These images allow the reader to grasp the "rottenness" of Denmark and the inner turmoil Hamlet and Claudius face. ... The nation of Denmark, blameless in the King's death, suffers heavily. ... Still Claudius is unsure of his seat as King, he recognizes he cannot kill Hamlet outright; to do so would incur the wrath of Denmark. ... Without Claudius" death, the decay that has become Denmark will never be destroyed. ... Such love leads to the conclusion; under different circumstances Hamlet would have been a noble King. ...

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The first death that takes place in the play is caused by Claudius who kills Hamlet senior, his brother, in order to marriey Gertrude and be crowned King. Claudius" actions toward Hamlet senior created numerous and unforseen consequences which spoiled the whole reign of Denmark. ... Hamlet is informed by the ghost of his father that he has been murdered by the man who is now King of Denmark and new husband of Hamlet's mother. ... Hamlet, who is very angry because of Claudius" involvement in his father's death and also her marriage with the King, is very rude with her. ......

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William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark, recounts the tragic acts of retribution, and vacillation in the wake of the King of Denmark's murder. ... Hamlet also views death as a way of escaping the perfidious tribulations in Denmark, "a consummation devoutly to be wish'd"" (3.1.64-65). ... Claudius, the murderer and brother of the late king, treats Hamlet's sorrow as, "impious stubbornness [an] unmanly grief: it shows a will most incorrect to heaven"" (1.2.94-95). ... Claudius's greed, deceitfulness and fear of death add a heavy weight to Hamle...

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When Horatio is called to witness something extraordinary-the appearing of a ghost that's form is remarkably like the late king of Denmark, Hamlet Sr., the present king's late brother, and Hamlet's father-Horatio becomes suspicious: the king's phantom appeared in full armor, as if to go off to war, and with a face of "countenance more in sorrow than anger" (1. 2. 247.) as if he was looking for someone who wasn't there. ... Intrigued-and a little scared, (though he would never mention that)-Horatio convinces the two guards he accompanied on their watch to brin...

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The protagonist was constantly making excuses to the detainment of his revenge on King Claudius for his father. ... And the reason was none-other-than the remarriage of Gertrude, his mother, to his uncle, Claudius, within a month after King Hamlet's death. The younger prince, who returned to Denmark for his father's funeral was shocked as the news unveiled before him. ... Perhaps Hamlet was exhausted from living an unbearable life plagued with agonizing responsibility, especially when his deceased father appeared and appointed him to carry out a revenge on the villainous Claudius....

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Now, Fortinbras' rise to power in the kingdom of Denmark, immediately following the close of the curtain in this play, is purely speculation. ... Fortinbras now has control over the kingdom, as Hamlet's dying wish was to let Fortinbras be king. ... Hamlet, Laertes, Ophelia, Gertrude, and Claudius, on the other hand, are completely and unequivocally slaves to their passions, and they all end up dead. ...

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• Grade Level: High School