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Hamlet
In his "O that this too too solid flesh would melt" soliloquy, Shakespeare uses imagery, exclamation, metaphor, hyperbole, and allusion to convey Hamlet's distressed and suicidal state of mind at...
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In composing a eulogy for a character from Hamlet, you have plenty of choice. The following characters die during the course of the play: Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Gertrude,...
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In act 5, scene 2, Hamlet both lies and informs Horatio of lies he has perpetrated off stage. These lies give us uncomfortable insights into Hamlet's character. First, Hamlet confides in Horatio...
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If by harmony you mean sanity, perhaps. If you are asking if he ever makes up his mind and acts, he does. It is a difficult decision for him to decide whether or not he really saw his father's...
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I don't find Hamlet, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, guilty of hubris, and I don't see him trying to assert his rights as heir to the Danish throne. Hubris is defined as "exaggerated pride or...
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I absolutely believe Hamlet's life is worth living, yes. Despite facing horribly tragic events in his life, he is blessed in many other ways. I've seen real people face much more difficult times...
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While it is difficult to determine exactly what causes Ophelia to go mad, there are several contributing factors that may have some connection to her madness. Ophelia is a generally weak...
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Such an interesting change in Hamlet occurs during these short lines! Hamlet, of course, has rewritten and switched the letter that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were to carry to England. This...
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The closing scene in Hamlet provides a restoration of order and and fit ending for the plot. As expected in a tragedy, most of the main characters end up dead on stage. Gertrude is killed by...
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Claudius is an evil character who has little remorse for killing his brother and marrying his brother's wife. When Hamlet reenacts his father's murder, Claudius realizes that Hamlet suspects him of...
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In my personal opinion, I find Hamlet to be a bit foolish. Prudence could be attributed to his hesitation to kill his uncle, but how he goes about being careful is so foolish, ridiculous, and...
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This is an excellent topic for a paper on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet is often seen as a tragic hero, whose tragic flaw is "indecision," or his inability to make up his mind about when to kill his...
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In my opinion, no. The catharsis, according to Aristotle, is the release of the emotions, pity and fear, that occurs when the tragic hero experiences a reversal of fortune and a downfall brought...
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What a great question! You are going to receive plenty of different answers to this question. I think the biggest character flaw that Hamlet suffers from during the course of the play is...
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Hamlet's failure to sweep to his revenge is nothing to do with a "tragic flaw", which is a 17th century mistranslation of Aristotle's "Poetics" (a text which, in fact, argues that a tragic hero is...
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You ask one of the central questions to the play that has created debate among fans and scholars of "Hamlet" since the play was written. In Act 1, sc. 5, Hamlet swears to the ghost that he will...
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Hamlet has to end in this way because it is a tragedy. Under the conventions of the day a tragedy will end in deaths of the major protagonists and a comedy will marvellously end in a reconciliation...
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I assume your question is whether Hamlet is a revenge tragedy. Of course, it is widely accepted as such, and Shakespeare makes direct reference to the tradition with the play within a play. Both...
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Hamlet is considering suicide by act 1, scene 2 after being reprimanded by Claudius for mourning King Hamlet's death too long and as Hamlet considers his mother's quick marriage to his uncle....
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First, one should note that Hamlet is not a real man, but a character in a play. His behavior is not an example of how all men with certain priorities behave, but rather an example of how...
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In the William Shakespeare play, Hamlet, the reader learns much about Hamlet’s character. Hamlet did not become king when his father died. The regency in most countries passes the crown down to the...
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Hamlet's attitude toward Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is that he trusts them as he would "adders fanged." Fanged adders are poisonous snakes, so it's a pretty damning indictment. There are several...
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In Shakespeare's day (and to this day), there was (and is), an Elsinore in Denmark and a castle in Elsinore, the Kronberg Castle which houses a Shakespeare museum. Some scholars have speculated...
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Which Act?
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The theme of "Appearance versus Reality" is to be found throughout Hamlet and Hamlet's interaction with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is an example here in Act II Scene ii. Hamlet is...
