Another example is when Polonius asks if Hamlet knows who he is and hamlet replies, "Excellent well; you are a fishmonger"" (Shakespeare 1633). ... Hamlet is both pretending to be mad here and to not like Ophelia while being angry at the same time. ... Other times his madness is real like the time during his soliloquy, "To be, or not to be: that is the question"" (Shakespeare 1645). ... (Shakespeare 1660). ... "But so much was our love we, would not understand what was most fit; but, like the owner of a foul disease" "(Shakespeare 1666). ...

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There is no power like the power of a woman. ... In Shakespeare's renowned tragedy, Macbeth was drawn in a plot to murder his King. ... (Shakespeare, I, vii, 25-28) Macbeth knew himself to be an ambitious man. ... (Bealey, pg. 30) It is certainly not worth it to fight for a title and loose it because you cannot maintain it. ... "When you durst do it, then you were a man" and "to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." ...

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She calls on spirits with murderous thoughts to make her less like a woman, and more like a man. ... Just like a man, she does not want to feel remorse. ... "Was the hope drunk/ Wherein you dressed yourself? ... I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried. ... Lady Macbeth is arguably the most ambitious women in all of Shakespeare's works. ...

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To Trust or not to Trust In William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet, many relationships are put to the test throughout the play. ... That beetles o"er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? ... If there is one person in Shakespeare's play Hamlet who proves that he does not care at all for Hamlet, it is the King; Claudius. ... More than his father's death, that thus hath put him, So much from th"understanding of himself I cannot dream of, I entreat you both That, b...

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The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare revolves around the issue of trust. ... Claudius confides in Laertes: Hamlet comes back: what would you undertake, To show yourself in deed your father's son More than in words? ... I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle, I'll observe his looks . ... Hamlet can not believe his mother would do such a thing like betray her own husband. ... I did love you once. ...

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Especially where there is a king, as in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, because a king is in charge of the whole community. ... Just the fact that you are there or that you are saying a prayer is not enough, you have to mean it, otherwise it is just a waste of your time. ... Did you see his face? ... It is things like this that would have made Hamlet a good king. ... Although you may not think of this as a positive quality, you have to remember what was going on at that time. ...

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Shakespeare's "Othello" tells the story of a man who is driven by jealousy and the influence of others to kill his wife and eventually himself. ... It becomes clear that he knows what he is about to do is wrong: "Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars" (5.2.2). ... By referring to Desdemona as having skin that is whiter than "snow" and smooth like "alabaster," which in the footnotes is defined as "stone used in tombs," Othello is showing some initial reluctance to hurt someone he has seen as being so pure and almost angelic, like a fresh snowfa...

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Macbeth used to be very humble to everybody and that was noted by all around him but later he acts more like a dictator. ... It is considered that the message that Shakespeare is portraying is that no good will come from destroying rivals on the way to the top even if it appears that you will not be found out. ...

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Throughout the first four acts of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a ruthless character willing to do anything to obtain power. ... You [Macbeth] mar all with this starting.... She pleads with Macbeth to stop slaughtering people as she says decisions like this will ruin everything they have done. ...

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