Who was William Shakespeare? Shakespeare is William Shakespeare, one of the English-speaking world's greatest playwrights and poets, who possessed a great knowledge of human nature and transformed the English theatre. Yet many facts of his life remain a mystery. Some have been acquired from painstaking looks at the records of the time, so that this summary is based on generally agreed facts. It has been said that we only know three things about Shakespeare: that he was born, married and died
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unseen good old man. This quotation is said by Gertrude, the Queen, also known as Hamlets mother, in Act 4, Scene 1, 8-12. This passage serves to develop the character of Hamlet, and show how much he has grown mad in comparison to his visitation to Ophelia, which is when they begun to believe he has actually lost his mind. This passage also serves to develop conflict because Hamlet has just killed Laertes’s father, and Claudius’s good friend. This can develop conflict between the men because just as
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relationships between men and women remains relevant today, allowing me to empathise with the female characters, Gertrude and Ophelia. Though society’s treatment of women has improved, some inequality still remains, enabling us as modern responders to understand Shakespeare’s portrayal of women’s experiences and their loyalty towards their patriarchal figures. Hamlets mistreatment of Ophelia, “God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another,” uses ploce to highlight his hypocrisy considering the
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Statistics show that 18.6 percent of United States adults have some form of mental illness. Not taking into account children and those with undiagnosed disorders, that’s around one person in a standard American family, including extended family. Even though this statistic does not consider undiagnosed cases and children, it is still a staggering number. In fact, we see youths being affected by mental illness more frequently in this generation than the last. Alaska Young, a compulsive, emotionally
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Character Analysis Hamlet Hamlet is an enigma. No matter how many ways critics examine him, no absolute truth emerges. Hamlet breathes with the multiple dimensions of a living human being, and everyone understands him in a personal way. Hamlet's challenge to Guildenstern rings true for everyone who seeks to know him: "You would pluck out the heart of my mystery." None of us ever really does. The conundrum that is Hamlet stems from the fact that every time we look at him, he is different. In understanding
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an externally hostile world - Splinters their authentic selves. Attack self-esteem - Result is girls lose their authentic voices. Can’t live up to dominant femininities - “Ophelia” framework emerges - See it in programs policies, popular culture and media for girls From Vulnerable to Mean - From the 1990s “Ophelia” vulnerable girl to the early 2000s: “mean girl” or “bad girl” - Who are they and why the focus on “mean girls” in 2000s? - “Mean girls” commit violence – ranging from indirect
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Ophelia’s father, Polonius, was a servant of the king and her brother, Laertes, was away in France. After his father died, Hamlet could only think about his hate for his uncle and he started to act very strangely towards Ophelia. The play began and players re-enacted his father’s murder at the hands of Claudius in order to watch Claudius’ reaction and he confronted his mother about his father’s murder. As Hamlet expected, Claudius didn’t want to watch the play and left the
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the intention to kill Claudius in his sin, he wanted him to go to heaven. Even though king hamlet mentioned to Prince Hamlet, Claudius did not even give him that chance. Claudius then tried to send Hamlet to England but he escaped and stumble upon Ophelia
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Whether death is a constant presence in Hamlet or not – one thing is for certain – death, or whatever it is supposed to represent permeates the play right from the opening scene, where the ghost of Hamlet’s father introduces the idea of death and its consequences. The ghost represents a disruption to the accepted social order – a theme also reflected in the volatile socio-political state of Denmark and Hamlet’s own indecision. This disorder has of course been triggered by the "unnatural death" of
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synopsis of the events of Hamlet. In my group, we acted out a line about what Horatio saw as Claudius was watching a play involving murder. The main activities of day two involved understanding the art of lying and reviewing a scene between Hamlet and Ophelia. During the activity we talked about signs that someone is lying while Rianna and Sviat prepared for the next portion of the activity. As a class we came up with signs such as sweating, strange vocal changes, lack of eye contact, and excessive eye
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