revenge. However, when Hamlet discovers proof of his uncle’s treachery (the letter to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern), he is ready to take revenge. Outside of murder and betrayal, there are other reasons for Hamlet’s depression: the death of his love, Ophelia, his resentment toward his mother, his betrayal by his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and the overwhelming feeling that his father, King Hamlet, did not deserve to die. King Hamlet’s death obviously affects Hamlet. It is even worse, because
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all of the cast. There are many innocent bystanders who are left dead after Hamlet fulfills what he thinks is his duty of avenging his father’s killer. In the cases of Laertes, King Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern their end is just. With Ophelia and the Queen, Gertrude, their lives are ended unjustly because they mistakenly got involved in Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius. In addition to the deaths of his enemies, Hamlet fulfills several other duties to his dead father and himself. Hamlet’s
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Canadian Social Science ISSN 1712-8056 Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture Http://www.cscanada.org Http://www.cscanada.net E-mail: css@cscanada.org; caooc@hotmail.com Vol.5 No.5 2009 10/31/2009 Hamlet’s Femininity L A F É MINIT É D E HAMLET GUO De-yan1 Abstract: The charm of Hamlet over the centuries largely lies in Shakespeare’s subtle treatment of Hamlet, and many critics have interpreted Hamlet’s tragedy as a result of his indecisive character, his obsession
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deceased king, Hamlet, of which the name of the play is coined. Hamlet is perturbed by the death of his father, and becomes vengeful upon learning the truth about his murder. This play takes a twist by involving the subplot romance between Hamlet and Ophelia, and the dangerous role their love plays in the death of majority of the characters. This play crosses the importance of many of the characters values, the problems ensued, and the consequences. In this essay I will argue that the audience's cultural
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that is given to us, but comes through concentrated work and a desire to learn from great books and great teachers (McCullough 334). SUMMARY In, “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome,” Thomas G. Plummer, mourns the widespread lack of individual’s ability to think for their own self, labeling the condition “Ophelia Syndrome.” The symptoms of this mental malady, he argues, include a dependency on others to tell you what and how to think. He suggests that in today’s universities there comes
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the mock play that upsets Claudius and Polonius assuming that Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia. The play was an accurate depiction of how Claudius murdered Old Hamlet and once this was clear to Claudius, he became upset because he understood the truth of the play but others could not identify the cause of his anger. Along with that, Hamlet is stricken over seeing his father but when he visits Ophelia, his pain is
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Men and Vengeance… and Women “ Hamlet is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what’s real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.” Michael Sheen One of the most celebrated Shakespearean plays, Hamlet , follows the tragic downfall of a young Prince Hamlet as he plummets into depression and apparent insanity after the death of his
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Nevertheless, two of the play’s greatest soliloquies contain Hamlet’s belief on the subject. Only Ophelia, Prince Hamlet’s ex-lover, actually commits suicide —at least in the eyes of the other characters. One must first examine, however, the legitimacy of Ophelia’s suicide. When evaluating Ophelia’s death, one must also consider the surrounding circumstances. After Hamlet killed her father, Ophelia was driven completely insane. Although suicide is usually a choice, did she truly intended to drown
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lovesickness for Ophelia, Polonius's daughter. Claudius and Gertrude summon two of Hamlet's old friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to find out what's wrong with him. As Polonius develops a plot to spy on a meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia, Hamlet develops a plot of his own: to have a recently arrived troupe of actors put on a play that resembles Claudius's alleged murder of Old Hamlet, and watch Claudius's reaction. Polonius and Claudius spy on the meeting between Ophelia and Hamlet, during
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cried out for help when it seemed as if the prince was about to murder the queen. When Prince Hamlet heard this cry, he stabbed through the arras, killing Polonius, convinced it was his uncle Claudius. This killing of Polonius caused her daughter Ophelia so much distress that her resulting erratic behavior might have caused her to drown herself as claimed by one the gravediggers of her grave. It also prompted another revenge plot when Claudius convinced Polonius’s
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