Claudius orders Hamlet to go into exile in England where it will be easy to have Hamlet killed. Before leaving for England, Hamlet encounters Fortinbras, who is crossing Denmark to battle for barren lands. ... It is the experience of seeing the great army that Fortinbras commands that causes Hamlet to realize his own inactivity. ... Witness this army of such mass and charge Led by a delicate and tender prince, Whose spirit and divine ambition puff"d Makes mouths at the invisible event (4.4.47-50) Hamlet admires Fortinbras for being able to lead this many men into a situation which no...

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However, Hamlet lacks neither courage nor resoluteness. Instead, at the beginning of the play, he lacks the rashness for action that Fortinbras has, and more importantly, he lacks the balance between Horatio's moderation and Fortinbras' decisiveness. ... At first, Hamlet's action, or lack thereof, appears to support the argument. ... However, Hamlet backs away from revenge until he is able to pinpoint the king's guilt, trapping the king in the "Play Within the Play," in which Hamlet exclaims, "I'll have grounds/ More relative than this: the play's the thing/ ...

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Hamlet's Soliloquies Throughout this play, Hamlet likes to engage in soliloquies to voice his innermost thoughts and conflicts. ... However, Hamlet himself feels weak in comparison. ... He voices these new opinions after he is ordered to go to England and encounters Prince Fortinbras along the way. ... After seeing Prince Fortinbras willing to sacrifice hundreds of men's lives for a single plot of land, something within Hamlet awakens. ... He looked at Fortinbras' army and knew that they were fighting for one thing: honor. ...

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As we all know, the play Hamlet is essentially about life and death. We can see this through the character Hamlet. ... Shakespeare's writings in the tragedy of Hamlet reveal seven in depth soliloquies spoken by Hamlet. ... At one point in the soliloquy Hamlets states, "O God! ... ", Hamlet expresses. ...

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In the play "Hamlet- by William Shakespeare, the cause of Hamlet's "Rash and bloody deed-(III:iv) is primarily because Hamlet is thrown into an uncompromising situation. ... Hamlet is much closer to his mother than is to Claudius. ... You can argue that Hamlet really should not kill Claudius because Fortinbras is marching through Denmark, and that the fall of another King could allow for an easy invasion. ... Hamlet wishes to damn Claudius' soul. ... Here we see how the ghost has left Hamlet with no choice in how he can kill Claudius, as Hamlet's Fathers soul burns so she his. ...

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