In the tragic drama Hamlet, Shakespeare guides the audience to question whether or not Hamlet is truly mad. ... Hamlet is suspicious of Ophelia because he believes when he started to act crazy she began to be on the same side with Gertrude, Claudius, and Polonius so he decides to end their relationship. ... Ophelia told her father, Polonius that Hamlet's madness was due to his love for her. Polonius decided to go tell King Claudius the reason Hamlet is acting insane. Claudius and Gertrude saw Hamlets madness as meaningless until he killed Polonius. ...

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet finds out that his father has been murdered. ... In the first few scenes in the play, Polonius, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz die which were caused by Hamlet. ... An example of a life he took was Polonius's. Hamlet did not feel guilty or sorry that he has taken Polonius's life he in fact wanted him to die as well he said "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. ... Her committing suicide relates to hamlet because he's the one who killed her father, which drove her crazy and caused her to drown herself in the pond. ...

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She does this by falling in love with Claudius and collaborating with him to kill King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet's father. ... She even manipulates Hamlet to doubt who killed his father. ... She begins to change slightly after Hamlet's murder of Polonius (her father), thinking it is Claudius. She realizes that Hamlet knows what is going on and that he will try to kill Claudius. ... Hamlet then kills Claudius while dying. ...

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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. ... (III; iv; 11) " A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. ... The final blow for Ophelia's heart comes when Hamlet kills Polonius by mistaking him for Claudius. ...

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Hamlet is saying that he will make sure to take revenge towards whoever killed his father. Once Hamlet discovers that his own uncle is the one who killed his father, Hamlet, filled with rage, declares: So, Uncle, there you are. ... Hamlet wants the king dead and he will make sure that he be the one who kills him. Once Laertes discovers from the king that Hamlet is the person who killed his father, Polonius, he stated: I dare damnation, to this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes, only I'll be revenged Most thoroughly for my ...

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He marries the Queen to take the throne from Hamlet after the death of his father. ... Claudius shows that he is worried about Hamlet's mental illness, but in reality, he loses his patience with Hamlet and is trying to kill him. ... Here it is evident that Polonius uses his daughter for his own desires. When Ophelia talks about Hamlet's unusual behaviour towards her, Polonius immediately depicts this to his advantage. ... Polonius's intentions are seen through his desperate actions. ...

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Gertrude's incest is constantly commented on by Hamlet. ... Hamlet pursues stopping this crime throughout the play. ... He compares his recent murder of Polonius to her incest: "A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king, and marry with his brother... "(3.4.29-30) Hamlet shows Gertrude the foulness of her crime and Gertrude acknowledges her sin: O Hamlet, speak no more! ... We can observe in the text that Hamlet does see it as a crime and sin, and it is the final motivator of Hamlet's enacted revenge on Claudius. ...

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