Gertrude betrays that love by marrying her brother-in-law, Claudius, and Ophelia betrays his love by refusing him on her father's advice. ... Similarly, her second love betrays her, but by the time she discovers this, she is already dying (after Claudius accidentally poisoned her). ... You could almost call Claudius his second love, since the King wooed Laertes into joining his plot against Hamlet. ... Fortinbras, like Hamlet has lost a father, but instead of turning to a second love, he decides to vent his anger and sorrow by attacking Denmark and reclaiming the land his father l...

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Hamlet passed away young, a mere 30 years of age, and I sincerely regret that I will never be able to see such a fine young man take command of the throne and restore nobility to the state of Denmark. He was the son of the great King Hamlet, one of the best kings this country has ever seen, and Queen Gertrude, our countries finest lady who has also now sadly passed away. ... An apparition had been walking the decks, taking the guise of your father the former king and you, brave, noble Hamlet, came to visit us in hope of seeing this ghost. ... What you learned of was the deceit of Claudius and ...

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In Hamlet's first soliloquy (Hamlet I, 2, 133-164), he states his disgust at his mother for marrying Claudius, the new king, in no less than a month after his own father's death. ... After an extremely emotional and distressing conversation with his mother about her affair with the king, he sees his father's ghost. ... The king proposes a duel in which Hamlet will meet his "assured" doom. ... Before he dies, Hamlet forces Claudius to die the same way his mother did because he believes that Claudius is now just as responsible for her death. ... He now has no other reason to l...

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Hamlet thought highly of his father, as a king and as a man, better than Claudius "so excellent a king; that was, to this / Hyperion to a Satyr; so loving to my mother / That he might not beteem the winds of heaven / Visit her face too roughly" (1. 2. 139-142). Here he is saying that comparing his father and Claudius is like comparing a god to a beast. Hamlet cannot believe that his mother could so quickly fall in love with Claudius when she seemed so in love with Hamlet Senior as well. When he finds out from his father's ghost that Claudius murdered him, he exclaims, "O my prophetic sou...

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The play hamlet is about a royal family whose king dies. The king was killed by his brother Claudius by pouring poison in his ear. After King Hamlet dies, his wife Queen Gertrude marries Claudius and he becomes king, leaving Gertrude and King Hamlet's son without having the throne. ... One could say that this quote means that Prince Hamlet's father was killed by his uncle who is now the king of Denmark. ...

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Love Sick In Denmark The play Hamlet, because it deals with issues inside the main character Hamlet's mind, for instance the dispute of Hamlet's love for Ophelia, is without question, one of the most complex plays known to mankind. ... Polonius is trying to prove to the king that Prince Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia by having these letters read. ... Polonius uses her as a tool to become closer and get on Claudius" good side. ... The King said in act 3, scene 1, that Hamlet wasn't showing feelings for Ophelia, and he didn't seem like he had gone mad. The King th...

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He would rather have King Claudius like him than his own daughter, so he makes her read a love letter from Hamlet in front of the whole court. ... The only man that Ophelia loves, Hamlet, is the prince of Denmark. ...

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