...full life is the same idea that William Shakespeare portrays in his tragedy Hamlet. The main character recognizes this truth too late while his best friend, and arguably the noblest character, grasp it just in time. These realizations convey the theme that it’s nobler to live than die. For example, after much internal debate throughout the play, Hamlet finally concludes that he wanted to live in the end. To start his debate, he ponders, “To be, or not to be, that is the question” (Shakespeare 63). Hamlet is wondering if he should live or not. Then, by the resolution of the play, Hamlet uttered, “Had I but time-as this fell sergeant, Death,/ Is strict in his arrest” (Shakespeare 126). This statement reveals that Hamlet doesn’t want to die now; he wants to live to tell his story. Part of the tragedy occurs in the fact that Hamlet realized too late that it is more noble to live than to die....
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...Similarities: 1. In both Hamlet and The Lion King, the uncle kills the king. 2. Both Hamlet and Simba are the rightful heirs. 3. Both Hamlet and Simba have a love interest. 4. Both Hamlet and Simba are royalty. 5. In both Hamlet and The Lion King, the dead fathers make appearances. Simba’s father appears from heaven and looks down on him while Hamlet’s father appears as a ghost. 6. The kings in both Hamlet and The Lion King were virtuous. 7. The uncles in both Hamlet and The Lion King are not virtuous. 8. Both Hamlet and Simba are misunderstood. 9. Both Hamlet and Simba try to put off what they were supposed to do. Hamlet is supposed to get revenge for his father’s death, and Simba is supposed to reclaim the throne. 10. Neither Hamlet nor Simba really want to kill his uncle. 11. In both Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betray Hamlet. 12. In both Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet’s childhood friends, can understand Hamlet better than anyone could. 13. In both Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern discuss how they might probe Hamlet for discovering the cause of his supposed madness. 14. In both Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go along with Hamlet’s plan of having everyone attend the play. 15. In both Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guilderstern...
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...2012 Deceit in Hamlet Deceit is generally applied in politics and peoples everyday life to achieve power and success. The theme of deceit is generally repeated in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlets delay in killing Claudius, and Hamlets possible death is a straight-forward result of deceit in the court. Hamlet attempts to deceive everyone into believing that he is gone insane. He believes that he can kill Claudius without getting into any kind of trouble, and take revenge for his father's death. Claudius and Polonius decide to find the reason behind Hamlet's madness. They both make a plan to spy on Hamlet to see why he is acting the way he is. Through spying on Hamlet, Claudius figures out that he is dangerous, and a threat to him. Hamlets deceiving also directs to the death of Polonius and his daughter Ophelia. As well as generating Laertes to take revenge on Hamlet for producing the death of his family. After multiple attempts to murder Hamlet fail, Claudius and Laertes decide to team up. They both try to murder Hamlet and get rid of him once and for all. Each of these plans directly or indirectly leads to Hamlet's deceit and his death. Hamlets desire for revenge causes his insanity. Hamlet speaks to the ghost of his father, he figures out that Claudius murdered him to achieve that throne of Denmark. At this point, Hamlet is very frustrated and disappointed. Hamlet then makes a plan to get revenge by finishing Claudius. To complete this act, Hamlet must act inane...
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...Life, Philosophy and Hamlet Hamlet is considered to be one of the most complex characters ever created. Basically, Hamlet is a play about growing up. At the start of the play Hamlet still believes life should be beautiful and perfect and people should be good and honest. He is shocked and angry when he discovers that many people are not good nor honest. He thinks life should have deep meaning but he can find no meaning at all. Trough the play he struggles to accept that life is painful and difficult. All the beautiful things he believed are gradually destroyed and he becomes depressed and suicidal. Hamlet has had many opinions throughout the play about how things in life work out. Hamlet believes that humans are amazing creatures because they are capable of doing so many things. He also believes the world is a beautiful place. To Hamlet though the world seems nothing more than air, “it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.” (Ham.II.ii.301-303) and humans are nothing more than dust “And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?” (Ham.II.ii.308) In another speech, Hamlet points out the uselessness of the law and no matter how much you gain in life, it’s not going to mean anything when you die. This is shown when Hamlet said, “The very conveyances of his lands will hardly lie in this box” (Ham.V.i.107-108) Hamlet is revealing that you can obtain many material items in life, but ultimately when you die you won’t be able to bring...
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...Why does hamlet delay in killing Claudius? Hamlet feels that since claudius was praying at the altar, he was in a state of “holiness” which made hamlet reluctant to kill him at that time. Hamlet does not want Claudius to have any chance to go to heaven or have grace in what he has done and thinking of what might happen to him in the spiritual world, living up to the sin that he has committed. Hamlet decides to wait, resolving to kill Claudius when the king is sinning—when he is either drunk, angry, or lustful. Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying. And now I’ll do ’t. And so he goes to heaven. And so am I revenged.—That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send...
