Upon first reading, Hamlet's soliloquies provided me with the insight into Hamlet's religious and social milieu. ... Hamlet's various plans educe a sense of intelligence, with Hamlet confiding in his trustworthy companion, Horatio, that he will "put an antic disposition on" and it is through Horatio, as a sounding board for Hamlet, that the audience is revealed of Hamlet's plans to avenge his father. However, Hamlet vacillates in the play, exuding a sense of uncertainty shown in his encounter with the ghost of Old Hamlet. ... " While various interpretations ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the theme of corruption and decay is a recurring theme that is explored through the use of time and place. ... " It is through the creation of a central, unpleasant location of Denmark within the founding scenes that Shakespeare is able to craft an interpretation of corruption with Hamlet. ... Shakespeare's uses a progressive timeline and Hamlet's madness to identify corruption within Hamlet as a character. ... Time and place is further used to influence and corrupt Hamlet's once romantic relationship with Ophelia. Hamlet describes his love w...

• Word Count: 782
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, written in the 1960s by playwright Tom Stoppard, is a transformation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. ... By focussing on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Stoppard brings offstage Hamlet onstage. This change in orientation gives audiences a new perspective on Hamlet and a different interpretation of Shakespeare's most famous play. ... Death in Hamlet is given significance and value due to Elizabethan society's strong ties to religion. ... He essentially takes elements of Shakespeare's Hamlet and transforms them to make a judgement on society....

• Word Count: 1077
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate