William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1602. It has been performed and directed more times with more interpretations than perhaps any other work in the English canon. ... While this interpretation would be warmly received by those sympathetic with Sigmund Freud, it radically distorts the play. ... Critics have long wondered why Hamlet does not immediately kill Claudius for the murder of Old Hamlet. ... Hamlet worries that the devil has sent the ghost to trick Hamlet into murdering Claudius unjustly. ...

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the theme of corruption and decay is a recurring theme that is explored through the use of time and place. ... " It is through the creation of a central, unpleasant location of Denmark within the founding scenes that Shakespeare is able to craft an interpretation of corruption with Hamlet. ... Shakespeare's uses a progressive timeline and Hamlet's madness to identify corruption within Hamlet as a character. ... Time and place is further used to influence and corrupt Hamlet's once romantic relationship with Ophelia. Hamlet describes his love w...

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The play "Hamlet" is one of the greatest works of William Shakespeare. ... It also shows that the murder is making him paranoid; he fears everything Hamlet is doing and desperately wants to have Hamlet out of his way. ... Hamlet is a very complex and a multilayered character. ... The complicity of the character leaves both options open to interpretation. ... " – Hamlet Act I, Scene V, Line 170-180. ...

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The end result of this of course is a myriad of interpretations on the work that end up conflicting or merely differing from one another. The better or more famous the original work, the more interpretations and versions of it there will be. ... At the very end, in that last communication between the artists bringing the work to life and the audience, there may still be some interpretation. ... In this speech he seems to be mocking Hamlet's grief. ... The film opens with a funeral for old king Hamlet. ...

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, written in the 1960s by playwright Tom Stoppard, is a transformation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. ... By focussing on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Stoppard brings offstage Hamlet onstage. This change in orientation gives audiences a new perspective on Hamlet and a different interpretation of Shakespeare's most famous play. ... Death in Hamlet is given significance and value due to Elizabethan society's strong ties to religion. ... He essentially takes elements of Shakespeare's Hamlet and transforms them to make a judgement on society....

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The other interpretation evokes an image of sexual reproduction, which refers not only to the corruption of Gertrude's body, but also the human body in general. ... Figuratively, Hamlet assumes a gardener role, hoping to eliminate the rank "weeds- from the garden. ... The third reference to "weeds- in Hamlet displays a shift in agency, using the image to accuse Gertrude for the death of Old Hamlet. ... In other words, Gertrude's uncontrollable appetites cause the "usurpation- of Hamlet's life. ... Unlike Hamlet, Othello isn't d...

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