Hamlet felt first the pain and suffering of his father's death. ... Even the attempt to kill Hamlet ended in the death of other people. ... He plays an important role in Hamlet's mother's death. ... Hamlet's life now at this point, is the most ruined a life can possibly wind up. Hamlet lost everyone who he had loved and there was no life for him after this last devastating event. ...
Hamlet knows that he must prove to someone trustworthy, Horatio, that Claudius is responsible for his father's death. After discovering that the king is guilty, Hamlet decides to listen to the spirit and kill the king. ... Hamlet's revenge is again delayed when Claudius sends him to England after discovering that Hamlet mistakenly murdered Polonius, thinking it was Claudius. ... Hamlet states, "O, from this time forth / My thoughts be bloodily or be nothing worth" (4.4.68-69), which indicates that Hamlet is now willing to lose his own life in exchange for his father's revenge...
Throughout the play Hamlet, Hamlet only cares about his own misery happening in his life without thinking about the other people's problems and causing them to suffer. ... An example of a life he took was Polonius's. ... After a while he decides to go back to mother to discuss to her about her wedding and pretended like nothing happened because he has to avoid the unnecessary deaths and he forgets all about Ophelia so he can just get revenge. ... Ophelia was self-destructed due to the death of her father, which was caused by Hamlet. ... Hamlet is angry with her because she has marrie...
After Polonius' death, Ophelia becomes increasingly lonely, and is driven to death, due in part to Hamlet's denial of any feelings for her. ... As confusion pertaining to reality and appearance contributed to the death of Ophelia, it prolonged the life of Claudius, as he appears to be repenting for his brother's murder. Hamlet is ready to end Claudius' life and avenge his father's death, but realizes that killing Claudius while he prays would send him to heaven. ... As Hamlet becomes privy to this information, his attention focuses from avenging his father's de...
Hamlet In-Class Essay Hamlet was a very intelligent young man whose biggest downfall in life was his huge delay in taking revenge for his father's death. ... 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. ... Hamlet knows that killing Claudius will only result in the death of himself, killing a king was considered high treason and the murderer would be immediately put to death. ... He wanted Claudius ...
Hamlet's loathing might have spurred from Polonius" swiftness to serve under Claudius after Hamlet's father died, which helps give a vivid picture of the corruption. ... His intentions were to find the truth in Hamlet's supposed madness, but ironically, he assisted in Hamlet's death. The King and Queen had been leery of Hamlet after their marriage, but when Polonius confronted them with the notion of Hamlet's madness, it confirmed their suspicions. ... Upon his sister's death, he portrays the madness theme, and attacks Hamlet. ... There was nothing else for Laer...
After Hamlet speaks with his father's spirit and finds out information about his death, Hamlet goes through a stage of anger and confusion. ... Now we come to Hamlet's love life. ... The woman in his life is the young Ophelia who is the daughter of the King's advisor, Polonius. ... Hamlet apparently pays Ophelia a visit after hearing the news of his father's death. ... After everyone has committed their sins. ...
Hamlet compares his inaction to the dramatic expression the actor exhibits for the death of his character's father. ... The mystery of what comes after death is what keeps Hamlet from committing suicide. He says that people go through life with all of its problems because of "dread of something after death"(III, I, 86). ... In each of his soliloquies, Hamlet laments on his inability to act in response to his father's death. ... He would much rather think about the metaphysical questions of life than fight for anything. ...
All of Hamlets actions might have seemed rash but was mostly out of anger due to his father's death. ... The ghost ended up telling Hamlet that his father was killed and that his death was not natural. His father's spirit also told him, "A serpent stung me The serpent that did sting thy fathers life now wears his crown." (Act I, Scene IV) After Hamlet hears this he becomes rather disturbed by what the ghost has told him. Many characters in the play feel that Hamlet has gone insane by this point, but really he is only upset, and wants to mourn his father's death. ...
(V, ii, 352-353) Even after his death, Horatio still wants only the best for Hamlet. ... Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus"d-but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. ... Claudius not only murders his own brother, and Hamlet's father, but he also marries Hamlet's mother Gertrude a very short time after the death of his brother. ... The present death of Hamlet. ... After Hamlet's death, Horatio feels that he has failed Hamlet, and he still continues to show his affection for him when he offers to sacrif...
Life would be much easier to figure out if human beings were so definitely good or bad, but we are not. ... Hamlet then becomes a story immersed in the positive and negative qualities of character and the ambiguity of life. ... After his encounter with the ghost we are given a Hamlet with a horrible mission, to murder. ... The moral fiber of Hamlet is first questioned in Act Three when Ophelia comes in after Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene One. ... (3.1.113-118) After Ophelia's death Hamlet proclaims that he loved her always, making what he tells her in this scene a blatant lie....
After the late King Hamlets death, Claudius (the late Kings brother) married Queen Gertrude and became the father uncle to Prince Hamlet. ... If you can imagine, after the death of his father, and the remarriage of his mother, it is hard for him to deal with many things. ... Now we come to Hamlets love life. ... The woman in his life is the young Ophelia who is the daughter of the Kings advisor, Polonius. ... Hamlet pays Ophelia a visit after hearing the news of his fathers death. ...
Thou know'st "tis common; all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity." (1.2 line 70) This is an example of how Gertrude told Hamlet to forget about his father's death and that everybody dies and to goes to eternity. ... She begins to change slightly after Hamlet's murder of Polonius (her father), thinking it is Claudius. ... Eventually she pays with her life for ignoring the message. ... Before Hamlet dies, he asks Horatio to tell the truth the full story that has led to these deaths and names Fortinbras the King. After Hamlet dies, Fortinbras arrives an...
