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Hamlet appears to be insane, after Polonius’s death, in act IV scene II. There are indications, though, that persuade me to think other wise. Certainly, Hamlet has plenty of reasons to be insane at this point. His day has been hectic–he finally determined Claudius had killed his father, the chance to kill Claudius confronted him,…

The most important line in Hamlet is, “The plays the thing, wherein Ill catch the conscience of the king. ” (II, ii, 617). In the play, the issue of a clear conscience forms a key motif. When the conscience of the characters appears, it does so as a result of some action; as in the…

To die, would be to abandon this garden suffocated by weeds. To take one’s life, is to alleviate turmoil from the heart. Although extremely tempting, Hamlet cannot, therefore will not commit suicide. For he believes God “had… fixed / his canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! ” (line 131-132 p. 166). With this in his mind he drags…

Hamlet’s transforms from good to evil in the play Hamlet by Shakespeare. Hamlet experiences a lot of pain and becomes very anger because of his father’s death, his mother’s bad remarriage, and the loss of his only love, Ophelia. The losses that Hamlet has to deal with are the anger and lack of forgiveness build…

The purpose of this paper is to explicate a soliloquy spoken by Hamlet in Act IV, scene IV, lines 32-66 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. This soliloquy illustrates a significant change in Hamlet’s personality. Up until this point, Hamlet maintains his act of madness and insults everyone he meets. He is very indecisive and…

Love has always been an issue with many opinions and voices. Love has been around forever. It is something that can not be controlled or found. Love is something that just happens. From centuries back to the present, males looking only for sex are still running the same games. To those males full of lust,…

The act of revenge seems simple, do to others what they have done to you. This is not the case in Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, where Hamlet, a melancholy and contemptuous protagonist ponders the assassination of his father. Hamlet, throughout the play, undergoes a transformation, from a conniving schemer to seeing reality and acting based…

    This scene draws attention to the theme of innocence and corruption while showing a man at odds with his identity. The scene cuts directly to Hamlets ‘o that this too too solid flesh would melt’29 soliloquy, and shows him in his hotel room viewing corresponding images of his Father, Mother and Ophelia. According…

In today’s society, those who have done wrong are taken to court where they go through a long trial before justice can be served – that is if it is served at all. That is not to say that there were no courts or civilized means of punishing wrongdoers in the past, though many people…

In the story Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, the Arthur had used the theme and imagery of Nature, Religious and Sexual to illustrate his poetic sentences and to convey his ideas to his audience. His creativity and imaginative approached charmed his audience by not fully stating the ideas he wants but more to allowing his…