He is simultaneously angry with his mother, jealous of her attention to Claudius, and desperately wishing for her love. ... As a woman in the play she allowed Claudius to instill his views in her and just like Ophelia she subdues her feelings and allows a man (Claudius) to make his opinion and feelings hers. ... Although he scolds her often, he loves her just the same. ... Follow my mother"(V.ii.333-335), Hamlet's sanity snaps and all of his pain, anger, and grief are let loose because Claudius has just killed his mother, his love and his best friend. ... Hamlet seduces her and makes ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He is simultaneously angry with his mother, jealous of her attention to Claudius, and desperately wishing for her love. ... As a woman in the play she allowed Claudius to instill his views in her and just like Ophelia she subdues her feelings and allows a man (Claudius) to make his opinion and feelings hers. ... Although he scolds her often, he loves her just the same. ... Follow my mother"(V.ii.333-335), Hamlet's sanity snaps and all of his pain, anger, and grief are let loose because Claudius has just killed his mother, his love and his best friend. ... Hamlet seduces her and makes ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He bluntly lies to his wife that he loves. ... She deeply loves Hamlet and would do anything for him. ... He has the thought of her marrying Claudius so soon after his father's death in his mind. ... She married Claudius so soon after her late husband's death because she is a weak person who needs someone in her life. ... What she doesn't see is that Claudius performs a significant amount of rotten deeds behind her back. ...

• Word Count: 1478
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A Parent's Love Has No Bounds " Harry, your father loves you," a loving father says to his son, who refuses to communicate with him, in the short story "My Son the Murder". ... "I remember when we weren't afraid to show we loved each other."... Hamlet's father tells him that his brother, Claudius (the new king of Denmark), assassinated him. Only one month after his father was murdered, Gertrude (Hamlet's mother) married his Uncle Claudius, leaving Hamlet feeling betrayed and depressed. ... To make things worse, Hamlet has "sworn't" (p.63: 119) his revenge on King C...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

I decided, along with Carol, to perform Act III, Scene I, from Hamlet, when Ophelia obeys her father and tests Hamlet's love for her by returning his remembrances. ... He then tries to instill guilt by telling her that he did love her once. ... He snaps back by saying, "You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it, I loved you not." ... He punctuates this line by saying the very hurtful, heart piercing, "I loved you not". I do not think that he really did not love her. ...

• Word Count: 2206
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School