Hamlet wishes to seek revenge on his uncle for the death of his father. ... When they question Hamlet about his father, Hamlet goes on a speech to show how the death of his father has affected him. ... This implies that man, no matter what social status they were of when living, no longer matters after their death, and they will all be eaten by maggots. ... Hamlet's curiosity towards death results in a depressing conclusion. ... Hamlet comes to terms with this in the final instance of this play, after seeing, and understanding this concept....

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Along with being complicated himself, his life was also complicated. ... Hamlet, of course, does decide to live in the end after going over and over these kinds of thoughts. ... In the play Hamlet set it up so that the death of the king would be the same as the death of Hamlet Sr: "Follow him, friends. ... The king suspects that Hamlet has something planned after the play is over because of the dramatic death scene. ... Hamlet acts without thinking after hearing these cries and accidently killed Polonius: "How now! ...

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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...

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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...

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(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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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Hamlet considers ending the torture of his life. ... Stoppard transforms Hamlet's speech about death into a number of different ideas in his play. ... He reaches Hamlets conclusion that life must be preferable to death, and says, -Life in a box is better than no life at all, d expect. ... Yet one idea about death changes from Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. The portrayal of death in Shakepeares Hamlet involves violence, blood, poisoning and duels, which is a stark contrast to Stoppard's image of death as simply an absence. ...

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my life, 1.1.169-171)although a courtier should have gone directly to the king. ... Later they meet near a graveyard and, as the sight of skulls being thrown about by the gravedigger leads Hamlet back into morbid reflections on death and decomposition, but even here Horatio helps him ("Twere to ... consider so... After Ophelia's funereal they talked for a while, Hamlet talks about Claudius and his own order for the execution of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz ( "Why, even [...] go to't", 5.1.48-55). ... With his death, Horatio takes control of his events. Out of all these things it ...

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Actually, the play has less to do with Hamlet than it does with life, death and one's place in the universe. ... Hamlet, you will recall, is very upset not only because of his father's death but also because he feels everyone has betrayed him, especially his mother and Ophelia: his mother by marrying Claudius and Ophelia by spying on him at the behest of her father Polonius. ... After Hamlet kills Polonius accidentally in his mother's bedroom, the King decides to ship him off to England for his protection (As Laertes will return to avenge Polonius) as well as his own (Claudius&#...

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Life cannot be the same for every person for the fact that everyone's life is different and unpredictable. ... One of them ends up reading the letter, which tells of the sentencing of Hamlet's death. ... It is as if they "for see- their death happening. Just right after entering Hamlet, Rosencrantz feels so uneasy that he states, "I want to go home- (Stoppard 38). ... This is just after the entrance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who start talking to the Player before Hamlet's exit/entrance. ...

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Man's ability to take action is an individual's willingness to accept responsibility for his actions and take control of his life. ... Death in Hamlet is given significance and value due to Elizabethan society's strong ties to religion. The uncertainty of the afterlife made the death mysterious, but also greatly feared. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, however, since life is seen as purposeless and directionless, death is seen as rather insignificant. The value of life after the Second World War was questioned and eventually lost. ...

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Stoppard constantly reminds the reader that this is a play, not real life. ... Even the idea of these two men being able to help Hamlet in any way is ridiculous--and yet they have no choice but to try, because of their positions in life and at court. ... He isn't so disturbed about the seeming absurdity and randomness of his life. ... Hamlet considers committing suicide, then spits into the wind, hitting himself in the eye, then happily sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths. ... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are not two people trying to find meaning in their lives after a loss...

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