Hamlet

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   jamie-wheeler Teacher
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   Hamlet's defiance takes place in Act 5.2. He comes to the realization that forces beyond man's control determine fate. This is a key realization for Hamlet who is now prepared to take action because he believes that the consequences of it lie beyond his control. It is this that he puts his faith in when he agrees to the swordfight (Line 202 "Not a whit we defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow....").

   Note also the link to the Player King's words in Act Three Scene 2: "Our wills and fates do so contrary run/ That our devices still are overthrown;? Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own."

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   http://www.enotes.com/hamlet

   http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/workunits/ks4/shak...

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