Angrily thinking, "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she married. ... It is not, nor it cannon come to good" (I.ii.156-160), Hamlet terms the marriage as incest and disapproves of how quickly his mother married after her father died. ... Get thee to a nunnery, go: farewell. ... Whose wicked deed they most ingenious sense deprived thee of"(V.i.244-246), Laertes gets mad when Gertrude speaks of Hamlet at Ophelia's grave, because Laertes is so inflamed with Hamlet because he thinks Hamlet killed Ophelia. ...

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Angrily thinking, "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she married. ... It is not, nor it cannon come to good" (I.ii.156-160), Hamlet terms the marriage as incest and disapproves of how quickly his mother married after her father died. ... Get thee to a nunnery, go: farewell. ... Whose wicked deed they most ingenious sense deprived thee of"(V.i.244-246), Laertes gets mad when Gertrude speaks of Hamlet at Ophelia's grave, because Laertes is so inflamed with Hamlet because he thinks Hamlet killed Ophelia. ...

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This new character is shown by how Hamlet wants to get Claudius to admit he killed King Hamlet, and until this is accomplished, Hamlet is going to act crazy to cover up that he knows the truth. ... Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. ... Hamlet states, " Would have mourn"d longer - married with my uncle/ My father's brother" (I.ii.151-152). ... Hamlet states, "Get thee to a nunnery" (III.i.125). ... The fact that she married her brother-in-law shows incest already. ...

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Shortly following King Hamlet's death, Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, married the brother of her dead husband. ... The quick marriage of his mother was upsetting and disgusting, he best expressed as: "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyes, she married. ... He pointed out that she was no longer a virgin as well: "get thee to a nunnery" (3.1.83). ... He had a mission to accomplish, and that was to get back at Claudius and expose him, as for Ophelia, she had nothing left. ...

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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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When Hamlet says, "shuffled off this mortal coil", he is saying he want to get rid of the pains he has on his shoulders, the agony of his father's death. ... His dad just died and he uncle just married his mom, hamlet has nothing for which to live. ... He has spoken to the ghost and now knows that his uncle who married his mother, killed his father. ...

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Dramatic tension is maintained throughout the film, on the other hand in the text you don't get the feel of dramatic tension. ... The film makes it clear that, were it not for events beyond his control, Hamlet would have married Ophelia and they would have been happy together. If I was directing this film I would not make the film that long because it's hard to keep on track and it possible to get confuse. ... He chooses when and where and what to say in order to get to the essence of Claudius' purpose as well as his mother's. ...

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Who places the blame of his death upon his brother, Claudius, who has married his once widowed wife. Hamlet vows to get vengeance on his father's murder, but takes time in doing the deed, in order to make certain of the truth. In the end, Hamlet does get his revenge but with a high price. ... King Claudius deceived everyone around him; he used Gertrude to get to the position of king, he used Leartes to get rid of Hamlet, and he used Polonius, and Ophelia to spy on Hamlet (III, i). ... They do not care for their self-respect, but only for how far they can get in life: by any means necessar...

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Hamlet Hamlet is a young man who's father dies and his life is turned upside down. His thoughts are consumed by suicide but he throws that idea out because he has love revenge and friendship to live for. These things are keeping him alive even thought all that he is going throu...

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She is now married to King Hamlet's brother Claudius. ... Hamlet gets some players to put on a play for the king and queen. ... But Hamlet does not kill him right away and because of this Polonius gets killed. ... Unfortunately Gertrude drinks in celebration after Hamlet gets a second hit on Laertes. ... This is when Hamlet gets his third hit. ...

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The possibility exists that Hamlet could have imagine the conversation of his friends seeing a ghost and wanting to come and get him. ... Polonius thinks he can mend Hamlets madness by getting Ophelia and Hamlet together. When Hamlet meets her he suspects he is being spied upon so he gets angry and acts even more crazy, "I say, we will have no more marriage: those that are married already, all but one, shall keep as they are. ...

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In the dialogue between Gertrude and her son in act 3 scene 4 we get an excellent proof that Gertrude had no part in the poisoning of the King. ... Lastly, in the concluding scene of the play we get the clincher. ... She had no clue that the pearl was a poison that the King was trying to get Hamlet to drink. ... She married Claudius so soon after her late husband's death because she is a weak person who needs someone in her life. ...

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His father's own brother murdered him in his sleep then married his queen. .The ghost tells Hamlet to seek revenge but not to hold a grudge against his mother. ... The king is foul throughout the play but gets what he deserves in the end. ...

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After the late King Hamlets death, Claudius (the late Kings brother) married Queen Gertrude and became the father uncle to Prince Hamlet. ... The King also becomes suspicious of Hamlets madness and he gets two old boyhood friends of Hamlets, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to spy on Hamlet. ...

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The "Oxford Statement" document speaks of a privileged man who took advantage of his social standing to literally get away with murder in 1567. ... William married in 1582 and had two siblings who remained illiterate. ... All-the-case documents portrait the importance of the acquaintance one would need with the royal inner court to get the many opportunities for scholar learning, travel, board culture exposure and points of contact to theatrical companies to accomplish the transcendent genius of plays and poems, not associated with common folk such as William Shakespeare, a poorly educated co...

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Before he leaves, Hamlet is full of grief and anger, the main source of these traumatic emotions being the man his mother married after his father's death - Claudius. ... During this scene, we get a sense of how important the mother-son relationship is. ... As we see, even Gertrude is forced to lie to Hamlet to get him to leave her in peace. ... He feels he is on trial, and that he cannot get himself going, he is not motivated enough to try any large scale revenge on Claudius or his mother. ... He is remembering all the times he had with Yorick, but then realizing that he has just becom...

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The madness that Hamlet shows is very noticeable because he can't seem to get over the actual death of his father and still wears black, nor the fact that his mother is married to Claudius. ... Claudius experiences regret for his actions, he then gets down on his knees and began to pray and ask for forgiveness for his sins. ... Hamlet's behavior started to get out of hand which frightened Gertrude and she calls out for help, Polonius came out from behind the curtains to help her but Hamlet kills him thinking that he was Claudius. ... Hamlet then gets hold of both swords and accide...

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He takes time to get enough courage to finally complete the task although other factors such as Hamlet needing proof are also influential in his decision. ... The audience is aware that Hamlet may be using madness as a cover in order to get people to let their guard down when talking to him. ... Whereas if the pause is taken after the "would it were not so" the sentence's meaning shows that Hamlet wishes Gertrude was not married to Claudius. ...

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Claudius killed his own brother and married his wife just a few weeks later. ... If Claudius starts getting squirmy or uneasy, Hamlet will no for sure that Claudius did in fact kill his father. ... It is easy for the reader to get behind Hamlet because he is presented in a much more positive way ...

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Was Prince Hamlet Wacko? In Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the main character offers a puzzling and ambiguous persona. Throughout the play, Hamlet often contradicts himself. He seems to balance the virtues of "playing a role", with being true to himself. Further proof of these conflicting personas are dem...

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William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) is the English dramatist and poet, considered by most to be the greatest of all playwrights. His early life was spent in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was the son of a Stratford businessman and probably attended the local grammar school, acquiring the basics in th...

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