In "Hamlet", the antagonist is Claudius, Hamlets uncle and King Hamlet's brother. Claudius kills poisons the king and marries the kings wife to become king. ... In "Hamlet", King Claudius starts the trend by poisoning King Hamlet so that he can become king. ... And Claudius is also obsessed with power because he poisoned King Hamlet and then married his brother's widowed wife just to be king. ... In the end, something was rotten in the state of Denmark, and in Thebes and ironically the king was to blame. ...

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As Hamlet awaits the performance of the play, watches Claudius at prayer, and then observes Fortinbras and his army march across Denmark, he debates his duty to his father and Denmark, his fate, as well as his conscience. Although he contemplates suicide, and although he refuses to kill Claudius at prayer, he chooses to live in order to deal with the diseased state of Denmark; he vows to kill Claudius when he is sinning; he decides to avenge his father not for his own sake but for the honour of Denmark. ... Living means he must fulfill his duty to his father by taking revenge against his un...

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Claudius' motives to kill the old King Hamlet was to become King himself, to be more important and powerful than he was before and also to marry Gertrude whom he loved. ... Hamlet refers to King Claudius as a "bloody, bawdy villain" (2.2.580). ... When Hamlet finally realizes he needs to go through with his destiny, he returns to Denmark, where he continues to procrastinate the killing of King Claudius. ... Hamlet found out that King Claudius had people waiting for his arrival in England to murder him and that is when the delaying of his destiny came to an end, he headed back t...

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She is now married to King Hamlet's brother Claudius. Claudius also replaces King Hamlet as King of Denmark. ... "Is it the king?" ... Claudius gives a sealed letter to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to give to the king of England asking him to kill Hamlet. ... Eventually Hamlet is returned safely to Denmark. ...

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He is the Prince of Denmark, and he is next in line to be crowned king after the death of his father. ... Hamlet begins his transformation to misery, so to speak, when he finds his mother has abruptly married his Uncle Claudius, who has now become the King of Denmark. His transformation is exacerbated nearly to the point of completion in two situations: when the ghost appears to Hamlet and reveals the murderous plot of Claudius to become king, and when Claudius" guilt is revealed and Hamlet's suspicions are confirmed during the performance of The Mousetrap. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Ha...

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By pretending to be insane, Hamlet escapes King Claudius being furious with him, while in fact Hamlet does know the truth about how his father died. ... After the play, "Murder of Gonzago", Hamlet wanted to observe King Claudius" reaction to determine whether or not he murdered his father, so he had Horatio do this for him. ... When he does verify that Claudius killed King Hamlet, he only tries to kill him twice: once, when he is praying, Hamlet uses the excuse that he cannot kill a man praying, and the second time, he accidentally killed Polonius instead of Claudius. ... He is discontente...

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Shakespeare is trying to show us the folly of the people of Denmark, who always seem to think of the most violent action first. Claudius kills King Hamlet, so Hamlet wants to kill him. ... It was easier for Hamlet to kill Claudius than to expose his crime. Even though he would have to murder the King, Hamlet chooses that road. The road where another king dies and Hamlet is the only one satisfied. ...

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The protagonist of the play, Hamlet, is a young, well-educated prince of the country Denmark that is put in an overwhelming situation when finding out his father, is murdered by his own uncle, Claudius. ... His father was Norway's king and was killed by Hamlet's father in battle. Fortinbras wanting to seek revenge on Hamlet for his father's death, achieved greater things by remaining calm and became the new king of Denmark. ...

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Laertes wants to kill Hamlet, Hamlet wants to kill Claudius, and Claudius wants to kill Hamlet as well. ... To cause all these deaths and drama for one death, the death of the king? ... Although they had followed Claudius" orders of killing Hamlet, that does not mean they should die for that. He should have either talked to them about being traders, or just came back to Denmark without sending any letters. ... Image if he had not turned mad, then he would not have been able to kill Claudius, and Ophelia, Polonius, and Laertes would stay alive and live under a untrustworthy king. ...

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In the play Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, a young prince is in search of the truth behind his fathers murder. At first, hamlet sees the ghost of his deceased father and it tells him he was murdered by the now current king, Hamlets Uncle Claudius. ... Hamlet second-guesses himself throughout the play only to end up dying, but not before he kills Claudius. In Oedipus the king, a child is born to a royal couple, this king and queen want to know how their child will be in the future. ... He may have become king but because truth was so important to him Hamlet ended up dying as well. ...

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In the play Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, a young prince is in search of the truth behind his father's murder. At first, Hamlet sees the ghost of his deceased father and it tells him he was murdered by the now current king, Hamlet's Uncle Claudius. ... Hamlet second-guesses himself throughout the play only to end up dying, but not before he kills Claudius. In Oedipus the king, a child is born to a royal couple, this king and queen want to know how their child will be in the future. ... He may have become king but because truth was so important to him Hamlet ended up dying as well. ...

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Prince Hamlet is an authoritative figure in Denmark. Although he is no the king, he is adored by the population and respected by the nobility. ... But, when Hamlet walks into the church he walks into a secret confession by the King. ... The idea I was confused about was how the King never heard Hamlet. ... Hamlet is once again obscured to Claudius in that church. ...

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For this reason he refuses to kill the King when he is at his prayers, and by a refinement in cruelty, which is in truth only an excuse for his own want of resolution, defers his revenge to a more fatal opportunity, when he shall be engaged in some act that has no enjoyment of escape in it. ... As he is grappling with the difficulty of taking action against Claudius and the fact that he has not been able thus far to revenge his father's murder, as well; causes him to have trouble deciding whether or not he even desires to subsist any longer. ... Hamlet is struggling to figure out whe...

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