King Hamlet says," But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father's life, now wears his crown.... The ghost explains to Hamlet the story behind his death. ... After given specific commands from the ghost, the continuous actions of Hamlet become threatening to not just the man he wishes to kill, but also to others within his presence. ... The story behind the play is from the death of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. ... In addition, death is the only factor on Prince Hamlet's mind. ...

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Hamlet's own suicidal tendencies arise from his father's death. ... After Hamlet learns about his father's murder, the consequence is, he himself asks the question, "To be or not to be." ... This fate is exactly Hamlet fears, when he contemplates his own death. ... When Hamlet finds out, this causes Hamlet to seek revenge for his father's death. ... She did not ponder on the possible condemning fate that could await her in the after-life because of her suicide. ...

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He seeks to avenge his fathers death. ... In act III Hamlet kills polonium after he finds out he was eavesdropping on a heated conversation with his mother. After Ophelia receives word that her father had died . ... I think that hamlet did the right think in taking revenge on his fathers death. Because it's sad to lose a father its not right for Cladius to take his life to sees power. ...

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Hamlet, the main character of the play is depressed as a result of present circumstances in his life. It has been only two months since his father died, and he is still in mourning for his father's death. ... Hamlet's mother married Claudius very soon after becoming a widow. ... He also swears that he will forget all matters and that his life will be focused on one event, avenging his father's murder. ... And now Hamlet will play a role as if he's insane in order to avenge his father's death. ...

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King Claudius and his lord Chamberlain Polonius are dealing with royal affairs because he is now in power and is enjoying his new life. ... After Hamlet's strange visit with Ophelia, who is Laertes daughter she tells her father that Hamlet is in love with her, because she is scared of his strange behavior. ... Gertrude tells Claudius about Polonius death. ... Although Hamlet knows something isn't right he decides to take part in the duel even if it means his own death. ... After this Hamlet realize that the drink is poisoned, and he hits Claudius with the poisoned sword and then for...

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King Claudius and his lord Chamberlain Polonius are dealing with royal affairs because he is now in power and is enjoying his new life. ... After Hamlet's strange visit with Ophelia, who is Laertes daughter she tells her father that Hamlet is in love with her, because she is scared of his strange behavior. ... Gertrude tells Claudius about Polonius death. ... Although Hamlet knows something isn't right he decides to take part in the duel even if it means his own death. ... After this Hamlet realize that the drink is poisoned, and he hits Claudius with the poisoned sword and then for...

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Claudius and Polonius planned to send Hamlet to England to be put to death, escorted by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. ... Hamlet wrote a different letter that said that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were to be executed, and therefore cheated death. Hamlet revenged his father's death by murdering Claudius. After Hamlet found out that the sword he and Laertes were struck with was poisoned he then stabbed Claudius with it; "The point envenom'd too? ... Hamlet was the cause of Ophelia's death because she just gave up on life. ...

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The story of "Hamlet" forces whomever views it to see how terrible and tragic life can be. ... In the play the main character Hamlet returns home after receiving news of his fathers death, and his mother's rather swift marriage to his Uncle Claudius who has hastily taken the throne in his father's absence. ... Even after killing Polonius Hamlet continues to verbally bash his mother. ... After this Claudius sends Hamlet to England with a letter. ... Whether it be Hamlet finding out the ones he trusted the most were the ones who were plotting his own death, or perhaps Ophelia so distra...

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His feelings change after talking with his father's ghost which tells Hamlet "But know, thou noble youth, / The serpent that did sting thy father's life / Now wears his crown." After hearing this from his father's ghost he becomes angry even more at his mother, who has married this "serpent" barely a month after her husband's death. Yet, Hamlet feels a little excited knowing that he was right about his father's death, it was on purpose. Horatio asks Hamlet after his visit with the ghost, ""What news, my Lord?" ... After this section, Hamlet comes up with a plan to ...

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Before Hamlet goes to meet his mother after the play, he reminds himself that he must not harm her. ... Hamlet only cared for the Queen and Ophelia and after the two women die Hamlet kills Claudius. ... Without even thinking twice, Hamlet killed the King right after the truth came out. ... Hamlet died a peaceful and relieved death knowing that he has fulfilled his cause. ... Without caring for his life, he accepted the King's challenge and caused an abrupt end to everything that mattered in his life. ...