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...In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, a lot of the characters tried to avenge a family member’s death by killing another person, which resulted in terrible consequences. There were many terrible sins committed, most of which were related to lies, betrayal and worst of all, murder. These terrible sins eventually led to negative consequences which built up and led to death. Everyone in the play Hamlet committed sins except for Horatio, who was the only survivor at the end of the play. This proves that all the other characters committed terrible sins that led to death. The sins and mistakes these other characters made led to their death. All of the characters in Hamlet deserved what they got. Both Hamlet and Laertes tried to avenge the death of a loved one by wanting to kill someone else. Claudius murdered his own brother for selfish needs; all three characters deserved death as a consequence. Young Hamlet has committed murder; Hamlet has killed his own uncle king Claudius for revenge. Revenge resulting to murder is a sin, which exactly what Hamlet did, he committed a sin. “A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send.” (III.iii.76-77) After Hamlet found out the truth of his father’s death he decided to avenge his death, which meant killing Claudius. The thought of killing someone is a murderous sin. The fact that Hamlet wants to murder Claudius means that Hamlet has committed a sin. Hamlet did not only think about...
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...three, scene one, of hamlet the main character, hamlet, performs his most famous soliloquy, started “To be or not to be”. In the conclusion of act two this soliloquy has more of a rational outlook; he seems to have reverted to a dark state. Hamlet’s contemplates suicide due to the actions that have taken place. Hamlet’s father, the king, has been killed by Claudius, the king’s brother, and overtakes the throne by pushing hamlet out. Hamlet is to avenge his father’s death and kill Claudius. Hamlet at this point is confused on what to do. “To be” is to live and take revenge on Claudius or “not to be” and allow himself to die in not deal with the hardships. The theme...
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...“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Grief isn’t something that people prepare for. Like death, grief happen all of a sudden. Grief is the natural response to lose. It can be a strong emotion the can be overwhelming.(Mayoclinic.org)It could be when somebody first finds out a loved one had died, it could be when a person it doing something that reminds them of a lost one. There are different levels of grief as well. One can completely be sad only on the inside but on the outside normal or they can completely show their sadness. It shows one passion for the lost one. For example, a lady has coffee with a friend at a common place for many year she’ll associate that place with the person. If that person were to die that coffee place would be a reminder of that person. The lady could cry from just seeing the coffee shop, or she could be happy for seeing that coffee shop. The cry or happiness reveals her relationship with the person who passed. She could be crying because she regret saying something to the person or not saying something. She could be remembering the good times she had with that person as well, it could remind her of the person. Hamlet is the same way. Hamlet is dealing with grief his own way. Shakespeare is showing Hamlet as a person who isn’t getting along with anybody. Everybody has their own way of dealing with grief. Everybody in the play tells Hamlet to move on and stop grieving, but in reality everybody in...
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...how Prince Hamlet speaks and acts different in Act V, scene II, than in other parts of the play. Throughout the play Hamlet is conflicted and revengeful when he finds out that his uncle Claudius had murdered his father. Hamlet can never seem to take action. He procrastinates and overthinks almost every situation he is in. Hamlet also fears death and what consequences his actions will have. In Act V, scene II, Prince Hamlet speaks and acts very different he overcomes being afraid of death. He also stops overthinking very move he makes. Hamlet also starts doing what he wants to do and keeping to his word. Act I is where Hamlet is first challenged. Hamlet cannot understand why he is the only one being affected...
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...Hamlet study questions and answers on Act 5 Act 5 scene 1 Gravediggers and Hamlet 1 – 171 1. Who are the actors on stage here? What role do they play? 2. What class of society do we see for the first time, and why is it significant? 3. What are the gravediggers talking about in the first 30 lines? What is behind their difference of opinion? Give quotes to back up your ideas. 4. Some of the humour of this scene comes from the linguistic mistakes the men make. Identify them. 5. Who do they decide is the strongest builder and why? 6. What do you feel is the point of the gravedigger’s riddles and songs? 7. Who else creates humour in this first part of the scene? 8. What does this show about Hamlet’s development? 9. How do the references to Adam (lines 30 – 40) and his sons (lines 75 – 79) play a role in the plot? When were these ideas used before? 10. What means does Shakespeare use to raise suspense during the graveyard scene? 11. What does the gravedigger’s mention of King Hamlet in lines 141 - 143 reveal to the audience? How is this important here? 12. Does it contradict information we have had previously? Why do you think Shakespeare has done this? Thoughts about Yorick , life and death 172 – 213 13. Find the hyperboles in Hamlet’s speech, and explain why he uses them. 14. Identify the misogynistic lines. Who is he talking about? 15. In what ways do Hamlet’s reactions to the skulls in the graveyard seem to suggest...
