The decaying metaphor refers to the sighting of the ghost and the corruption that Claudius' usurpation has bought to the kingdom. ... The murder of Old King Hamlet has caused Claudius' mindset to become corrupted in order to control Denmark for himself. ... Conflicted with the sudden marriage of Gertrude to Claudius, Hamlet searchers deeper into their relationship, accusing her of marrying Claudius for sex, denigrating women further. "You cannot call it love, for your age The heyday in the blood is tame, it's humble." This metaphor outlines Hamlet's intrinsic unde...

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Hamlet has no respect for Ophelia he says to her "I did love you once". "I loved you not" (3.1.1628). ... Ophelia told her father, Polonius that Hamlet's madness was due to his love for her. ... Gertrude told Claudius "This mad young man. But so much was our love. ...

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This is unless of course someone comes up with a story that is somehow worse than a man having everyone he loves conspire against him and eventually be the cause of his own demise. ... He tells her "Such an act that blurs the grace and blush of modesty, calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose from the fair forehead of an innocent love And sets a blister there, makes marriage-vows as false as dicers' oaths". ... After this Claudius sends Hamlet to England with a letter. ... He vows revenge against Hamlet, which Claudius uses, to his advantage. Claudius and Laertes conspire to kill H...

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In this essay I will compare and contrast two of Shakespeare greatest characters from two of his greatest works, they are Macbeth and Claudius. For starters Claudius and Macbeth are both incredibly ambitious characters. ... Unlike Macbeth, Claudius does not murder without motive or to avoid the consequences of his actions. ... Ophelia is a sweet and innocent girl who depends on her brother and father, but is madly in love with Hamlet. ... She is also torn by her love for Hamlet and the desires and demands of her brother and father which eventually drive her into insanity. ...

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When Hamlet finally decides to kill Claudius, he sees him praying and decides to wait longer. The next time he gets a chance to kill Claudius he takes it, but by then it was too late. ... In the play, Claudius has the emotion of fear because he is afraid of Hamlet knowing that he killed his father. Claudius knows that Hamlet is capable of killing him. He knows that he cannot kill Hamlet to protect himself or to prevent the people from knowing who killed the king because the people love Hamlet too much. ...

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Hamlets love for Ophelia is another tragic point of the play. He loves her as much as any man could love a woman, but loses that for she rejects his love because of her father. ... Throughout the rest of the play, its hard to say whether Hamlet still loves Ophelia or whether this love has turned into bitter feelings. ... The timing is perfect for Claudius. ... His friends betray him because of Claudius, his mother is weakened, and his father is killed, Claudius could be considered a tragic element if u thought about the fact that he was sorry for the way he ki...

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The tragic hero's character illustrates violent outbursts, all the while attaining the love of his audience. ... Hamlet believed she has degraded herself by marrying Claudius. ... Hamlet in his supposed insanity becomes very offensive to Claudius. ... The Prince's disbelief that his mother might have loved King Hamlet distresses him. ... The prince loved to play with words and make people believe whatever they wanted to believe about himself. ...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... And after he finally did, Hamlet couldn't get around to killing Claudius. He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... Also, the audience could feel that Hamlet loved his parents and this sudden change was hurting him. ...

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Hamlet had many opportunities to kill Claudius, but did not take advantage of them. ... His loyalty to his father, was the reason he was so angry at Claudius and his Mother. ... And after he finally did, Hamlet couldn't get around to killing Claudius. He kept pretending he was insane even after he was sure that Claudius killed his father. ... Also, the audience could feel that Hamlet loved his parents and this sudden change was hurting him. ...

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When asked by King Claudius why his nephew seems to display "turbulent and dangerous lunacy," Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern reply, "He does confess he feels himself distracted; but from what cause he will by no means speak. ... Hamlet can no longer feel love and for that reason he is no longer able to receive love. ... Her father now lays slain by her former love's own hand, sealing an end to their love forever. ... The callous way King Claudius dismisses Hamlet's grief as childish is astonishing and sickening. ... How easily the pious King Claudius dismisses the death of his broth...

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Hamlet attempts to show loyalty to his mother by obeying everything she asks and nothing that Claudius asks. However, Hamlet loses his loyalty when his mother refers to Claudius as Hamlet's father. ... Hamlet suggests that by calling Claudius his father, Gertrude is offending his true father, King Hamlet. ... When "his father's spirit was in arms," it was not a time for the son to be with his love. ... His conduct does not contradict what he says when he sees her funeral, "I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum" - [Act ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, King Claudius. ... Claudius knows Hamlet is capable of killing him, he also knows he can't kill Hamlet to protect himself, reason being that too many people love him and it can't be founded he killed King Hamlet. Claudius feels pity after he sees "Mouse Trap," when he realizes what he had done was wrong now that Hamlet knows the truth behind the matter. ...

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The audience is able to sense that Hamlet truly loved his parents and the previous state affairs, and that this sudden change was really hurting him. ... Lastly is Hamlet's inability to kill Claudius. ... Even after he was sure of Claudius's guilt he remained in his state of feigned insanity, postponing any course of action. ...

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Hamlet's madness can be reviled as the provenance of Ophelia's death, or pitied as he does confess to having, "loved Ophelia"[V.i.266] at her grave. ... Gertrude plays a major role in the origin of Hamlet's madness, as without her Claudius would have less motivation for murdering his brother. This becomes the root of Hamlet's quest for revenge, and the hatred he holds towards Claudius and Gertrude, as he tries to save her from "things rank and gross in nature" [I.ii.135-136] and the damnation he believes she will unwittingly come to. ... Hamlet harbours intense hatred towar...

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The evil in Denmark is also reflected in the evil of its ruler Claudius, who murders his brother to obtain the crown and then tries to murder Hamlet, his nephew, stepson and heir to the throne, in order to solidify his hold on power. ... Another cause of Ophelia's insanity is the inability for Ophelia to love freely.. ... (I, iii, 109) Her innocence allows her corrupt father to control her love, the emotion often associated with virtue and peace. Another injustice causing her insanity is Hamlet's rebuke of her love. ... (III, i, 167-172) Ophelia believes Hamlet's love to ...

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Hamlet is a story about a prince (Hamlet JR.) who is told by a Ghost (Hamlet Sr.) that his uncle (Claudius) had killed his father and married his mother. ... (Act 5, Sc. 2), his shields fall when he tells to Horatio that how his life is going along: How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge Now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th" event How stand I then, That have a father killed, a mother stained Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men Th...

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He captured the human essence: what it is to love, to hate, to feel. ... The death of Hamlet's father results in his goal to have revenge on Claudius, and as the plot unfolds, innocent bystanders die, such as Ophelia and Polonius. ... Feste the clown, in particular, promotes this theme in his songs: "What is love? ... Love triangles are also included with the theme of love. Again, Twelfth Night is a classic example of a love triangle situation. ...

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