This intense emotional reaction between Hamlet and his mother results in the death of Polonius, who is hiding in the room. ... Even if he is not put to death and is pardoned from committing the crime, he is still locked up for life. ... After the he decides Hamlet then tries to logically reason which direction in life, or choice, is dignified to pursue. ... Directly after this he sees Claudius alone praying in the chapel; A perfect opportunity for Hamlet to act. ... He cannot accept a crown for crown, queen for queen, and life for life- he wishes a soul for a soul. ...

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In the first soliloquy, Hamlet talks about how aggravated at life he is and that if it weren't for God's laws he would commit suicide. He is not really morning his fathers death in this soliloquy but more his disgust for his mother for marring his uncle especially a few months after his father's death. ... 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. ... Hamlet seems to search for some kind of meaning to life which is something each indiv...

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After Hamlet witnessed the appearance of his dead father's ghost and heard what the spirit had to say, Hamlet's sole mission in life was to uncover the truth behind his Williams 2 father's death and avenge it accordingly. ... After Hamlet's encounter with the ghost, he obtains a great distrust and distaste for women. ... This idea is depicted through his conversations with his good friend Horatio who is assisting Hamlet in his search for the truth behind Old Hamlet's death. ... A third portrayal of the prince's sanity occurs during Hamlet's conversation with ...

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Throughout the play, we notice that Hamlet procrastinate about avenging for his father's death. ... However, after promising the ghost to take revenge, Hamlet realises that if the ghost should turn out to be evil, he would be deceived into murdering his uncle. ... (I, iv, line 51-56) Another reason why Hamlet hesitated to take revenge for his father's death is because he thought too much. ... However, after a deep and meaningful conversation with the players, Hamlet finally realises that he has been a coward for procrastinating revenge. ... No, not for a king, Upon whose...

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Hamlet explains whether it is honorable to suffer the hardships of life, or to fight against life's many obstacles. ... When Hamlet says, "Who would fardels bear, /To grunt and sweat under a weary life," he refers to the hardships of life, and the burdens men have to carry, except for the fear of life after death. In the phrase, "No traveller returns," the phrase explains that no traveler returns after death, and this idea confuses the human mind. ... Hamlet is troubled by his mother's hasty marriage and his father's death. These two major events have an intense impact on Ha...

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As we all know, the play Hamlet is essentially about life and death. ... Hamlet's first soliloquy (Act 1, scene 2) shows that he is angry with his mother and upset over his father's death. ... Later on in the play, his only purpose in life is to avenge for his father's death. ... It gives Hamlet a reason to be acting so mad because there is a lot to deal with in his life, his character becomes relatable to the audience because he is overwhelmed therefore allowing there to be some justification of his actions. ... By talking about death Hamlet again allows the audience to rela...

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The first point to agreeing on Hamlet's sanity was what happened after he encountered the ghost. ... The ghost tells Hamlet how his father died by saying in Act 1, Scene 5, and Line 39 "The serpent that did sting thy father's life, Now wears the crown" but what happens after that is how he proves that he is actually sane and he is just pretending he is insane. After Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus see the ghost; Hamlet tells Horatio that he is going to start acting strange. ... While Hamlet was talking to Horatio he states it by saying in Act 1, Scene 2, line 69 "One sc...

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The main character, Hamlet, is upset about his father's death. ... Hamlet begins the play upset over his father's death. ... After his first soliloquy Hamlet learns of his fathers ghost who has been appearing. ... He is afraid of death, since he does not know what comes after life, "To die, to sleep; to sleep; perchance to dream. Ay, there the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may come" (S,53). ...

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It is clear from these soliloquies that avenging his father's death is forefront in his mind at all times and shapes all his actions. ... He begins this soliloquy after watching one of the players which kindles a spark of revenge in him. ... Throughout this soliloquy, Hamlet wonders why he can't fulfill his oath to his father and why it would be so hard to avenge the death of a King. ... After seeing Prince Fortinbras willing to sacrifice hundreds of men's lives for a single plot of land, something within Hamlet awakens. ... His desitny took a higher priority in his life tha...

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However, Hamlet lacks neither courage nor resoluteness. ... At first, Hamlet's action, or lack thereof, appears to support the argument. ... How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. (1.2.129-134) Depressed by his father's death and distraught by his mother's impure remarriage, Hamlet wishes that he could become nothing more than a vapor and simply vanish. ... In Hamlet's famous fourth soliloquy, we see Hamlet's conscience urging him not to end his life and its problems but to endure their trials because of the risks of what...

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His name was Hamlet. Hamlet found life to be a sterile promontory, and the air a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. ... How can someone be such that they find life repugnant and long for death? Its shown quite plainly within Hamlets words. ... Many others continue to live life as if death were the only answer. ...

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