--If you love/ me, hold not off."... You shall see anon how the murderer/ gets the love of Gonzago's wife."... At Ophelia's he loudly challenges Laertes and his love for his dead sister, arguing that because he loved Ophelia more than Laertes, whatever Laertes might do out of grief, he could do more: "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/ Could not, with all their quantity of love/ Make up my sum. ... Hamlet feels somewhat responsible for her death, so expressing his love in this way is how he is trying to cover his guilt with his love. ...

• Word Count: 1897
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet is much closer to his mother than is to Claudius. ... It's this emotion/anger that drives out Hamlet's deep suppressed feelings of anger, "But to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, stewed in corruption, honeying and making love over the nasty sty- -(III:iv). ... Although he gets the reaction that he is looking for from Claudius, "Give me some light. ... Directly after this he sees Claudius alone praying in the chapel; A perfect opportunity for Hamlet to act. ... Hamlet wishes to damn Claudius' soul. ...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The three main characters that consistently do so are Claudius, Gertrude and the ghost of Hamlet's late father. ... After killing his brother and seizing the throne, Claudius employs spies to report on Hamlet's state of mind. ... Claudius's greed, deceitfulness and fear of death add a heavy weight to Hamlet's mind and distress. Claudius's wife, Gertrude, also initiates heartbreak within Hamlet. ... He, "with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love, may sweep to [his] revenge" " (1.5.29-31). ...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It was a disastrous time in the prince, Hamlet's life as his father had just passed away, his uncle then took the kingship and wed Hamlet's mother, then the ghost of his deceased father appeared to him with instructions for revenge and, finally, the love of his life was no longer permitted to see the prince by order of the lady's father. ... He also had motive for putting on the contrivance as it would disguise his investigation of his father's strange death and his plans for revenge against his uncle Claudius if he found him to be guilty. ... This thought is portrayed thro...

• Word Count: 1678
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School