Through this scene, Shakespeare issues a warning: do not be like Macbeth. ... Macbeth admits that at one point, he would have been startled by a scream in the night, but instead he "has almost forgot the taste of fears. ... Macbeth loses the will to live "or rather no longer fears death "because he recognizes the brevity of life. He comes to terms with his eventual death because he can no longer live with the crimes he has committed. ... Because life has lost meaning for Macbeth "as he is no longer the man he once was," he cannot live with himself, and is no longer accepted by ...

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HAMLET In play, Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses Hamlet's dynamic character in order to justify his procrastinate behavior. ... Yet at the same time Hamlet makes it sound almost like a fear; But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will . . .." ... The only major fear in Hamlet is that of being discovered. ... Hamlet's fear drives him to explain how all of man is corrupted. Since the fall of Adam and Eve, no one can escape corruption. ...

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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's fear of the hereafter is what extends his providence. ... Claudius's greed, deceitfulness and fear of death add a heavy weight to Hamlet's mind and distress. ... In conclusion, Hamlet's fear of death is what keeps him from taking his own life. ... But Hamlet fears that the choices he makes and does not make might come back to disturb him. ...

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In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar occurs the line which is in the subject of this essay. ... He is no coward and so he ignores the dangers that threaten him. ... He understands that it is no use lamenting this fact. ... In any event, he is confident that death can do him no harm. ... So this famous line from Shakespeare contains a profound lesson. ...

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Dylan Thomas's poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," tells the reader to live his life to the fullest and fight against death while, in the other hand, William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" tells its audience not to fear death and to embrace it when it arrives. ... Bryant is joined by Shakespeare when he states that we "bare the whips and scorns of time." ... Bryant says that there is no "couch more magnificent" than our "eternal resting-place" in which one lies and is united with the "patriarchs of the infant world." ... In Shakespeare's soliloquy, Hamlet show...

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In, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the concepts that are common between the monotheistic religions are reflected vividly and dramatically. ... It is only a trust given to him by Allah and he has no rights to diminish or harm something that is not his. ... In Shakespeare's prominent play, Hamlet, one of the characters named Ophelia, Polonius's daughter had committed such an act. ... Muslims also share this belief about death and that it is not a way to end suffering for no one knows, what lies ahead of us. ... In his famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy (III.i), Hamlet philosop...

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The second poem however is written by William Shakespeare and is a secular poem, and deals with "Death" as a physical reality, which is unavoidable. ... Donne says, "And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die." ... "Death Be Not Proud" gives us power over death and reassurance that it is not to be feared. ... Why should we fear something that makes us sleep for a little while and caters to the orders of others? ... William Shakespeare's Sonnet 71 is very different, and totally contrast what John Donne writes....

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We all know that most, if not all, of William Shakespeare's tragedies, are, well, tragic. ... In Othello, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to reveal how love and respect can so easily be turned into hate and betrayal, ultimately leading to death. ... Right before he does this Othello says, "no more of that. ... Also in the beginning, "If it were not now to die, Twere now to be most happy; For I fear my soul hath her content so absolute that not another comfort like to his succeeds in unknown fate (Act 2, Sence 1)." ... Furthermore, to prepare the reader for a shocking discovery and to conve...

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Shakespeare's Hamlet is a stirring play about a troubled young man. ... With his heartrending soliloquies, Hamlet is able to invoke feelings of pity and fear. Shakespeare uses many recurring images to show the underlying themes in the play. ... They have no control over their lives. ... We do not know what goes on in their mind; we have no idea what drives them. ...

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King Claudius in Shakespeare's play Hamlet resembles parents of today, and Hamlet represents teenagers of today. ... When Hamlet says, "Who would fardels bear, /To grunt and sweat under a weary life," he refers to the hardships of life, and the burdens men have to carry, except for the fear of life after death. In the phrase, "No traveller returns," the phrase explains that no traveler returns after death, and this idea confuses the human mind. ... If Hamlet had acted out in anger, King Claudius would have died, and there would be no more plots to this play. ... Though Hamlet's e...

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This statement is true to a high degree for both, The Stone Angel , by Margaret Laurence and Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. ... Once she gets there she realizes that she doesn't have a light and says, " I have no light. ... While she is at Shadow Point , Hagar falls, with no one being around to help her, and becomes "stuck like an overturned ladybug I hurt all over, but the worst is that I'm helpless. ... Hagar, spending most of her time reflecting upon her life, sums up how her pride has influenced her life by saying "'Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me the...

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