In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, we are introduced to the character, Hamlet who is by far one of the most intriguing and yet elusive characters ever presented in history. ... All of these aspects nevertheless intertwine to produce Hamlet. ... Hamlet does play numerous roles throughout the play. ... If you compare it to the opening line, the tone is very unlike, showing that within a short space of time or lines, Hamlet can quickly change his mood and feelings. ... Therefore the soliloquies are used to provide the reader at discovering the intimidate thoughts of Hamlet and also providing ...

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These episodes continue to be followed by an extended mood swing into depression, then normal for a short time, then often depressed again before going in to the mania phase again. ... Hamlet today would be seen as being manic depressive. Most of what Hamlet does is lots and lots of thinking about how he can get revenge or if he should at all. ... It seems like everyone and everything around Hamlet crumbles. Hamlet also thinks of killing himself too which is another sign of depression. ...

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KANT & FREE WILL Cherian Koshy In Shakespeare's famous play, Hamlet, Polonius utters the ironic phrase, "for brevity is the soul of wit." The irony resides in Polonius" inability to concisely describe Hamlet's madness. ... In short, Mill claims that no moral agent can sell him or herself into slavery or likewise end their own life because in doing so, the agent destroys the conceptual basis of liberty or freedom. ...

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1. How effectively does Possession by A.S Byatt reflect and/or challenge the dominant ways of thinking of the time in which it was composed? The year 1990 saw the publication of A.S Byatt's Possession-A Romance. Composed during a time where the dominant discourse in literature, academia, architec...

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