There are three possible turning points in Hamlet: the players’ scene when Claudius’ guilt concerning the murder of King Hamlet is confirmed; the prayer scene when Hamlet forgoes the opportunity to kill Claudius; and the closet scene where Hamlet first takes action‚ but kills Polonius inadvertently. In the players’ scene‚ the ghost’s story is proved to be true‚ allowing Hamlet to avenge his father’s murder. In the prayer scene‚ Hamlet misses a perfect opportunity to kill Claudius‚ giving Claudius
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Hamlet basically shrugs and walks away. With Polonius dead‚ Ophelia begins to act crazy and now Hamlet’s life is starting to change. This is a turning point for Hamlet. Until this point‚ Hamlet has been scared of murder‚ and now he just murdered Polonius not thinking about it. Does this mean there is a dark side to Hamlet? It is hard to tell because at this point in the play‚ Hamlet has been acting crazy on purpose. He is trying to murder Claudius and by acting crazy‚ there will be a better excuse for
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People can impact the world with one tiny decision‚ which can change everyone entirely. Turning points are life-shifting events that cause lives to move in another direction. Turning points can also change history and the people surrounding them. This is explained in the article‚ “The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maskel‚ the memoir by Melba Pattillo Beals‚ Warriors Don’t Cry‚ and the autobiography‚ I Never Had it Made‚ by Jackie Robinson. These people experience a life-changing moment
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is also joy‚ lightheartedness and merriment. We come across many turning points in our lives‚ whether they were major or minor points we learn from them nonetheless. For instance‚ one minor turning point occurred in my second year of highschool. I realized that the way my life unfolds will depend on how much work and effort I was willing to put into the most critical years of my highschool career. One of my more major turning points‚ however‚ was when I finally realized that suicide will not resolve
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The battle of stalingrad is considered the bloodiest battles during WW2‚ and was the turning for the allies. It was considered the turning point because after that Hitler started to lose. Hitler could use stalingrad to launch more attacks on the caucasians. Stain knew the importance of stalingrad because that was a city that was vital because of the industrial and transportation centers. There was close to 2 million deaths on the solvit side both civilian and soviet troops. After the battle
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The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War or Battle of Saratoga The American Revolution war was very intense between the British and the Americans. The Revolutionary war started because of economy issue. Therefore‚ taxation caused many uprising events in the future‚ which made the economy look substandard. In December 1773‚ the Boston Tea Party ascended where a group of Massachusetts disguised as Indians dumped all the tea into the harbor. Therefore‚ there was chaos in Britain which started
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The Renaissance is a vital turning point in history because it brought many changes and it was a transition into the modern world. Along with the Renaissance came many changes in art‚ religion‚ and the way people thought. These changes have contributed to the modern culture that we live in. The Renaissance has altered the world and changed it drastically. The Renaissance brought many changes that caused it to be a vital turning point. During the Renaissance‚ there was a renewed interest in Greek
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As one of the biggest turning points and the most important battle in the Civil War takes place from July 1 to July 3 1863. On May 1863 Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had won by a whooping score smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville. As General Lee was feeling lucky he decides he should go and invaded the North a second time ‚ as the first invasion had ended at Antietam just the previous fall. As bringing the conflict out of Virginia into the North
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cave paintings to the impressionist movement‚ all the way to present-day graffiti‚ art has been constantly recording these significant turning points in history through physical representations that we continue to find‚ observe‚ and interpret. gives us the perfect way to seize these moments and let us peek into a world that our minds can only imagine. That is why art has been such a fascinating outcome of World War I; generations later‚ we are still able to get a glimpse of the tension‚ the terror
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isolationism. The United States deemed the war as Europe’s problem and stayed away from it. However‚ Japan surprisingly bombed Pearl harbor‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ and congress declared war on Japan and Germany. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the turning point in the pacific came in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway‚ the Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad which destroyed much of the German army‚ and Japanese could hold no reasonable hope of victory. The war caused
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