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. ... Ophelia was self-destructed due to the death of her father, which was caused by Hamlet. ... "(3.1.150) Hamlet has left the audience with uncertainty about how he is feeling about Ophelia. ... Hamlet is angry with her because she has married Claudius after the death of her husband and she didn't show that she cared that her husband has died. ...

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(V, ii, 352-353) Even after his death, Horatio still wants only the best for Hamlet. ... 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. ... Upon hearing the news of Hamlet's escape, the King's ambition once again compels him to come up with another plan in order to assure the death of Hamlet. ... As with any relationship, Hamlet's rise and fall can be contributed to the people in his life who both care and have a lack of care for him. ... After Hamlet'...

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In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the main character Hamlet vows to avenge his father's death at the hands of Claudius. ... Hamlet's uncertainty causes delays in seeking his revenge, and ultimately fulfilling his destiny throughout the play. ... Hamlet is aware that soon enough, he must murder Claudius for causing the death of his father as well as putting Hamlet through the pain he has been in. ... As the Norwegian Captain leaves to face death in war, Hamlet was lost in thought. ... This trip only lasts until Hamlet discovers that it is meant to end his life. ...

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Hamlet was a tragedy by definition, containing definite stages of development, with the expectation of resolution. ... Hamlet considers ending the torture of his life. ... 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. ... Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead are both preoccupied with the philosophy of language; Hamlet through the many questions and riddles, which reveal the main character's st...

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Within Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Stoppard uses a play within a play to blur the line that defines reality, and in doing so creates confusion both onstage- with his characters, and offstage- with the audience. ... 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 Worl...

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At the very end, in that last communication between the artists bringing the work to life and the audience, there may still be some interpretation. ... This creates a very simple suspenseful ambience of uncertainty that will hold through to the end of the film. ... The film opens with a funeral for old king Hamlet. ... This could be Zeffirelli's way of suggesting that the queen had a high degree of culpability in the death of old King Hamlet. ... The theme of madness is accentuated once again at the close of the scene with Hamlet's first soliloquy. ...

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