story line for the book or changing the events that actually occurred in the book after he took her usual walk. It just added background/side story that wasn’t important enough to be printed in the actual book‚ which resembles the play‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead‚ which was made as a side story for Hamlet. There was great hilarity when‚ after Elizabeth was stuck in the snowstorm‚ the only man that came to save her was the one and only Mr. Darcy‚ who is the reason she went on the went on
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something like the muddy of my father/ Before mine uncle. I’ll observe his looks;/ I’ll tent him of the quick.mId he but blench‚/ I know my course" (II.ii.594-98). I believe Hamlet isn’t actually crazy and he is acting because •He told Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ who are his friends that he was just acting crazy. "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is/ southerly I know a hawk for a handsaw" (II.ii.380-81). •He also tells Horatio and Marcellus that he is just acting. "Here‚ as before
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When Hamlet starts acting mad people of course began to realize; King Claudius then calls Hamlet’s friends from college‚ Guildenstern and Rosencrantz to spy on Hamlet. Hamlet finds this out and gets mad‚ so he begins to act even crazier. Hamlet eventually kills Polonius thinking that it was the Claudius. All of Hamlet’s actions throughout the play are caused because he wants his father
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet‚ the protagonist‚ Hamlet‚ sees an apparition of his dead father and king of Denmark who tells him the reason for his death was in the hands of his uncle Claudius. Hamlet then devises many plans to try and kill Claudius which ultimately end in many unnecessary deaths and leaves the state of Denmark with their enemy Fortinbras. Throughout the play there are numerous examples of irony and ambiguity. One has to ask why would Shakespeare use these literary devices
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who comes to say goodbye to his son-and to give Laertes some words of worldly wisdom. Act II Scene 1 - Polonius sends his man to Paris to spy on Laertes‚ and Ophelia tells her father about Hamlet´s strange behavior. Act II Scene 2 - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are set to spy on Hamlet for the king‚ and Polonius describes Hamlet´s encounter with
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which is why he is unable to kill Claudius right away. Examples of Hamlets moral choices include his choice to replace Claudius’s letter to the King of England with his own. This is morally wrong but it balances with the moral choice of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on their friend. Other moral choices Hamlet faces to make include‚ whether to live or to die. “To be‚ or not to be‚ that is the question” (3.1.56). Hamlet questions whether it is better to live and face your problems or if it is
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Hamlet’s Sanity Is Hamlet insane? That is the question. Literary scholars have debated this question for more than 400 years. Throughout the play “Hamlet‚” by William Shakespeare‚ there are questions of whether Hamlet is sane or not. In general there two types of theories about him‚ one is that he suffers from some sort of malady‚ either insanity or neurosis. Then there are those who believe Hamlet is a genius and a hero. A character who was put through an extreme test and triumphed over his
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stating “This is the tragedy of a man who could not make up his mind”. This sentiment however is not supported in the text. Hamlet shows that he is capable of making up his mind‚ often in rash and unthinking ways‚ such as the murders of Polonius‚ Rosencrantz and
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AP Rhetorical Devices List Anecdote Perspective Aphorism A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature A character’s view of the situation or events in the story A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many aphorisms‚ such as "Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy‚ wealthy‚ and wise." Contradiction A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency Apostrophe
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done something that others disapprove of. Agamemnon and Hamlet Agamemnon and John F. Kennedy Hamlet and John F. Kennedy All three men All three men faced criticism: Agamemnon for killing his daughter; Hamlet for killing Polonius and having Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed; John F. Kennedy for Cuba-related decisions as President. 4. He is a man of higher status. Agamemnon and Hamlet Agamemnon and John F. Kennedy Hamlet and John F. Kennedy All three men Agamemnon is a king‚ Hamlet a prince‚ and John
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