King Hamlet's ghost says to his son, "if thou didst ever thy dear father love" then he needed to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ... In this scene, Claudius seems to be praying. Hamlet misinterprets Claudius' actions and decides not to kill him during this moment, (though it could have been done quite easily), due to the fear that Claudius would be sent to heaven for being killed during a religious moment. ... This quote directly states that though Hamlet has a prime moment to commit Claudius's murder, he opts out due to the fear Claudius would be sent to heaven. ...

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Hamlet's soliloquy shows how disgusted Hamlet is with Gertrude, Claudius and the world which is shown in the line "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world"(I,II,133-134). It also reveals to us how saddened he is by his father's death whom he admired and looked up to and Hamlet's mothers marriage to Claudius just adds to Hamlet's grief over his father. Hamlet's soliloquy provides a contrast to the restricted way he must talk to Claudius and the court holding back his true feelings over the situation. ... When Ophelia will reje...

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This is evident in Act 1, in which Hamlet's love and passion for his father naturally positions him to be inferior to King Hamlet's apparition. ... Act 1, Scene 2 delves further into the complex characterization of Hamlet and the moral dilemma he is governed by, the death of the King and marriage of Gertrude and Claudius. ... Through Claudius' speech in this scene, Shakespeare introduces tension through dramatic binaries, the questioning of the facades people adopt and the truths they hide. Claudius' haughty tone contradicts his apparent intent, remaining unconvincing in hi...

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