Hamlet then begins to make plots to kill Claudius. ... " The determination that Claudius had to become king, made the dead king comes back seeking revenge on Claudius. ... I did love you once. (Act 3:1 111-115) Ophelia believes that Hamlet once loved her, but Ophelia does not know that Hamlet still loves her. ... Ophelia knowing the man she use to love has murdered her own father lose total trust in Hamlet. ...

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At this point Hamlet is certain that Claudius is responsible for his father's murder. ... After Hamlet realizes that Claudius is guilty, he comes across him in the chapel. He is given the perfect opportunity to finally kill Claudius, but turns it down because he does not want to kill Claudius while he is praying. ... Hamlet treated his mother in a rude fashion, because he loved and trusted her, but she married Claudius less than a few months after his father's death. ... However, Ophelia's love for Hamlet caused her to mistake Hamlet's original intention for his distrust an...

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He urges Hamlet that he must take revenge for his murder and kill Claudius, and says, "If thou didst ever thy father love/...Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (I.v: 29, 31). ... When the play (appropriately titled "The Mouse Trap" because of its design to catch Claudius) is performed, Claudius storms out, crying, "Give me some light: away!"... Hamlets first opportunity to kill Claudius is when Claudius is confessing to god. ... He wants Claudius to have to go through purgatory, so although this is the perfect opportunity to kill Claudius, he can't. ... Hamlet stops himself from...

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This delay ultimately leads to his own death, and the deaths of many loved ones Hamlet was a very intellectual man who recently came back from university in Wittenberg, to morn the passing of his great father King Hamlet. ... He wanted Claudius to suffer just like his father is suffering in his after life he doesn't want Claudius to get away with what he has done. ... Hamlet knew he could not kill Claudius because of his beliefs, he knew that if God wanted Claudius dead, it would happen. ... (3,2,293-294) Hamlet only tragic flaw through the play was that he procrastinated in...

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Hamlet is the play's supposed "good guy", since Claudius wronged Hamlet and his father the audience wants to sympathize with Hamlet and see him triumph over Claudius. ... Here, Hamlet tells Ophelia he doesn't love her. ... I did love you once. ... The audience certainly doesn't see Gertrude as woman who truly loved her first husband, but her love for Claudius does not seem to warrant the hate Hamlet expresses in this scene. ... he was on a mission, for his father, he hurt people he loved to avenge his father, his greatest love. ...

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Hamlet, at first was not sure if Claudius murdered his father because he was always depressed. ... When Laertes and others thought that his madness was because of love, Hamlet even harshly rejected Ophelia, whom he dearly loved. " you should not have believed me I loved you not" (3.1.118-120). ... Old King had told Hamlet not to harm his mother and only get revenge on Claudius. ... Hamlet only cared for the Queen and Ophelia and after the two women die Hamlet kills Claudius. Although Hamlet's steps towards Claudius's murder were small, his actions in between were big. ...

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King Hamlet's ghost says to his son, "if thou didst ever thy dear father love" then he needed to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ... In this scene, Claudius seems to be praying. Hamlet misinterprets Claudius' actions and decides not to kill him during this moment, (though it could have been done quite easily), due to the fear that Claudius would be sent to heaven for being killed during a religious moment. ... This quote directly states that though Hamlet has a prime moment to commit Claudius's murder, he opts out due to the fear Claudius would be sent to heaven. ...

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Hamlets love for Ophelia is another tragic point of the play. He loves her as much as any man could love a woman, but loses that for she rejects his love because of her father. ... Throughout the rest of the play, its hard to say whether Hamlet still loves Ophelia or whether this love has turned into bitter feelings. ... The timing is perfect for Claudius. ... His friends betray him because of Claudius, his mother is weakened, and his father is killed, Claudius could be considered a tragic element if u thought about the fact that he was sorry for the way he ki...

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The play is almost an exact replication of how Hamlet's own father was murdered for his crown and is meant to inspire enough reaction in Claudius to show his guilt. ... The king is praying, and Hamlet does not want Claudius to have the chance his father never did, to be "fit and seasoned for his passage" (III,iii,86) before his death. ... The only person at fault is the king, who has murdered a man, married his wife, and caused the man's son to lose the only person he truly loved. Claudius' unscrupulous actions continue as he comes up with a plot to aid Laertes in his undeser...

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Hamlet loved and respected his father who he idolises and describing as a "satyr". Claudius has wronged Hamlet and his family by murdering Old King Hamlet for the sake of his ambition. ... Hamlet does not hold the desire to wear the crown of Denmark, despite the fact that such an attempt at a coup would be supported by the people as "he is loved of the distracted multitude." ... Only a lesser man would have killed Claudius without even considering and contemplating the ramifications. ... (Claudius) The murders of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cannot be excused by a mistake. ...

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Hamlet Assignment "I heard thee speak So proceed you." At this time the players have just arrived and Hamlet begins to tell them what they will be performing. He asks the players for a passionate speech. He begins telling them about a speech he had ounce heard that he truly loved. The speech w...

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