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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His whole being is forwarded by his adamant necessity for revenge for his fathers murder. His soliloquies are speeches collaborating with the audience, breaking down the fourth wall, in order to make sense of the people who have wronged him. ... Characters die throughout Hamlet, and in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, the protagonists speak about death throughout the entire play. hamlet's most famous speech, -To be or not to be soliloquy in Act III, Scene i, explores the advantages and disadvantages of living. ... Stoppard transforms Hamlet's speech about death into a num...

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