hett Kimura Clark US History/3A October 8th, 2014 Uncle Toms Cabin On a cold day in February two men, Mr. Shelby, the owner of the house who was a reasonable man; and the other, Mr. Haley a slave trader, were discussing the trade of a slave to pay for a debt. This slave's name was Tom. Mr. Shelby was exceedingly fond of Tom, stating that Tom was a “steady, honest and capable man; a good, sensible, fellow.”Tom was Mr. Shelby’s best slave, but the debt he owed would cause him to lose his land. In
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into madness. Hamlet went to see Ophelia after his meeting with the host of his father, where he demonstrated his first act of madness. “He took me by the wrist and held me hard…/ Long stayed he so,/ At last, a little shaking of mine arm,/ And thrice his head thus waving up and down/ He raised a sigh so piteous and profound” (II. i. 98-106). This is where his family got the idea that he was mad with love. And so, deciding to prove this, Claudius and Polonius had Ophelia help them, insisting she go talk
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of Hamlet’s crazed love for Polonius’s daughter, Ophelia. However, in order for Hamlet to play a believable madman, he must reject Ophelia and make everyone believe he no longer has the ability to love her because of his madness. Hamlet tells her that “[He] did love [her] once” (III.i.112-113), but then turns back around to say that she should not have believed him because “[He] loved [her] not” (III.i.116). Hamlet appears to have rejected Ophelia because of his madness, but in reality, he is only
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These feelings lead him to be disrespectful of all the women in the play, "frailty thy name is women" he declares, seeing women as weak and dim witted. He also feels betrayed by his lover ophelia, who has also submitted to the power of a man and betrayed Hamlet. "Get thee to a nunnery" he tells ophelia after she tells him that she can no longer be with him. He believes the women in his life have lost their purity and that their love is only brief and weak. Hamlet has also been betrayed by his
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symbol, Yorik’s skull. In the beginning of act V scene I there are two clowns that are gravediggers digging the grave of Hamlets beloved Ophelia and discuss the manner of her death which was thought to be suicide. The gravediggers conversation about Ophelia furthers the theme of religion by questioning the moral legitimacy of suicide and points out that Ophelia is only receiving a Christian burial because she was a noble. The first clown states: Why, there thou sayest; and the more Pity that
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Sydney Hector Jennifer Gatti ENG-4UE 12 August 2014 A Dysfunctional Family The bonds between a family members may be the making or the breaking of a person. A family nurtures one into the person that they will become. When the bond between two family members is unhealthy, there can be serious consequences. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, there is an example of an unhealthy relationship between Gertrude and Hamlet. Gertrude is guided by self-interest rather than motherhood while making
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the death of his father, other close ones died. Polonius was killed accidentally by Hamlet thinking it was King Claudius who was hiding behind the curtain. Unlike Polonius, the death of Ophelia is caused from the preceding acts of vengeance. Their love is sacrificed by Hamlets plot for revenge, causing Ophelia to take her
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so that he may better conceal his true intentions (he does a poor job in this part) and gain the opportunity to kill Claudius (perhaps with the defense that he is insane?). Thus, Hamlet exaggerates and shows tremendous hatred and disgust towards Ophelia so that he may convince Polonius and Claudius that he has gone mad due to Ophelia's rejection of his love. On the other hand, there is Claudius, the duplicitous cowardly, and conniving politician. Claudius, in comparison to the rest of
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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
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(based on assignment by R. Patton) 3.1 1. According to Hamlet, why do people prefer the troubles of life to death? Because eventually they will die. 2. When Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts, how does Hamlet respond? He rejects her gifts. He is being misogynist. 3. Fill in the blank: Hamlet tells Ophelia, “Get thee to a nunnery, go.” 4. Fill in the blank: Claudius plans to send Hamlet from Denmark to England, because its king owes Claudius a favor. (1 point) 3.2
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