...long after they occur or are purported to have occurred because memories are not fixed and can be altered or reinterpreted each time we recall them. Misattribution is a common thing in memories, a result of our brain trying to fill in the missing information, or using general characteristics that do not always paint an accurate picture. Common examples of this are remembering a person or piece of information, but incorrectly remembering where you met them or learned that fact. Source memory is the part of memory where we can recall the surroundings of that memory origin. Misattribution can occur in traumatic memories with inaccurate results and cause serious consequences for innocent people. Or on the other hand allow someone who is guilty to escape justice because a whiteness is “sure” of a false memories accuracy. On a more day-to-day basis it can lead to thinking you’ve already communicated information to someone, or thinking you left the garage door open. Susceptibility refers to the minds ability in some cases to create false memories based on outside input, usually false information or suggestive questions that lead the respondent toward a false piece of a memory. An example of this would be referring to a small fictional detail in a person’s factual memory. Such as did you see the blimp at last night’s football game? Studies on suggestibility have shown an alarmingly high rate of people will assimilate these false pieces of information into their real memory or create...
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...Environment “Hamlet is a noble prince who suffers from a corrupt world that is not suitable to his sensitive moral nature.” Though some may view Prince Hamlet, a fictional protagonist in the tragic play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, as a “madman,” he is simply misunderstood by the harsh society of Denmark. Mourning the loss of his recently deceased father, King Hamlet, Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, inherits the throne and even marries Queen Gertrude after just one short month. Through chaotic and twisted disastrous events, Hamlet must abide by a civilization that evidently has neither structure nor principles. After Prince Hamlet suffers from the death of his father, the rest of Denmark is delighted by the celebration of a new marriage. Claudius, the actual brother of King Hamlet, weds with his widow, Queen Gertrude. Claudius remarks that he wants to bring a new light into Denmark after the city was struck with King Hamlet’s death. The rest of the town is thrilled by the news, excluding Hamlet. How could the city of Denmark recover from their grief after just one month? Eventually, Hamlet’s trustworthy watchmen tell Hamlet that they have been seeing a ghost-like figure that represents the deceased King Hamlet. When the ghost visits yet again, he signals to speak with Hamlet privately. Hamlet quickly learns that Claudius is responsible for his father’s death as Claudius plotted a treacherous scheme to rule over Denmark. The ghost commands Hamlet to achieve one specific...
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...Hamlet’s plan, struggle, and inevitable death Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a very controversial story of how the entire royal family of Denmark was wiped out. Hamlet is doomed to die, but in his death Denmark would be purged of its evil. Through murderous plots and schemes, it is revealed that King Hamlet’s brother Claudius murdered him. Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet, he was supposed to be the next king, but Claudius quickly married Hamlet’s Mother to take the crown. During the play, it is shown why Hamlet is a considered a revenge tragedy. Throughout the play Hamlet’s view of death prevents him from taking action, but through accepting his fate he is able to finally kill his uncle, without thinking about his death. After Hamlet meets...
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...Shakespeare exposes Hamlet’s flaws as a heroic character. The tragedy in this play is the result of the main character’s unrealistic ideals and his inability to overcome his weakness of indecisiveness. This fatal attribute led to the death of several people which included his mother and the King of Denmark. Although he is described as being a brave and intelligent person, his tendency to procrastinate prevented him from acting on his father’s murder, his mother’s marriage, and his uncle’s ascension to the throne. Hamlet thinking this trait was genetic, speaks of his father’s tragic flaw that would ultimately lead to his death. So, oft it chances in particular men, That for some vicious mole of nature in them, As, in their birth, wherein they are not guilty (Since nature cannot choose his origin), By the o’ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o’er-leavens The form of plausive manners—that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature’s livery, or fortune’s star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt Hamlet makes reference to the one deficiency that is his specific fault. Here again, Shakespeare attempts to justify Hamlet’s inability to act decisively. He writes, “As, in their birth, wherein they are not guilty (Act1 Scene 1...
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...okay to mourn his death, he is also stating that it is wise for the entire kingdom to move on from this quickly. By saying this, Claudius is trying to cover up the murder of Hamlet Sr., and make it seem like it never happened. Claudius is guilty for this, and that is why he has decided to try his best to make everyone in the kingdom forget about the death so he doesn’t get caught. Hamlet is a magnificent tragedy that is full of betrayal, revenge and a lot of revengeful death. Written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet takes place in England in the year of 1602. After his father dies, Hamlet’s life becomes more troubled because of the deaths of many of the people in his life that followed. He goes insane, which could very well be Hamlet’s cover up for showing his true feelings about his father’s death. The nature and progression of death in Hamlet is a large theme that overpowers many of the characters within the play. The death of Hamlet Sr. is a major influence in all of the other deaths that occur in the play because of how it affected all of the people of Denmark. The deaths of Hamlet Sr., Polonius, Claudius, and Ophelia all play a huge part in the death of Hamlet. The accidental death of Ophelia and Laertes father, Polonius shows Hamlet’s dedication and persistence in killing the murderer of his father....