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...story of Hamlet there are multiple villains and no heroes. Everybody has a fault that leads to something tragic or dramatic during the story the main villain in this story is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark the main character Hamlet goes through a series of very unfortunate events throughout his life, and mostly negative things come out of them. During the beginning of the play we find out that Hamlet loses his father the King of Denmark. This causes a great depression to Hamlet. Soon after Hamlet becomes even more upset due to the fact that he finds out that his uncle Claudius will be marrying his mother Gertrude and be the new King of Denmark. This causes Hamlet to go crazy, insane, and mad. Over the course of the play Hamlets madness continues to build due to everything that happens between the beginning and the end. At the end Hamlet has gone completely and incredibly mad. This madness ends up breaking out of him and spread throughout the ending scene of the play. The main reason for Hamlets madness is due to his father passing away and him having to deal with his uncle Claudius. He soon finds out that his uncle will be marrying his mother. These events only get him upset, sad, and gloomy. Later in the story one of his friends and the guards of Elsinore confront a mysterious creature wandering the castle. Hamlet ends up discovering that this creature is a ghost, and not just a ghost but the spirit tells Hamlet “I am...
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...Home > Why Hamlet Delays His Revenge Why Hamlet Delays His Revenge (Excerpt from Quintessence of Dust: The Mystical Meaning of Hamlet) Kenneth Chan ... Hamlet is finally alone, and the stage is set for the soliloquy that 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...
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...Importance of Hamlet’s Soliloquies in Shakespeare’s Hamlet Shakespeare often has his characters speak in soliloquies during the course of his plays. Soliloquies are essential to the presentation of a story through the medium of a play because they provide the opportunity the chance to tell the audience specific pieces of information which cannot be disclosed through normal conversation. In his work, Hamlet, Shakespeare’s title character is shown to speak in seven soliloquies. Each soliloquy advances the plot, reveals Hamlet’s inner thoughts to the audience and helps to create an atmosphere in the play. The first soliloquy which Hamlet delivers gives the audience their first glimpse of him as a character. Hamlet is reflective and depicts the way he views his own position; he tells of his father’s death and then his mother’s quick remarriage. He says, “It is not, nor it cannot come to good” (I, ii, 163), when referring to the marriage of his mother. This gives the audience a hint of foreshadowing because it is the first time when Hamlet mentions the future. This speech also reveals his thoughts further when he says that his mother is frail because she is a woman, while he also admits that he knows he must hold his tongue. During the course of this speech Hamlet makes several allusions to historical figures and this demonstrates to the audience that he is an intelligent young man. One of these allusions is when he compares the love his late father had for his mother to Hyperion...
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...Guildenstern talk about Hamlet and his lunacy. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell the King and Queen that they have tried to find out the reason for Hamlet’s madness, but he avoids their questions. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell the King and Queen about the actors that have arrived at the court and will be giving a performance. After Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave, Claudius tells Gertrude that he has arranged for Hamlet to run into Ophelia, and Polonius and the King will hide and spy on their conversation to see if Hamlet is truly going crazy because he is in love. Gertrude tells Ophelia that she hopes that Hamlet’s madness is due to his love for her. Polonius tells Ophelia to read from a prayer book while waiting for Hamlet, which makes Claudius feels guilty as he remembers his own sin that he disguises with kind words. Then, Hamlet arrives speaking his famous to be or not to be speech. He is contemplating suicide, but he decides against it because he is worried that the environment after death will be even worse than the one he is living in right now. Ophelia then tells Hamlet that she has some of his mementos that she needs to return, which Hamlet denies ever giving her. Hamlet then goes into a dialogue with Ophelia that focuses on women and marriage. He is telling Ophelia to go to a nunnery because he does not believe in women or marriage anymore. Hamlet says that women use their beauty and power to fool their husbands. Hamlet also tells Ophelia that if she does get married that...
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...One of the most unique things about the play Hamlet (with Hamlet playing the main character) is the way relationships between the main and lesser characters have not changed from Shakespeare's time period in which he wrote this play to the modern dilemmas of today. The character Hamlet relates through individualism of self to others in the play and Shakespeare uses this confusion of self and nature thus assuring many types of readers who can relate to his Hamlet characterization. Hamlet portrays himself with all his human flaws, but it is this humanity that makes him distinctive from everyone else in the story. In addition, all of Hamlet's waking hours are preoccupied with his own thoughts thus adding more intensity to his feelings and perceptions about where he sees imperfections, worry and tension as well as confusion, but without a doubt it is these human qualities which makes his situation so impossible for him to resolve easily. Another tragic role of the play is its irony. The irony allows the storyline to show humor as well as the cause and effects of each action taken. There is usually little reason for a tragedy to be funny so Shakespeare has used this type of humor to add more irony to the already tragic events of the play. Pause for thought is in the types of conflict that play a major part in the play and the relationships between Hamlet and the two people who have been closest to him; being Ophelia and the ghost. Hamlet cannot share his strong feelings and emotions...
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