A World Of Glass The quote "Commit a crime, and the world is like glass" by Ralph Waldo Emerson best describes the play "Hamlet" because after Hamlet's crimes were committed the world around him started to become fragile and eventually shatters. ... Hamlet's own insanity becomes a sign that he grows weary of fighting the truth, and is one of the many elements of Hamlet's undoing. ... When Hamlet is in the graveyard the orders that Ophelia's body must be "maimed" because she took her own life, and that it would be profane to give her a proper burial, this adds to the grow...

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Ophelia was in love with Hamlet. ... She innocently agrees to help spy on Hamlet without thinking of the possible consequences. During their encounter, Hamlet treats her as though she is utterly hateful. ... Ophelia's fragile sensitivity is evidenced in her response to Hamlet's ranting. ... During the play in Act 3 scene 2, Hamlet is cruel to Ophelia. ...

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Hamlets first real action of madness happens when the actors come to the castle and put on a short act. ... When Hamlet comes back after he is exiled Ophelia soon finds out and comes to see Hamlet. ... After Ophelia's death, Hamlet is in the spotlight for what is to come next. Hamlet's madness comes from a revenge of his father's death. ... Laertes ends up poisoning Hamlet with a cut from the sword during the fight. ...

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In the play Hamlet, Gertrude is faced with a similar situation. ... Hamlet confronts her and asks what her decision is, to which she replies: "O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain." ... As a lower class citizen, Ophelia was in love with Hamlet. ... Both Laertes and Polonius warned her of Hamlet and Ophelia did listen eventually and bowed down from Hamlets love. ... Claudius decides to send Hamlet off to England as he is too big of a threat now. ...

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Hamlet and Ophelia Shakespeare's Hamlet is a play about the quest for revenge and the tragedies that become of it. ... Ophelia serves as the vehicle for Hamlet's insanity. ... Despite her love for Hamlet, Ophelia is also partly responsible for Hamlet's sudden change of attitude towards her. ... Hamlet's new perspective of Ophelia and women echoes from the hatred that Hamlet has grown for his mother, Gertrude. ... Hamlet connected Ophelia with his Gertrude, whose acts contribute to Hamlet's misogynistic thoughts. ...

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Hamlet's Loneliness Shakespeare's work "Hamlet" focuses on several general themes that run throughout literature. ... In Hamlet most of the suffering and loneliness Hamlet endures is brought with the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. ... Hamlet learns rather quickly who is loyal to him and whom not to trust. ... Hamlet distances himself away from her as part of his crazed disposition "plan". ... Ultimately Hamlet was the largest component to his eventual downfall. ...

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Hamlet's actions toward women come from what he sees in them and how he his treated by them himself. Since his experiences with women have not been the best it just makes things worse. He has only had two women who had played a role in his life so he bases his entire thought on women on these two ch...

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Hamlet: Task: Discuss the Islamic Belief concerning death and funeral using Act 5: Scene1. Concentrate on the words of the gravedigger, hamlet and action of Laertus. ... In, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the concepts that are common between the monotheistic religions are reflected vividly and dramatically. ... In Shakespeare's prominent play, Hamlet, one of the characters named Ophelia, Polonius's daughter had committed such an act. The readers were informed that she is a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. ...

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DOES HAMLET LOVE OPHELIA? ... Several things happened that prevented Hamlet's love for Ophelia to come to full bloom. Hamlet was extremely distraught over the marriage of Gertrude to Claudius. ... Hamlet feels that this union is incestuous and goes against his religious beliefs. ... The actions of his mother have made Hamlet distrust all women. ...

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Hamlet - Act IV 1. ... Hamlet therefore is faking his insanity whereas Ophelia is not. ... Hamlet - Act V 1. ... Fortinbras parallels Hamlets character flawlessly. While Fortinbras and Hamlet are very similar in upbringing and nobility, Fortinbras is also everything Hamlet cannot be. ...

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Love Sick In Denmark The play Hamlet, because it deals with issues inside the main character Hamlet's mind, for instance the dispute of Hamlet's love for Ophelia, is without question, one of the most complex plays known to mankind. ... Ophelia refusing his love on top of Prince Hamlet's duty of avenging his father's death leads Hamlet to have episodes of insanity. ... Without knowing that Hamlet's love for Ophelia is true, Polonius orders his daughter Ophelia to no longer be involved with Prince Hamlet in act 1, scene 3. ... Both Laertes and Polonius think Haml...

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Use of Diction in a Hamlet Monologue. ... The very first words out of Hamlet's mouth are "To be, or not to be." ... This unweeded garden has been created by Claudius, the recently crowned king of Denmark, Hamlets uncle, and the murderer of previous king, Hamlet's father. ... Ophelia, who has been in the room, but not immediately noticed by Hamlet, is suddenly recognized. Notification is received when hamlet exclaims "And fair Ophelia. ...