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...heartbroken Danish prince embarks on a journey in avenging his farther who was murdered by his uncle. Claudius, Hamlet’s greedy uncle, is the root cause of much agony in Elsinore but can the audience really hold him solely responsible for the tragedies which befell the other characters? The answer is that Claudius’ treachery was the catalyst of all disorder in the play but, Polonius and Hamlet himself are also to blame. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Polonius’ tendency to overthink and meddle in others’ business leads to the death of several characters. Whether your intentions are good and your heart is in the right place is besides the fact that you are at fault for any and all trouble you cause. When Polonius says, “Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows” (1.3.115-17), he tells his daughter Ophelia that Hamlet does not really love her but is deceiving her as a means of seduction. As a result, he orders her to quit making herself available for him. This sniveling behaviour ends up setting a new tone for the rest of the play. Once Hamlet secretly puts up an act of insanity in his pursuit to kill Claudius, Polonius offers advice to both Gertrude and Claudius when they speculate the reason for Hamlet’s madness. He says “he took the fruits of my advice; and he, repelled” (2.2.136-37), advising them that Hamlet’s insanity was a result of Ophelia no longer accepting his affection. Rather than letting the king and queen...
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...The theme of verisimilitude is also explored by Shakespeare challenging the binary opposite of “seems and “is” engaging responders in the universal search for truth. In the dramatic technique of meta- theater is used as a plot live to “catch the conscience of the King” intensifying the tension and revealing Claudius’s guilty conscience. This ironically causes responder’s to question the “honourable” Claudius chasing our perspective on his juxtaposing ‘pure’ appearance against King Hamlet’s nobility. Encapsulating the inter-generational confrontation of reality vs appearance and the timeless endeavor of obtaining the truth. Shakespeare utilises the Greek mythology oxymoron “Hyperion’ to a ‘satyr”, to cement the difference between the brothers,...
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...family and struggle with fate, but has also given me a better understanding of whom and where the novel originated. The text begins in Denmark where a ghost walks the embankments of Elsinore Castle. The ghost is first discovered by some guards, then by Horatio. Horatio is a close friend and former classmate of Hamlet. The ghost resembles the recently deceased King Hamlet, Hamlet’s father. King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius has inherited the throne and married the king’s widow, Queen Gertrude. Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother. When Horatio and the guards bring Prince Hamlet to see the ghost, it speaks to him. The ghost threateningly states that it is his father’s spirit, and that he was murdered by Claudius. He orders Hamlet to seek revenge on the man who seized his throne and married his wife, and then disappears. Prince Hamlet decides to devote himself to revenging his father’s death. Hamlet seems to be very thoughtful by nature and enters into a deep state of depression and madness. Claudius and Gertrude worry about the prince’s unpredictable behavior and try to discover its cause. They hire some of Hamlet’s friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to watch him. The Lord Chamberlain, Polonius,...
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...spite of Claudius’s expression of grave concern for Hamlet’s change, he, however, summoned Rosencrantz and Guildenstern for self-promotion. After sending away Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Polonius enters and exclaims that he believes he has found the cause of Hamlet’s madness. Before speaking, he insists that the ambassadors may speak first. They then reported that the King of Norway figured out that Fortinbras’ had intended to invade Denmark; but, the King rebuked Fortinbras and...
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...Through claudius being mendacious and acting like he knows nothing about the hamlet father's death. Hamlet suddenly gets the occurrence that if he kills Claudius while he is praying, he will end the king’s life at the moment when he was seeking forgiveness for his sins, sending Claudius’s soul to heaven. Claudius killed Hamlet's father when his father was enjoying life, with all his sins in full bloom, before his father could repent for any of them. Hamlet has all rights to be acting like he is but he is consumed by obsession in the concept of getting back or getting revenge on Claudius. Eventually it takes everything he has and everyone he loves for hamlet to get his “revenge” in the end he saw his long obsessed plan carried out when Claudius ironically is kills the same way he killed hamlet's...
