King Hamlet, Hamlet's father may also be awaiting in the afterlife, and Hamlet does not wish to disappoint his father by leaving his duty unfulfilled. ... He comes to the conclusion that he must send Claudius to hell in order to fulfill his father's wishes completely. ... He will not wait any longer, and will fulfill his responsibility as a loyal son and Prince of Denmark. ... His own uncle murdered his beloved Kind and father, and married his mother. ... He must, and will kill Claudius, the man who murdered his father and who stole the crown and his mother's love. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... This shows his lack of trust for anyone, he gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. His advice he gives his son is rehearsed and only said to give the appearance of a loving father. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ...

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He wants his son to be wise and stay clear of conflict. ... He wants to make sure that his son is acting properly. ... Claudius then states, "You are the most immediate to our throne; / And with no less nobility of love / Than that which dearest father bears his son, / Do I impart toward you. ... "Mother, you have my father much offended." ... She does not understand her son's feelings. ...

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The characters of whom I speak of are Fortinbras, son of the late King Fortinbras, prince of Norway; Laertes, son of the late Polonius (Lord Chamberlain to the King) and brother to the late Ophelia; and Hamlet, son of the late King Hamlet, prince of Denmark. As one can see, they all have something in common; they are all sons to murdered fathers. ... Firstly, there is the son of the late King of Norway, Fortinbras. ... Secondly, there is Laertes, son of Polonius. ... In these times, the eldest son of a murdered father could hardly stand idle while his murderer still breathes. ...

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In this story, three sons were seeking to avenge their father. ... Secondly, Laertes, who was the son of Polonius, wanted to revenge on Hamlet because Hamlet accidentally killed his father, Polonius and Hamlet should also be responsible for the death of Ophelia who was Laertes's sister. ... That would be scanned: a villain kills my father and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. ... Laertes, who was son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia, sought to avenge their deaths on Hamlet. ... These three sons were successful to complete their revenge. ...

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Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the loving caring father. ... He gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ... He tells Hamlet that he is an admirable person for grieving for so long over his father's death. ...

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Relationships between father and son are a reoccurring theme in this story. ... Fortinbras is not the only character to depict the father son relationship Hamlet has, but Laertes as well. ... One reason Hamlet is so different from the other two characters could have to do with the difference in his father son relationship. ... He simply does not have time for his son. ... she cannot pick up on her son's feeling's either. ...

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He is introduced as a father who deeply cares for his son, Laertes. ... Polonius grants his son his blessing to leave Denmark: "And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. ... Polonius appears to be a caring and trusting father. ... This demonstrates his distrust for his son. He is not the good father he appears to be. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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She is of an affectionate nature, deeply loving her son Hamlet. ... At the beginning of the play we see Hamlet very disturbed by the death of his father. He does not understand how his mother could marry his uncle so soon after his father's death "but two months dead-nay, not so much, not two." ... Right off the bat, Gertrude does not seem to know anything of it and is always trying to explain to her son that it will be ok without the king "Do not forever with thy vailed lids/seek for thy noble father in the dust/thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die/Passing through ...

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He simply could not show it and avenge his father's death at the same time. ... Hamlet wants to make sure that Claudius experiences the eternal purgatorial walk that his father must wander through. ... While he was so determined to end Claudius' life, he states, "A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. ... If Hamlet discovers the truth regarding his father's death, he will likely murder Claudius. ... Gertrude believes this decision is for the welfare of her son and does nothing to prevent it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Father and His Son Hamlet and his father had a very strange relationship within the play. His father being a ghost really made it hard for the audience to actually get to know his father well. You never get to see how much of a father son relationship they had until the ghost appears in Act 1 Scene 1 line forty- one. ... "My father! ... So he just places all the blame on his father's death. ...

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Hamlet probably felt as if his mother was glad his father was dead and she really loved her son's uncle more than his father. ... Speaking of his father dying. ... To a son, the one person, if any, that you want o make the proudest of you and prove your manhood to is your father. When this opportunity is no longer a possibility and it is taken away from a son, it leaves you breathless. ... Hamlet was able to pull himself together and overcome the idea that his father has just died and his dead father's brother moves in to take over. ...

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Hamlet's father has been murdered. His father's ghost comes back revealing his murder. ... Trust was not used by Hamlet for getting the whole truth about his father's death and tends to believe his father's ghost. ... Claudius confides in Laertes: Hamlet comes back: what would you undertake, To show yourself in deed your father's son More than in words? ... The trust that was shown between Hamlet and the Queen broke a mother and son relationship. ...

