Rozencrantz and Guildestern: "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly‚ I know hawk from a handsaw". There is a reason behind his “craziness”; His life is beginning to fall apart. First he finds out his father passed away‚ and then the ghost tells Hamlet that it was Hamlet’s Uncle Claudius who killed him‚ and his mother has married his Uncle Claudius‚ the murderer and king. Not only that‚ but he and pretends not to love Ophelia only to find out that she committed suicide mostly because
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Van Tassel‚ the daughter and the student of Ichabod who sole child of a wealthy farmer‚ Baltus Van Tassel. As Ichabod leaves a party he had got invited to at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night‚ he is stop by the Headless Horseman‚ who is the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War‚ and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head". Ichabod disappears from town‚ Katrina marry Brom Bones‚ who was
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deaths of their fathers‚ however both end up dead themselves‚ losing themselves along the way. Revenge is usually planned when one isn’t stable-minded‚ and in a serious depression from the death of his father‚ Hamlet isn’t in his right mind. When the Ghost‚ which foreshadows Denmark’s problems to come‚ urges Hamlet to do his duty and take his revenge‚ Hamlet begins to walk down a path of self destruction. Hamlet often wishes death upon himself‚ seeing it as a restful sleep‚ and with little to no regard
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After all‚ if young Hamlet is in deep mourning‚ then maybe Gertrude and Claudius should be too – instead they’re newly married! Claudius comes across as an insincere and arrogant in this first meeting. It sets tone for the later scene in which the ghost of King Hamlet returns to reveal the truth about Claudius. Act 2 Scene 2: Letter to Polonius Dear Polonius‚ What in the world is wrong with you? How can you be so selfish and only care about yourself? Why would you read your daughter’s love
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for the long delay‚ one reason being internal and the other external. The internal reasons being‚ Hamlet was too weak‚ he thought too much‚ and he was too religious. The external reasons being Claudius was heavily guarded and he was not sure if the ghost that gave him the orders to kill Claudius was actually his father. Every critic explains his view thoroughly. Herman Ulrici believes that Hamlet delays killing Claudius because he is too religious. Characteristically speaking Hamlet is a philosophical
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Today‚ your honour‚ I stand before the courts to appeal for justice for my client‚ the young Prince Hamlet who is accused of murdering our Principal Secretary of State‚ Polonius‚ in cold blood. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ the prosecution have presented a flimsy case against the prince; most significantly they failed to mention the fact that my client‚ Hamlet‚ may indeed have been clinically insane at the time of the Principal Secretary of State’s murder. If my client is found to be unable to
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the play was the murder of his father by his own uncle who is now married to his mother. When the Ghost first appeared and spoke to Hamlet‚ he confesses the truth about his death and tells Hamlet‚ “But know‚ thou noble youth‚ the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown…Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest‚” (1.5.38-40‚82-83). As soon as the Ghost informed Hamlet about the murder‚ he promised to take revenge for his father’s death. And that promise
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including his own indecisive mind‚ to take action for his father and the revenge obligations of Laertes and Polonius parallel the plot. Hamlet is cursed by the ghost of his father coming back and haunt him by dictating Hamlet to avenge his horrible murder. Since he is naturally both a thinker and a reasoner‚ Hamlet questions whether the ghost is really his father. The self-examination causes a delay in Hamlet’s avenge-seeking plans. Moreover‚ Hamlet displays signs of depression since his mother did
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To what extent do you think the meaning of Hamlet revolves around key conflicts? Conflict is the cornerstone on which the timeless appeal of Hamlet rests. Hamlet is fundamentally an ethical play which challenges an audience to reconsider its understanding of the dichotomy between good and evil. Conflict‚ because of its predominance in the context of the early seventeenth century Renaissance‚ forms the basis of the behaviour of key characters in the play‚ particularly in ethical and religious confusion
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Iterative use of vivid and detailed imagery in a piece of literature is often a way of expressing a theme or concept in a literary work. This is the case in William Shakespeare"’"s Hamlet‚ a revenge tragedy that continually depicts the vibrant metaphors of manifesting corruption and festering disease in order to auger the impending calamities in the state of Denmark. Throughout Shakespeare"’"s play‚ there are successive images of deterioration‚ decay and death. These images are skilfully accomplished
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