The ghost, Hamlet's father, had explained to him that Claudius had killed him and his soul couldn't rest until revenge was brought onto his brother. The audience hears Hamlet's promise to make Claudius pay for his murderous ways. ... He then goes on to tell the audience of his new idea to help draw the truth out of Claudius. ... With this speech, Hamlet is not just talking about taking his own life but more the choice that is put before man between accepting insults and pain from the world or fighting back at it. ... The audience in hearing these words from Hamlet sees that Haml...

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The play Hamlet is written by British playwright Shakespeare, the whole play is a tragedy about the prince Hamlet take revenge on his uncle Claudius for killed his father. At act three, scene 1, Hamlet made the famous "To be or not to be" speech. Author Shakespeare used some figurative language in this speech such as personification, metaphor in order to reveal an enigmatic and contemplative characteristics for Hamlet. ... It's certain that in this play that Hamlet is depressed because of his experiences, but he did not crashed by all those depression, Shakespeare created a com...

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Four of Hamlet's soliloquies illustrates how he is initially indecisive, but eventually makes a decision to take revenge against his uncle. ... In this speech, Hamlet has just met the ghost of his father and has received some disturbing news. ... This speech reveals Hamlet's softer emotional side when he speaks of suffering and lists multiple opposing things. ... This quote tells the audience that Hamlet has decided that seeking revenge is in fact a not a bad thing to do and that it is justifiable. ... During the course of the play Hamlet makes impolite remarks to Ophelia and Claud...

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He also had motive for putting on the contrivance as it would disguise his investigation of his father's strange death and his plans for revenge against his uncle Claudius if he found him to be guilty. ... Lastly, by pretending to be mentally disturbed, it provided Hamlet with an excuse for any sinful deeds he would commit on his pursuit of revenge. ... Hamlet's pursuit of the truth and revenge was much better accompanied by madness rather than sanity which gave Hamlet a clear motive to fabricate insanity in the play. ... If his occulted guilt / Do not itself unkennel in one speech, ...

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