What Hamlet thinks is just a simple swordfight turns out to be a climactic murder plot. ... Hamlet: Do you see nothing there? ... He verbally demolishes her until all she can do is plead, "No more, sweet Hamlet."" ... By claiming that she sees everything, for a moment she takes on a very confident, positive tone and in the process steals power in the conversation away from Hamlet. ... If she sees everything, and Hamlet asks if she sees something he does, then Hamlet is the one who has to defend himself and try to prove his sanity. ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the theme of corruption and decay is a recurring theme that is explored through the use of time and place. ... " The state of dystopian Denmark sets the tone and melancholic mood for the entirety of the play, Shakespeare's timing of establishing the play in the opening acts as "rotten" and "unweeded" serves as a basis for which corruption is further developed. ... Shakespeare's uses a progressive timeline and Hamlet's madness to identify corruption within Hamlet as a character. ... Time and place is further used to influence...

• Word Count: 782
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hamlet In the play Hamlet a crime is commited by a brother against his own blood. ... Shakespeare uses many tools including tone and syntax to reveal how each character feels about the event. Tone is an important aspect of all Shakespeare's works. ... Clearly the king wishes that Hamlet would expose the crimes of his uncle and avenge his father's death. ... Clearly, Shakespeare has given us many ways to interpret Hamlet. ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this mission of Hamlet's is in stark contrast to Claudius' fervent effort to obscure the truth of King Hamlet's murder. The question of Hamlet's sanity is irrelevant, but instead his melancholy disposition is the centering aspect of the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ... Hamlet "[...] is a disappointed candidate for election, still clinging to a delusion of adequacy."2 Issues that once enticed Hamlet now hardly satisfy h...

• Word Count: 4821
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Personally, yes, I do believe that Hamlet is a changed man in Act 5. ... In this scene, Hamlet is out of control. ... Hamlet has almost gone insane. ... On page 23, we see Hamlet's first soliloquy. ... The tone is calm melancholy, he is sounding philosophical. ...

• Word Count: 1900
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Interpreted by four directors, (in chronological order), Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branaugh, and Michael Almereyda, the play takes on four very different tones, personalities and qualities. ... However, to a certain extent, these differences are superficial and contribute only slightly to the overall ambience that begins to shape the tone and feeling of the movies. ... The Franco Zeffirelli film, while similar to the Olivier in setting, is otherwise completely different in tone, theme, and manner. ... The film opens with a funeral for old king Hamlet. ... His manner sugges...

• Word Count: 1694
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School