While speaking, Hamlet creates an atmosphere because he repeats the last words the ghost has told him, "Adieu, adieu, remember me" (Act 1 scene 5). ... This soliloquy also shows his character because of the way Hamlet talks about himself and how he uses harsh language and calls himself names such as rogue, peasant slave ass and whore. ... The last few lines likewise say Ophelia, and as the audience knows Ophelia declines to see him now and Hamlet is acting mad towards her. This demonstrates that Hamlet keeps on acting mad and seek for vengeance and he is also aware that he will lose ...

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He can't remember his own name, wonders idly about his toenails, and would probably be lost without his companion, Guildenstern. ... Hamlet - A Friend of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Prince of Denmark. ... While Hamlet's main character trait in Shakespeare's play is, perhaps, openness (he can't stop telling the audience what he is thinking) the Hamlet of Stoppard's play is much more mysterious. ... Hamlet, too, can be considered a rival, even though he does not have "evil" motives. ... (They were taking a letter to the English King, telling him to execute Hamlet, ...

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• Grade Level: High School