Throughout most of the play, Hamlet is driven by the wish to avenge his father‘s murder, proving to be a loyal son. After talking to his father’s ghost, he promises to seek revenge for him, which in itself is a noble action. In the course of the play however, he changes between noble and ignoble actions which in turn affects the people around him. He is a devoted Christian, which becomes especially clear when he talks about his options and completely out rules suicide because he sees it as a sin
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The struggle causes Hamlet to question the nature of human existence. By asking “To be, or not to be”, Hamlet is asking whether or not it is worth is for humans to be alive. All of the terrible events in his life are weighing down on Hamlet, making him question his life. Hamlet asks himself whether the mental pain of fighting against his troubles and murdering Claudius is worth it. This internal conflict reveals the toll of his father’s murder, and shows how Hamlet might be losing his mind as
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The idea of friendship is an important theme that has been explored and explained through countless stories and books over time. Shakespeare's Hamlet is no exceptions as the character Hamlet has unique relationships with Horatio as well as Rosencrantz and Gildenstern which dictate different types of friendships. Hamlet seems to have a genuine relationship with Horatio and trusts him while his interactions between Rosencrantz and Gildenstern show another story. He is more suspicious of them and knows
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The female characters in William Shakespeare's Hamlet appear to be fragile collateral figures that are mistreated by men, causing great misfortune. However, there is more to these female roles than what meets the eye. Ophelia is one of the characters that had an impact on the action of the story. Even though Shakespeare's intention for Hamlet was not meant to be a woman-based play, the female roles are more significant than what the readers believe. Through closer investigation, the true purpose
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Hamlet suddenly opened Ophelia’s door in shock and Ophelia glared at him absentmindedly. He grabbed her hand physically and observed her like there was a spider on her face. Ophelia examined him in confusion thinking about what is wrong with him. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet shows Ophelia how much he loves her with a letter that he writes her. However, sometimes he does not show it at times. Although, when he finds out that Ophelia died, he shows everyone that he loves her with
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Within the play Hamlet, females are viewed as weak minded and are used as pawns by the leading male characters. Through the character of Ophelia, the author portrays women as being easily manipulated by the men in their life. There are several instances in which the young girl is used by others in order to fulfill their personal agendas. I feel that being constantly influenced by Laertes, Polonius, and Hamlet ultimately diminished the good attributes of Ophelia and led to her downfall. In the
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souls if she was given the same rites as they. This enrages Laertes and he curses Hamlet, blaming him for her death before jumping into her grave to hold her one last time. Hamlet, who is also at the graveside unbeknownst to the others, follows Laertes into Ophelia’s grave where they grapple with each other. These events intensify the conflict between Hamlet and Laertes, as well as the theme of death. When Laertes and Hamlet jump into the grave, both their deaths are foreshadowed—
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without a second thought of how she felt. Polonius in Hamlet written by William Shakespeare is one who tries to seek power by using her daughter ( Ophelia ), kissing ass, and backstabs people to get what he wants. Throughout the novel Polonius uses Ophelia, her daughter to seek power. Even though he is chief counselor of the king he sets up Ophelia to be
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directly from a line spoken in the well known Shakespeare play. ‘Hamlet.’ With that being said, ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ is basically a behind the scene play of ‘Hamlet.’ In some of the scenes you could see how they were connecting ‘Hamlet’ in the background of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s story, but in most of the play it was up to the playwright to give these unseen characters a task to be doing to steer away from the ‘Hamlet’ scenes. The concept was to bring life to Rosencrantz and
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think that he actually did go crazy I think he was just mad at everyone because no one was on his side at all. Hamlet really liked Ophelia but after Ophelia's brother Laertes saw the letters from Hamlet to Ophelia he told his sister to stay away from Hamlet. So she had a choice to be either be loyal to her brother and father or Hamlet. In the end she chose her brother and father. That made Hamlet upset that she wasn't going to be with him and he was giving her the cold shoulder and being a little rude
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