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The factor that drives Hamlet's desire to murder Claudius is heavily questioned, providing a debate on whether Hamlet's eagerness to avenge his father is due to a bloodthirsty desire for revenge or because of a moral obligation to bring his father justice. ... King Hamlet's ghost says to his son, "if thou didst ever thy dear father love" then he needed to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ... in which Laertes replies, "That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard, cried cuckold to my father." ... A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is not until later in Act 1, scene 5 when Hamlet is able to find out for sure his father was murdered when he speaks with the ghost of his father himself, "But know, thou noble youth,/ The serpent that did sting thy father's life/ Now wears his crown " (1.5.38-40). ... He appeared to love and care for his son as he gave him advice about being true to yourself and not be false to anyone else. ... Polonius speaks to his son with advice that sounds sincere meanwhile it was rehearsed to seem that way. He gives his blessing for his son to travel on his own meanwhile he actually sends a spy ...

• Word Count: 1918
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• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet is stating his utmost commitment to nothing short of revenge of his fathers' death. ... Not until the very end of this second act, does Hamlet refer to his filial duty to avenge his father. Instead of carrying out the destiny described by his fathers spirit-role of the vengeful son-Hamlet exhibits insane behaviors. ... This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell..." (1079, line 535). ... He also questions the purpose of his role-madness or vengeful son? ...

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But know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown.... ... Hamlet is the most prominent vengeful son, but in the course of working out his vengeance, he inadvertently kills Polonius. ... When the players arrive at Elsinore, Hamlet requests the first player to recite a favorite speech about Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, who killed King Priam of Troy to avenge his father's death. ... Still another vengeful son appears in the play, though he is sometimes left out of stage and film productions. ... Among the vengeful sons, Fortinbras is the on...

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In Act I Scene 5, the Ghost explains to Hamlet, how Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, murdered his father and that he wants Hamlet to avenge his death (I.v.38-90). ... As a result of this evil, Hamlet suffers greatly when he learns of his mother's rushed marriage: "a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer-married with my uncle, my father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules: within a month, she married. ... According to Adelman, the son needs 'to make his own identity in the presence of the wife/mother', whose 'chief crim...

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Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and finds out about an awful murder. ... He clearly acknowledges that, "The serpent that did sting thy father's life, / Now wear's his crown."... The Ghost of King Hamlet appears only a few times, but has a major impact on the sanity of his son. ... Now, Laertes, the son of Polonius, and fellow schoolmate of Hamlet, is enraged when he hears of his father's death. ... Laertes has vowed vengeance to his father's murderer, and Claudius uses this to his advantage. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet. ... Hamlet then realized that the ghost was right and Claudius did murder his father. ... Hamlet pays Ophelia a visit after hearing the news of his fathers death. ... He tells them, Your noble son is mad. ... The anger from his fathers murder is understandable, but maybe Hamlet carries it too far. ...

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Hamlet despises Claudius, because he saw his father as a "God-, and in his eyes no-one could replace him. ... During this scene, we get a sense of how important the mother-son relationship is. ... During the scenes previous to act 5, we see Gertrude try to reason with Hamlet, and discuss problems with Claudius about her son. ... When old Hamlet appears to his son for the first time in act 1, he tries to tell him that his death was planned, and not an accident nor of natural causes. ... "Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive, against thy mother aught; leave her to leaven- (page 53, lin...

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He was the son of a Stratford businessman and probably attended the local grammar school, acquiring the basics in the classics. ... Laertes highly respects and loves his father Polonius, so does Hamlet (Hamlet compares his father to a sun god "Hyperion") . ... Hamlet loses all faith in women because he feels that his mother has too quickly forgotten his father. ... is provoked by the betrayal he feels from his mother and then Ophelia when she lies to him about where her father is. ... Hamlet loved his father and may even suspect that Claudius and Gertrude had affairs before his father'...

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• Grade Level: High School

How does one forgive a mother for killing the father? ... Horatio was the first of Hamlet's friends to realize the possibilities of madness in the King's son. ... Her father now lays slain by her former love's own hand, sealing an end to their love forever. ... King Claudius in Hamlet offers these words of wisdom to his nephew: Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, to give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the survivor bound filial obligation for some term to do obsequious sorrow: ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Also, Shakespeare's father was an underground practicer/preacher of Catholicism. ... This concept of purgatory remains present in Hamlet through the fact that Hamlet's father's soul remained in a state of unrest during purgatory, and thus, entered the real world as a ghost--to avenge his death and reveal the truth to his son, Hamlet. ... ll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane" (I.4.48). ... This would not correspond to the religious rules of a faithful Catholic, as his late father, but to the unrestricted rules of the devil, so the ghost can not be his father's ghost...

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Hamlet, at first, appears to act mad when he hears of his father's death. ... (Bloom3) King Claudius, who is Hamlet's uncle, assumes the throne after the death of Hamlet's father and marries Queen Gertrude, who is Hamlet's mother and the widow to Hamlet's father. ... If thou didst ever thy dear father love."... Gertrude is now even more convinced that her son has gone mad and tells the king about the death of Polonius. ... Ophelia then arrives upset about the death of her father. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School