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Fear of what comes next. Remember this sequence: "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil," This says, we don't kill ourselves because we're...
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Here, you will have to give in your own personal imput as this question can be argued and defended either way. Consider the following aspects, then formulate your opinon accordingly. Yes, he is...
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Hamlet appears to change relatively little during Act I. Most of the changes here happened before the play started, in response to his father's death and his mother's remarriage. The main way we...
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This quote is uttered by Hamlet when he is talking with the ghost. The ghost confirms Hamlet's suspicions that his uncle has murdered his father. He has been thinking this was this case (hence...
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Hamlet is a story of revenge-the need for Hamlet to avenge his father's murder. Yet, revenge in this play is not swift. Hamlet struggles with the concept -he is internalizing this struggle, so much...
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There are several distinct sources of tension in the second scene. The summary of political activities creates diffuse tension regarding possible wars and/or diplomatic conflicts. Hamlet remains...
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This quesiton has been previously asked and answered. Please see the links below, and thank you for using eNotes!
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Hamlet is the prince of Denmark. He's the hero of the play of the same name, and a guy in a heck of a situation: his uncle killed Hamlet's father (the king), and then married Hamlet's mother, and...
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In Act III scene 1, Ophelia laments Hamlet's apparent madness and refers to herself as one who had been attracted to him: And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,That suck'd the honey of his...
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This is from Hamlet. Polonius speaks it to his son Laertes in Act I, Scene 3. In this scene, Laertes is going to be heading off to Paris. Polonius is giving him a great deal of parting advice....
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Editors are only permitted to answer one question at a time. You have asked multiple questions. Since I like your second quote, I will answer only that one. In this very pithy statement, Hamlet...
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This question has already been answered. Go to the URL address below. http://www.enotes.com/hamlet/q-and-a/provide-detailed-analysis-hamlets-soliloquy-by-257950
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The full text of Hamlet is online at eNotes. The soliloquy you are referring to is in Act III, Scene I:http://www.enotes.com/hamlet-text/act-iii-scene-iAbout half way down the page, the soliloquy...
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In an answer, Yes. There are some that may say that Hamlet did not honor his father's ghost wish to "nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught". But, overall, despite his intense anger...
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This question has been asked and answered several times. Follow the link: http://www.enotes.com/hamlet/group/search?q=themeA short list:Revenge - major theme - similar to Roman tragedies in which...
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Yes, but at a terrible cost. Hamlet kills Claudius in the play's final scene, but also dies himself (as does Gertrude, Hamlet's mother).
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Hamlet speaks in poetry when he is talking with his mother to show her he is not mad. She thinks that because he sees the ghost of his father and she does not see it, that he is mad. When Hamlet...
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Hamlet fails to "sweep his revenge" because things have gone horribly awry. His love, Ophelia, has drowned herself. He is responsible for the murder of Polonious, and has watched his mother,...
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The book Olivier, Hamlet, and Freud by Peter Donaldson treats with Jones' hypotheses. There is also an interesting article written by Marshall W. Stearns called "Hamlet and Freud" in the February...
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Prince Hamlet first sees the Ghost in act one, scene four just after midnight on the outer walls of Castle Elsinore. As the scene opens, Hamlet mentions that the air is cold and asks Horatio what...
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"The Mousetrap" is Hamlet's response to his uncle, Claudius, the king, when Claudius asks Hamlet the name of the play that Hamlet has arranged to be performed at court. The actual name of the play...
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Hamlet's determination to focus on avenging his father's murder actually begins right after the "play-within-a-play" in act 3, scene 2, when Hamlet decides that the Ghost is telling the truth....
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Even before Prince Hamlet interacts with his father's ghost, he is severely depressed and contemplating suicide. In Hamlet's opening soliloquy, he grieves and laments the sudden death of his...
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Hamlet's procrastination pays off in just one way: he has the time to stage the play that reveals the ghost was not lying when he said Claudius murdered him by pouring poison in his ear. Otherwise,...
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In act 3, scene 4, of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Queen Gertrude has called Hamlet to her rooms to talk with him about the play that he arranged for the court. The action in the play was remarkably...
