A funny part of this is that Hamlet says that Polonius has a lack of wit while Hamlet is actually using his own wit to cause trouble. ... However, some people who read Hamlet believe that hamlet knew who Polonius was because he was spying off stage, but that is just speculation. This shows that Hamlet has reason and can think clearly. ... Polonius thinks he can mend Hamlets madness by getting Ophelia and Hamlet together. ... Hamlet exclaimed, "How now! ...

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This is evident in Act 1, in which Hamlet's love and passion for his father naturally positions him to be inferior to King Hamlet's apparition. ... Hamlet's irrational and impulsive behavior coincides with A.P. ... Hamlet has been reinterpreted as a character in many different contexts. ... As TS Eliot3 suggests, "the 'madness' of Hamlet was feigned in order to escape suspicion" thus making it Hamlet's duty to become the truth teller and restore order to Ellsinore. ... As Mary Slater4 suggests, 'Hamlet's nature is philosophical. ...

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Although Hamlet is not a completely irrational character, the ghost evokes enough emotion to stir Hamlet's soul and gear him towards murder. ... Although there may be a variety of factors why Hamlet does not kill Claudius instantly, it may be argued that Hamlet is displaying rational behavior, and this rational behavior keeps him from bloody murder. ... Hamlet appears lost in a blanket of emotions that overrule his ability to think clearly. ... It is difficult to imagine that Hamlet thought rationally before striking Polonius in his mother's bedroom. ... However, it is Claudius who h...

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Relation of religion with "HAMLET" Claudius's murder of King Hamlet, the act catalyzing the drama of the play, is presented as a sin of primordial character and cosmic implications. ... The ghost encourages Hamlet to take this task into his own hands. ... Hamlet is a revenge tragedy, a common genre in Shakespeare's day. ... Hamlet and Laertes do not exhaust Shakespeare's store of avengers. ... Later, Hamlet, on his way to England under the gua...

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He praises Hamlet for fulfilling his duty as a son and offers his condolence. ... Claudius discounts Hamlet's genuine grief and decides that his sorrow is "impious stubbornness". ... He went against Gods wishes when he removed Hamlet snr as king. ... In act 4 scene 7 Claudius speaks to Laertes- telling him to exact revenge on Hamlet and avenge his father's death. ... He opts for the latter option; contradicting the reasons he gave as to why he did not kill Hamlet himself. ...

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The Portrayal of Women in Shakespeare's "Hamlet- and Moliere's "Tartuffe- The portrayal of women has been a particularly daunting challenge for writers of English literature for several reasons. ... Of all of Shakespeare's works, it is "Hamlet- that is considered by most critics to be his most explicit exploration of female human nature, and many critics view the play as openly and starkly misogynistic. ... Hamlet himself exists within an environment of misogyny, fueled by this father's death, his mother's remarriage, and the suspicious behavior of his lady Ophel...

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Some of the most interesting female characters in Shakespeare's writing are Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Viola and Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother, in Hamlet. ... Finally, the reader encounters an altogether different type of woman in Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet. ... In fact, her most strict critic is her own son, Hamlet, who finds it utterly despicable that his mother pursues his own uncle for a romantic relationship after her husband's death. Hamlet is offended and embarrassed; he cannot understand why his mother ...

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Semiotics is a vital and key instrument in the analysis and understanding of performance, and the connotations surrounding it for a specific culture or social group. By amalgamating the works of separate theorists it is possible to prove this, as I will shortly proceed to do so. As is always...

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