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Hamlet certainly feels this way throughout Hamlet by William Shakespeare but in his case his turmoil lasts longer than a week. ... Hamlet's mission then becomes avenging his father's death. ... Her passiveness is also shown in Act 3, Scene 1, Line 106 when Hamlet is asking her is she honest and fair. ... Another character trait shown throughout Hamlet is Ophelia's obedience. ... Instead of trying to stick up for herself and her relationship with Hamlet she's obedient and agrees to break it off even though she likes Hamlet. ...

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Hamlet opens at the castle in Denamrk where King Hamlet has died recently. After the death of King Hamlet, his brother bacame king and married King Hamlet's widowed wife, Gertrude. ... Hamlet was the nephew of Claudius. ... He took her to the king and convinced Claudius to let him spy on Hamlet and find out what was causing Hamlets unusual behavio. ... During the match, Claudius offered the drink to Hamlet several times, but Hamlet never took a sip. ...

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Since Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, married Claudius less than two months after the funeral, Hamlet had been angry at them. ... She was the daughter from one of the companies Hamlet's family invested in. ... "Regarding Hamlet, please ignore his interest in you. ... He knew that Polonius just wanted him to do better than Hamlet II did. ... He talked to Ophelia and eventually forced her to distance herself from Hamlet. ...

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Ophelia's excellence is the reason Hamlet first felt affection for her, the reason her father, Polonius, had the capacity control her sentiments to Hamlet. ... Notwithstanding, one is given clues as to Hamlet's actual sentiments when Polonius peruses the adoration letter from Hamlet to Ophelia. ... Hamlet put much confidence in Ophelia in the first place appearing to trust all her their adoration a mystery until after the matter of vengeance for old Hamlet had been determined. Polonius compelling Ophelia to drench the flares of affection which Hamlet had started, and his refusal to...

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Hamlet Essay Hamlet's actions toward women come from what he sees in them and how he his treated by them himself. Since his experiences with women have not been the best it just makes things worse. He has only had two women who had played a role in his life so he bases his entire thought on women o...

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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. ... When Ophelia attempts to return Hamlet's letters, he denies them by saying, "No, not I. ... Since I believe that Hamlet knows that he is there, I interpreted the latter. After the question about her father, I believe Hamlet begins to really act insane. ... Hamlet comes back with more insults for her. ...

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Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, is a cherishing, fair, defensive mom. Ophelia, Hamlet's woman, is youthful, absurd, and belittled. ... Gertrude, his mom, adores Hamlet in a protective manner, setting his honor under her current spouse Claudius, he happens to be Hamlet's uncle, & the sibling of Gertrude's dead spouse and Hamlet's dead dad. ... Laertes is not fond of Hamlet. He imagines that Hamlet is out for sex, and there's nothing more to it. ...

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Her guileless nature is demonstrated in the following conversation with Hamlet: Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap? ... Hamlet: I mean my head upon your lap? ... Hamlet: Do you think I meant country matters? ... Hamlet: That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs. ... Hamlet: Nothing. ...

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He says that Hamlet's affections are "sweet, not lasting." ... Therefore Ophelia could not become Hamlet's wife. ... Perhaps Laertes knows something about Hamlet's reputation. ... He orders her not to give "words or talk" to Hamlet. ... Hamlet was very near to exposing himself. ...

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"O Hamlet, speak no more!... No more, sweet Hamlet!" ... Line7)" he is telling her how she should think of Hamlet's feelings for her and putting thoughts into her head, influencing her to think that she does not love Hamlet. ... The power of Polonius over Ophelia is shown in Act 2, Scene 1 when Polonius forces Ophelia to betray Hamlet and allow him and the king to listen in on conversation between Hamlet and herself. ... In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the female characters as whole are inferior to the male characters. ...

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Claudius' awareness of Hamlet's agony over his dead father, results the king to believe that such level of depression is absurd; therefore, Hamlet's stepfather condemns his son's feelings striving for control over Hamlet's emotions. ... Before the court meeting begins in the king's castle, Claudius becomes aware about Hamlet's grief, which intense feeling of his son the king can't comprehend; therefore, Claudius demeans Hamlet's emotions to obtain his control over Hamlet's spirit of agony. ... Claudius' introduction to Hamlet's grief,...

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Claudius' awareness of Hamlet's agony over his dead father, results the king to believe that such level of depression is absurd; therefore, Hamlet's stepfather condemns his son's feelings striving for control over Hamlet's emotions. ... Claudius demeans Hamlet's emotions to obtain his control over Hamlet's spirit of agony. ... Claudius' introduction to Hamlet's grief, makes the king naively questions his son with no understanding of "how is it that the clouds still hang on [Hamlet]?... As Claudius becomes fully aware through Hamlet's inter...

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet was thought to have gone mad or insane. ... Seeing Ophelia dead was a reality shock to Hamlet, and his true feelings were brought out. ... There are several clues that help prove the stability of Hamlet's emotions and mental abilities. ... This, however, never occurred in the play which proves that Hamlet was not insane. ... The clues in the text clearly provide the proof that Hamlet was not insane. ...

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