Prince Hamlet's mother Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark, moves on with her life very quickly after her husband is killed. ... Hamlet says "Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements (1.4.46-48). ... As Hamlet's character develops, he fakes madness in order to learn the truth about his father's death. ... After he has unintentionally killed Polonius, he begins to feel remorseful of all of the hate within his thoughts. ... After accepting this, he returns back to the person that he was before seeing his f...
Dishonesty is the key factor surrounding the deaths of many of the characters in Hamlet, the prime act of deception being that between Claudius and his nephew and also stepson Hamlet. ... While escorting Hamlet to his death, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern actually fall victim to their own treachery. ... Deceit plays a major role in Hamlet, causing the deaths of many of the characters in the play. ... Although he does find it in the end, it comes with a costly price: his own life, and he discovers the harsh truth that "one may smile, and smile, and be a villain". After all, Hamlet himself best de...
Hamlet is quick to decide on the moral repugnance of his mother's decision to marry his Uncle just a few months after the death of his father. ... Hamlet's nobility and decency are not diminished by his inability to take immediate revenge, but his rash and impulsive actions in slaying Polonius and arranging the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do affect an analysis of the nobility of his character. ... Hamlet's decision to send his to boyhood friends to their death represents one of the many and bizarre contradictions in his character. ... Horratio's affirmation of Ha...
Throughout the play, Hamlet experiences an immense amount of anger due to the circumstances in his life. ... Hamlet is very much enraged at his mother for marrying too soon after his father's death, and when she approaches that subject she says it was common for people to die, he responds, "Ay, madam, it is common (I ii 76)." ... "You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal -- except my life, except my life, except my life (II ii 233-235)." ... Hamlet's father's death builds up too much grief in Hamlet that his sorrow makes him contemplate suici...
He even continues to wear black months after his father's death. ... Hamlet is even more stunned when the ghost tells him "the serpent that did sting thy father's life / now wears his crown" (1.5.39-40). ... Ophelia becomes mad after her father's death. ... Unfortunately Gertrude drinks in celebration after Hamlet gets a second hit on Laertes. ... Laertes's death ties in with Polonius's death. ...
His father as a ghost caused Hamlet to change as a person in the play and this is very noticeable after the first appearance of the ghost. ... "What it should be, More then his father's death-, (2.2.7-8) Claudius doesn't know what to think about Hamlet. So he just places all the blame on his father's death. ... "I doubt it is no other but the main; His Father's death, and our o'erhasty marriage-, (2.2.56-57). ... He admits in his second soliloquy that he is upset because of what happen to his father and that he went to hell and that he was killed in a dammed state...
Before he leaves, Hamlet is full of grief and anger, the main source of these traumatic emotions being the man his mother married after his father's death - Claudius. ... But, did the relationship with Claudius start before old Hamlet's death? ... After the murder, both Hamlet and Gertrude ignore the body on the floor and continue their dialogue. ... Hamlet is wondering whether he should continue to live, or take his own life. ... Hamlet is confronting death directly rather than metaphysically when he handles Yorick's skull. ...
Hamlet shows that he still mourns his father's death, king Claudius tells Hamlet to look at him as a father. ... Hamlet follows the ghost, and soon after so do Heratio and Marcellus. ... The ghost wants Hamlet to avenge his death. ... Hamlet arrives and after awhile he realizes that someone is hiding behind the curtain. ... Ophelia's body arrives, Hamlet is not yet aware about Ophelia's death. ...
Despite his innate characteristics, events in Hamlet's life cause him to act differently than his characteristics may imply. ... Behind the mask, is hidden the secret of King Hamlet's death, and Hamlet's promise to the ghost to avenge his father's death. ... The ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his father's death, and Hamlet promises that he will do so. After the ghost leaves, Hamlet asks Horatio and Marcellus not to repeat what the ghost said. ... In the "to be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that nobody would choose to endure the pains of life if they were n...
Though morals do play a significant role in Hamlet's life, the audience doesn't feel as though Hamlet is of higher than ordinary moral worth. ... Like any other tragic hero, Hamlet possesses that tragic flaw that ultimately results in his death. ... Though fairly understandably, Hamlet was unable to stop grieving over his father's death for a long time, unable to move past this part of his life. ... After acquiring this evidence he then tried to find moral answers, delaying even further. Even after he was sure of Claudius's guilt he remained in his state of feigned insa...
"Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended." (94) After a brief discussion Hamlet became agitated, uncovering Polonius out of hiding behind the arras. ... After finding a letter condemning his own life, Hamlet replaced his name with Rozencrantz and Guildenstern's and sealed it with the seal of Denmark. ... Claudius used Layertes to plot Hamlets death by using an unbaited sword and a poisoned pearl in a drink. ... Laertes life was the next to be taken after he was struck with the unbaited sword, "I am justly killed with mine own treachery." Hamlets tragic death came shortly after this...
Scornfully, Claudius says Fortinbras thinks "by our late dear brother's death, our state to be disjoint and out of frame" (I.2.19-20), referring not only to the state's political confusion, but its sick state of health as well. ... After the death of his father, and quick "two months nay" remarriage of his mother, every aspect of the world seems to be diseased, and is an "unweeded garden that grows to seed" (I.2.136). ... While making bitter jests at Polonius, he says, "For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion" (II.2.181-182), showing his view that even...
