With the reoccurrence of universal themes such as verisimilitude Hamlet effectively resonates within contemporary society. ... To die, to sleep, To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub, For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. ... Consideration is denoted through "with this regard" with the metaphor of "currents turn awry" symbolizing the obliquely change in direction of flow, highlighting Hamlet's indecision within life. ...

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Hamlet is only skin deep The theme that remains constant throughout the play is appearance versus reality, which is Shakespeare's way of warning people that things are only what they appear to be.Characters within the play seem to be true and honest but in reality they?... Many of the characters within the play hide behind a mask of falseness. ... There is some irony within the twins, they are asked by the king to find out the truth by hiding within a lie, by pretending to be his friends:A dream is but a shadow?? ... Both show that it will be very difficult for...

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He is afraid of death, since he does not know what comes after life, "To die, to sleep; to sleep; perchance to dream. Ay, there the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may come" (S,53). ... Even though this is part of his speech to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern it seems as though he is still contemplating his thoughts within his own mind. ...

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Going down the wrong career path because you are too scared to pursue your dream would have a much larger significance on your life. ... But much more meaning lies beyond this quote and within Hamlets soliloquy. ...

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He calls himself a coward and instead identifies more with a "john-a-dreams, unpregnant of cause" (l. 595) then to the player's rendition of the revengeful Pyrrhus. ... After seeing Prince Fortinbras willing to sacrifice hundreds of men's lives for a single plot of land, something within Hamlet awakens. ...

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The first example within the play that shows Hamlet's true character occurs when Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, "Ghost: Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. ... Hamlet states, "But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so that his own conceit That from her working all visage waned Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit "and all for nothing!... ...

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