This tug-of-war between two ideologies slowly tears Hamlet apart as the story progresses. ... The last command of the Ghost was simply that Hamlet "Remember me "(1.5.96). ... This would also explain why the ghost would speak only with Hamlet. ... From the end of the ghost's speech in Act 1, Hamlet's fate had already been decided. By remembering the ghost's revelations, yet choosing to share them, Hamlet chose to take action in a situation that would have most likely taken care of itself with time, as Hamlet was the heir to the throne. ...

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One of the central themes in Shakespeare's Hamlet is revenge, and exacting revenge becomes the principal focus for a number of the characters during the course of the play. Among these characters are Hamlet and Laertes, who is quite pivotal because he is in many ways a parallel to Hamlet and provides the readers a strong base for comparison with Hamlet. The figure of Laertes is extremely useful in analyzing the social commentary Shakespeare is trying to make about the "morality of revenge", because he mirrors Hamlet in practically all aspects of life, and is even placed into similar cir...

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The play Hamlet is written by British playwright Shakespeare, the whole play is a tragedy about the prince Hamlet take revenge on his uncle Claudius for killed his father. At act three, scene 1, Hamlet made the famous "To be or not to be" speech. ... "(Line1-5) Shakespeare uses personification and metaphor to describe the struggles Hamlet is facing at that time, the question that Hamlet asks himself is that: "Is it better to live with all the bad or is it better to take his life and end his troubles?... This quote in the conjunction with other two previous quotes shows the ...

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It is easy to compare these characters to the virgins of the modern day slasher movies simply because Tom Stoppard plucked them from one of the best slasher stories written, William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". ...

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