"[Hamlet's] acts are a commentary on his negative consciousness" "(handout), bred by his contempt for the living in his new-found living death, loathing the life that introduces the inevitability of death to all, and the perceived lack of significance of all but himself. ... Even after the accidental murder of Polonius, he sees not a signpost warning him to turn back before more innocent deaths occurs, but a minor setback, a simple inconvenience. ... After the initial excitement of his encounter has worn off, even Hamlet is forced to confront the possibility that the ghost may indeed "...

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Hamlet at this point in his life is going through great difficulty trying to cope with his father's murder and his mother's quick marriage to his uncle. ... The entire famous soliloquy, "to be or not to be :" is already a complete contrast to the second, for it is far more logic and calmer and Hamlet throughout can be described as a reflective philosopher, expressing his thoughts on fundamental questions on life and death, which is different to the previous where there role of the revenger, thinker/questioning and self critic come through. ... Hamlets age is open to interpretation; h...

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Although contextual values change, the basic human desire to seek answers to the fundamental questions of life has not, causing Shakespeare's play to speak in different ways. ... " after obeying the ghost's command to "...revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.... 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. ... His acceptance of death, "The readiness is all" is the climatic point as he is no longer inactive. ... This chaos strips...

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After this letter, Hamlet appears to all of a sudden get to be exceptionally barbarous to Ophelia, first declining he was ever kind to her, then offending her magnificence and trustworthiness, then, as though that were insufficient, requesting she go to a cloister. ... She is unable to ease her pain from her father's death through even revenge, as it is Laertes' duty, unable to ask her brother not to kill the love of her life, and not to say, "Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged Most thoroughly for my father." (IV, v, 134-135); this notwithstanding the loss of ...

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His emergence as an actor and writer came after his move from Stratford-upon-Avon to London in 1585. ... It was not until seven years after his death in 1616 that a huge memorial volume of the First Folio appeared, produced by several of Shakespeare's theatrical associates of all his plays. ... Again the "Beginner's Guide" document lends the details in Shakespeare's Hamlet as almost an Oxford's autobiography written after his death in 1604. ... So the many existing controversial obstacles seem to piece together where Shakespeare pooled his greatest playwright materials af...

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Almost every Cycle Drama has a similar structure, and the dramas that came after the Cycle Dramas continue to use this structure. ... We see the possibilities emerge in Everyman when Death comes before Everyman has a chance to redeem himself. ... We see the culmination of the destroyed safety of the Medieval world in Shakespeare's plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. ... He loses everything, including his power, money, family, and life. ... The consequences of King Lear's actions appear before death and there is no resolution to say whether or not Lear...

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Following the death of Mohammed, Islam was in a precarious position. If it followed the pattern of Middle Eastern history up to that point, Islam would have been virtually discarded after its leader's death. ... Within a generation, a tribe or hamlet could achieve regional hegemony and lose it to another. ... After the death of Mohammed, the leadership of the expanding Islamic empire smoothly fell into the hands of Umar, Uthman and Ali because they were closest to the prophet. ... He maintains influence on Islamic life and will return on the day of judgment. ...

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