Along the way, they have test and trials which furthers their understanding of them selves. ... Hamlet ˜s departure is caused by polonius's death. ... Claudius is worried, because Polonius death could have been his death and sends Hamlet to England. ... Both characters have departed successfully, and are soon faced with test and trials , which they must over come for a better self understanding. ... Likewise, Hamlet also has to over come test and trials. ...

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The only thing that is certain is that Hamlet's emotional side was repeatedly put to the test. ... Hamlet felt first the pain and suffering of his father's death. ... Hamlet also showed more strength when he switched the death demands. ... Even the attempt to kill Hamlet ended in the death of other people. ... He plays an important role in Hamlet's mother's death. ...

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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. ... It was also important for Hamlet to be so vulgar towards Ophelia because it would not have been possible for him to continue being a caring loving boyfriend while attempting to avenge his father's death. ... This idea is depicted through his conversations with his good friend Horatio who is assisting Hamlet in his search for the truth behind Old Hamlet's death. ... Bring me to...

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Ultimately it ends in the same fashion, death. ... [III.i.39] It is presumed that Ophelia is a tool used by Shakespeare to reveal Hamlet's true feelings, and also as a test of the reader's attitude to, and empathy towards him. 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. ... Hamlet is angered that his mother has married a, "smiling damned villain" [I.v.106] within a month of his father's death. ... Gertrude's appearance in the final scene is unnecessary dramatic...

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To Trust or not to Trust In William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet, many relationships are put to the test throughout the play. ... His ambition to keep his position as King forces him to plot against Hamlet, which eventually leads to his death. ... (V, ii, 352-353) Even after his death, Horatio still wants only the best for Hamlet. ... Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus"d-but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. ... The present death of Hamlet. ...

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The death of his father hits him very hard. ... The soliloquies reveal a lot about Hamlet they contain all the major themes, including death, suicide, suffering, action and the emptiness of existence. ... He tests Horatio saying "his beard was grizzled-no?". ... Examples of this are his extreme violence with Gertrude and Ophelia and later sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths because of their betrayal. ...

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Hamlet is obviously experiencing grief and despair right from the beginning of the play, with the death of his father and his uncle's seizure of the throne and hasty marriage to Hamlet's mother. ... The Queen thinks that the only reason is "His father's death, and our o'erhasty marriage", whereas Polonius thinks it is because his daughter rejected Hamlet, after he himself ordered her to: "I will be brief: Thy noble son is mad. ... It is not madness that I have uttered; bring me to the test, and I the matter will re-word which madness would gambol from...

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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. I thought that this scene was interesting because I liked the anger I interpreted from Hamlet and the shock and sadness that I saw in O...

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