The reader gets to know what has been called the "two Hamlets in the play," the first is considered to be the sensitive, intellectual, able to express himself through poetry and who comes across as being dedicated to truth. ... There are many explanations for Hamlet's long delay, some of which include the physical act of being unable to commit the murder and what held him back, the fear of what would happen, the moral dilemma of taking the life of his uncle, his disbelief in the ghost, and his fascination with death. ... As Hamlet states "my weakness and my melancholy" and his "wild and w...

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• Grade Level: High School

This last demand of the tragic hero implies the view of Horatio as a man of moral integrity and honesty. ... And again in the last scene of the first act, he honestly tells the Prince of Denmark about his "wild and whirling words" (1.5.133), without holding back or making any other unnecessary comment. ... And besides the prince also the older soldiers call out for his experience and knowledge as a scholar, which is a remarkable sign for his reliability. ...

• Word Count: 1209
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• Grade Level: High School

"On those occasions they call me - Ell Diablo! ... Sophocles sums up her childhood in the following soliloquy by Oedipus:"Since her childhood ended and her body gained its power, has wandered ever with me, an old man's governess; often in the wild forest without shoes, and hungry, beaten by many rains tired by the sun; yet she rejected the sweet life of home so that her father should have sustenance" (Fitzgerald 104). ... Oppressed and bewildered by belief in authority, she loses her faith in her own moral right and ability to bring up her children. ...

• Word Count: 2132
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School