Hamlet Homework Help

In Act 1, Scene 4 of Hamlet, Marcellus famously declares that "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." What other natural or "unnatural"...

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, to what extent is Gertrude guilty? Was she "in on" her husband's murder?

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what is the effect of the clowns' conversation in Act 5?

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Paying attention to the treatment of the women characters Gertrude and Ophelia, is there any basis for the Freudian interpretation of an...

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What is a personality disorder that Ophelia may have? Proof? I need help writing a psychological report

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Hamlet is a play in which nothing can be taken at face value: appearances are frequently deceptive, and many characters engage in play-acting,...

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Hamlet is often described as a play about the conflict between thought (or words about thoughts) and action. Consider this idea in terms of...

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Explain how your perspective of an aspect of the text is different from a critic's perspective of the same text. Make good use of examples...

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What do you think is the most ironic scene in Hamlet?

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In Hamlet, after worrying about the problem of action for 4.5 acts, Hamlet finally takes vigorous action. What are the motives for these acts?...

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 Like Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras are sons confronted with a father's death. To what extent do they function as foils to Hamlet? 

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Hamlet as a dramatic character is uniquely defined by his soliloquies. By rough count there are eight of these rhetorical performances. Try...

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How is the tragic end of most characters in the play a direct result of Hamlet's inaction? How does Hamlet's desire for revenge relate to this?

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I understand the values of belief and revenge and how they interplay, just unsure about how to link it to disruption to accord in the...

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Is Hamlet's hesitation a flaw? Since he kills Claudius in the end, is Hamlet successfull? In contrast, is Fortinbras more successful since he...

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How do Hamlet's soliloquy display his transformation?

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In Hamlets to be or not to be soliloquy, how does it add to readers conception of the character of hamlet?

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How are hamlet and gatsby similiar in terms of their tragic flaw? 

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What does Laertes' anger show in Act 4?

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what is Claudius' attitude in act 4 scene 3

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Discuss wether Hamlet is sane or going insane.

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How does Hamlet's mental state change throughout Shakespeare's Hamlet?

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How Hamlet avenges his father's murderer?

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In Act 3 of Hamlet, what extended simile does Hamlet employ with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

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What stress is laid on Hamlet’s confrontation with Gertrude in Act 3 of Hamlet?

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How do Claudius and Polonius view the meeting in Act 3 of Hamlet?

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, how does Hamlet's harsh treatment of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern indicate a change in his attitude?

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In the first act of Hamlet, why is Francisco happy to see Bernardo ?

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How can Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun and Ophelia in Hamlet be compared?

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Compare and contrast Walter Lee from A Raisin in the Sun and Hamlet from Hamlet.    

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What hamlet's fake madness and ophelia's real madness mean to shakespeare's tragedy?

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How are the expectations of the female gender from Petrarch's "Sonnet 333" problematic for Shakespeare's Ophelia in Hamlet?

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Analyze how Petrarch's "Sonnet 333" accurately or inaccurately describes Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship in Hamlet.  (Argue that Hamlet...

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How is the quote "quintessence of dust" related to the play as a whole?? please answer 

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What is an example of what Hamlet says about what it means to be human in the soliloquies of Hamlet?

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Does the theme of self-reliance occur anywhere in Shakespeare's Hamlet?

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, compare and contrast Hamlet's feigned madness and Ophelia's real madness?

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In Hamlet, why is Fortinbras mentioned again in Act 2?

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What change of mood occurs in Act 2 scene 1 of Hamlet?

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet's speech, "What a piece of work is a man..., gives a strong sense of the conflict that plagues his mind....

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What was the role of women in the Elizabethan era, as portrayed in Hamlet.

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What can be a good Intro paragraph for the play Hamlet? For prompt 2, wich talks about when hamlet reveals his true thoughts. 

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In Hamlet, what themes/lessons do the grave diggers teach?

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is there any one character whose actions illustrate the theme of apperance and reality more than other ? explain 

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Read Hamlet’s second soliloquy carefully (1.5.92-113).  What does Hamlet say he has learned?  In other words, what general piece of wisdom...

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In Hamlet, what would you do if you were Hamlet? King Claudius already suspects you of plotting to kill him. Then you find out that he killed...

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In Hamlet, Ophelia states "Lord we know not what we are, but know not what we may be". Ophelia realizes this. Hamlet proved it, but who still...

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Pick five observations Hamlet makes throughout the play and explain what they mean in "modern" English. The only stipulation is that you may...

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Explain Hamlet's doubts about the honesty of the ghost and his own ambitious motives.

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In Hamlet, explain Hamlet's inaction as an example of an "Oedipal complex"?

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