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...Unit 3 activity 7 FINAL The soliloquy in act 4 scene 4 that starts with “how all occasions do inform against me” echoes a monologue recited to Hamlet’s two friends, Rozencratz and Guildenstern. The monologue earlier in the story paints the picture that Hamlet is still struggling with his thoughts of all the events that are happening and he is still unsure of what to do. He is adamant that murdering his uncle is against his character so he finds himself in a dilemma. Following the soliloquy in act 4, the Elizabethan audience is left with a favourable scenario. The lords would favor his philosophical thought process and the lower classes would favor the anticipation of bloody mess end of the act brings. The main reason for this is Hamlet’s soliloquy. This soliloquy serves as a continuation of the monologue to show the audience that Hamlet is getting over all that and is finally set on his mission. It also serves to show the audience how Hamlet came to those final decisions and gives the audience something to be excited for. As Hamlet approaches his destination England, he comes across Fortinbras marching with his army to Poland to fight a way for merely nothing. Hamlet in shock claims that man will fight and act so violently for something of little gain. This encounter reminds Hamlet of what he has to gain from his plan of murdering the king. Following this encounter is when Hamlet recites the soliloquy mentioned before. It is at this point that Hamlet realizes that his duty...
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...gave rise to one of the most persistent mysteries in literature: Why does Hamlet delay his revenge? Hamlet Ay, so, God buy you. Now I am alone. Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his whole conceit1 That from her working all his visage wanned, Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit? And all for nothing! For Hecuba! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free,2 Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears. Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled3 rascal, peak Like John-a-dreams,4 unpregnant5 of my cause, And can say nothing--no, not for a king, Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? Who calls me a villain, breaks my pate across, Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face, Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie i'th'throat As deep as to the lungs? Who does me this? Ha, 'swounds, I should take it; for it cannot be But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall To make oppression bitter, or ere this I should ha'fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous...
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...like his stepfather. Hamlet, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, is a teenage boy who is loyal to his father and wants to protect his mother and his family's legacy. After the death of his father, Hamlet's mother Gertrude married Claudius, Hamlet's uncle and the new King of Denmark. One night, a ghost (said to be the ghost of King Hamlet) appears to Hamlet's best friend Horatio. When Horatio tells Hamlet about seeing the ghost, Hamlet requests to see the ghost himself. When the ghost appears to Hamlet, it tells him that his father (King Hamlet) was murdered by his brother Claudius. Hamlet agrees with the ghost to avenge his father's death by killing Claudius, but not to punish his mother for her behavior, which causes a personal conflict for Hamlet. Hamlet is not sure if he should believe the ghost and struggles to determine what to do about his father's death. Hamlet is in love with Ophelia, the daughter of Claudius' most trusted counselor, Polonius. As time goes on, Hamlet's behavior becomes more and more disturbing. Everyone believes Hamlet is experiencing extreme grief from the death of his father. Some thought his behavior was the result of being in love. Hamlet's uncle Claudius sends two men, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to find out the cause of Hamlet's erratic behavior but they're unsuccessful in finding out what was wrong with him. After this failure, Claudius and Polonius ask Ophelia...
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...William Shakespeare reasoning is to direct us into finding our own conclusion by using our emotional connection and experience. “Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit. That from her working all his visage wan'd; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit? And all for nothing! For Hecuba? What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech; Make mad the guilty, and appal the free; Confound the ignorant, and amaze, indeed, The very faculties of eyes and ears…..Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O, vengeance! Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave That I, the son of a dear father murder'd, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words And fall a-cursing like a very drab, A scullion! Fie upon't! Foh!”(2, 2,526-565,128) Throughout the three centuries, several critics have had their own opinions concerning the mystifying aspect of the play: Why does...
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...should’ve been more conscious and sensitive towards his feelings and refrained from having a relationship with Claudius. Claudius is the brother of King Hamlet and Gertrude should’ve realized how embarrassed her son Hamlet would be in the aftermath because it was considered to be incest for a widow to marry her husband's brother. But Gertrude is not in touch with Hamlet's feelings to know why he is angry. He expresses his anger during his first soliloquy: “O most wicked speed: to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets, It is not, nor it cannot come to good, But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue.” (I.ii. 156-159) Gertrude lacks awareness and therefore is unable to realize that her marriage to Claudius hurt her son and is seen as incest to him and others. She figured that if she’d waited to remarry, it would’ve given Hamlet time to grieve and he would’ve had a different reaction to the situation at hand. She doesn't accept Hamlet's reasoning that she shouldn’t have married Claudius in the first place. Gertrude reacts in a nonchalant manner after watching the play. She doesn’t appear guilty about the incestuous relationship. Instead, she has quite a pragmatic approach to the Player Queen: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"...
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