Hamlet wants to seek revenge against King Claudius for the murder of his father but is not completely sure that Claudius killed his father, so he has a play performed for the King and Queen. Hamlet tells the players, "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, tripling on the tongue." ... When it was time for the murder in the play, King Claudius says, "Give me some light. ... (Act III, Scene II).By Claudius screaming this out, he shows Hamlet how guilty he really is. ... This shows that Hamlet is really not insane but upset about the death of his father and wants to seek reveng...

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The ghost, Hamlet's father, had explained to him that Claudius had killed him and his soul couldn't rest until revenge was brought onto his brother. The audience hears Hamlet's promise to make Claudius pay for his murderous ways. ... He then goes on to tell the audience of his new idea to help draw the truth out of Claudius. ... With this speech, Hamlet is not just talking about taking his own life but more the choice that is put before man between accepting insults and pain from the world or fighting back at it. ... The audience in hearing these words from Hamlet sees that Haml...

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If he had actually acted out his father's revenge, he would have fed Claudius' guts to all of the region kites of scavenging birds, by now. ... His father" has been murdered and he is being asked by his ghost to seek revenge on his behalf. ... He plans on using the play that the players will perform to act out the murder of his father, as the Ghost told it to him, and he will see if this gets the truth out of Claudius. ... He also believes that it is entirely plausible he has imagined that his mother and Claudius are acting amiss due to his melancholy. Throughout this whole speech,...

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Hamlet's "Madness" Hamlet was the prince of Denmark, son of the assassinated King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude, and nephew to Claudius. ... These rapid and clumsy changes, from rational speech with those he trusts to irrational conversation with those whom he wishes to impress, are strong evidence of fraud. However, Hamlet knows he must act mad if he wants Claudius to believe him, so Hamlet uses his confrontations with Ophelia to display it. ... Not only has he not fooled Claudius, he has fooled poor Ophelia into believing he was mad, and she then takes her own life. ... The late King...

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