself portrays in the play is one of the biggest and easiest to
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other who is at fault (fathers are more like ghosts unless they are congratulating their children). It is possible that Gertrude played a sort of Ophelia type character prior to King Hamlet’s death but was finally free from his captivity once he passed away. However‚ she now has to endure the pain that is Prince Hamlet who seems to mimic his
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heads and prefer to be alone‚ Hamlet very well fits this mold. He tends to be lonely‚ with his company mainly found from his friend‚ Horatio‚ and later a love interest named Ophelia. Part of this aspect of Hamlet is due to his conflicting thoughts and feelings with the rest of society‚ as he is very sexist when speaking to Ophelia‚ glorifying her body over her personality and questioning her thoughts and feelings. Another note of Hamlet’s tendency to be an outcast is that he is frequently self-loathing
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The theme of illusion versus reality outlines the great play due to the fact that various characters portray themselves as different people on the outside than they really are on the inside. Because illusions and appearances portrayed by Claudius‚ Ophelia‚ Polonius‚ and Hamlet are so easily misinterpreted as reality‚ the characters and readers of Hamlet must constantly strive to distinguish between what is real and what is an illusion. Claudius is rarely honest with any character in the play‚
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killed her father‚ Ophelia started doing absolutely bizarre things‚ such as singing church hymns constantly. One song that she sings is on page 109‚ “Ophelia. And will ‘a not come again?/ And will ‘a not come again?/ No‚ no‚ he is dead‚/ Go to thy deathbed‚/ He never will come again./ His beard was as white as snow‚/ All flaxen was his poll./ He is gone‚ he is gone‚/ And we cast away moan./ God ‘a’ mercy on his soul!/ And of all Christian souls‚ I pray God. Goodbye you.” Ophelia eventually transitions
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The topic of death and suicide in Hamlet is one that readers analyze throughout the play. Critics often analyze Hamlet’s thoughts on suicide and question if Hamlet and Ophelia’s deaths are accidental or self-inflicted. With the situations that occur in the play‚ Shakespeare aims to analyze society’s views on suicide and the reasons why people chose to commit or not commit suicide. Essentially‚ the play follows Hamlet’s mental battle against his suicidal thoughts and Ophelia’s turning to suicide as
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coming back through Denmark and comes across the slaughtered land where Hamlet asks him to be king of Denmark. The second subplot of Hamlet is Ophelia’s story. Hamlet and Ophelia have a love for each other that is destroyed when Hamlet pretends to be insane. This affects Ophelia on a deep level when Hamlet rejects Ophelia. Ophelia then goes insane from this which causes her to commit suicide. Ophelia’s death is caused by Hamlet’s need to know the truth about his father’s death. The third subplot
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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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they become great‚ and they should not go unwatched. When people go unwatched they will get away with everything they can. That is like letting a kid loosein the candy store‚ and saying they can’t get anything. It just won’t happen. Hamlet treat Ophelia harshly throughout the play. Hamlet accuses her of being
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