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Hamlet explains whether it is honorable to suffer the hardships of life, or to fight against life's many obstacles. ... When Hamlet says, "Who would fardels bear, /To grunt and sweat under a weary life," he refers to the hardships of life, and the burdens men have to carry, except for the fear of life after death. In the phrase, "No traveller returns," the phrase explains that no traveler returns after death, and this idea confuses the human mind. ... Hamlet is troubled by his mother's hasty marriage and his father's death. These two major events have an intense impact on Ha...

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Throughout the play Hamlet, Hamlet only cares about his own misery happening in his life without thinking about the other people's problems and causing them to suffer. ... An example of a life he took was Polonius's. ... After a while he decides to go back to mother to discuss to her about her wedding and pretended like nothing happened because he has to avoid the unnecessary deaths and he forgets all about Ophelia so he can just get revenge. ... Ophelia was self-destructed due to the death of her father, which was caused by Hamlet. ... Hamlet is angry with her because she has marrie...

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After the act has happened Hamlet quietly walks away into a room where he confronts himself and his life. ... 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. ... It could also be a lesson in life that a life of madness and insanity wont get you anywhere besides six feet underground, or in Ophelia's case, underwater. ...

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After the deaths of Hamlets and Laertes' fathers, both sons had different methods of taking out the action of revenge. ... He wanted Hamlet dead right away and decided to do this by planning a crooked fencing match which would result in Hamlet's death. ... After Laertes discovered that Hamlet was the one who killed his father and after the sudden death of his sister Ophelia, he went crazy with rage and sadness and could not bare to handle anymore bad news. ... Hamlet is saying to Ophelia that he is declaring that there will be no more people getting married be...

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Throughout the history of literature, the theme of "Revenge" has been used to portray a critical moment in a character's life. ... For example, Hamlet avenges his father's death; Laertes seeks revenge on Hamlet for killing his father and abusing his sister; and Claudius seeks revenge on Hamlet because he is aware that Hamlet knows who has killed his father. ... Hamlet begs his mother to give up her relationship with Claudius, having married him two weeks after his father's death. ... After this enlightenment, Hamlet has become so disgusted with himself that he finally create...

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All of Hamlets actions might have seemed rash but was mostly out of anger due to his father's death. ... The ghost ended up telling Hamlet that his father was killed and that his death was not natural. His father's spirit also told him, "A serpent stung me The serpent that did sting thy fathers life now wears his crown." (Act I, Scene IV) After Hamlet hears this he becomes rather disturbed by what the ghost has told him. Many characters in the play feel that Hamlet has gone insane by this point, but really he is only upset, and wants to mourn his father's death. ...

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Why is Shakespeare's work still able to challenge and inspire people four hundred years after it is written? ... Hamlet is a play about a young man who has different issues in his life that he needs to work out. ... In act I, scene ii, Hamlet's disgust with his mother's incestuous relationship and pain over his father's death is no more clear then in the lines of his speech, "But two months dead - nay, not so much, not two. / So excellent a king, that was, to this / Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother / That he might not beteem the winds of heaven / visit her face...

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After killing Polonius, Gertrude makes a comment of what a bad deed this was but Hamlet simply says in reply, "A bloody deed - almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother?" ... After Ophelia killed herself, and Polonius was stabbed by Hamlet, Laertes had a great motive to get revenge on Hamlet. Hamlet's madness drove Ophelia and Polonius to an unnecessary early death and Laertes to anger. ... To cause all these deaths and drama for one death, the death of the king? ... Despite all the caused deaths, Hamlet's shameful personality is necessary for the revenge ...

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The play hamlet has entertained audiences for centuries and for centuries the answer to one question has eluded audiences, who is hamlet. ... The king's brother Claudius promptly marries Hamlet's mother and takes the throne for himself, much to hamlets displeasure. The ghost of his father, who tells him that he was in fact murdered, soon confronts hamlet and asks that he avenge his death. ... One main aspect of hamlets character is the huge amount of anger in him due to the recent occurrences in his life at the time. The most significant reasons for this are the fact that his mother ...

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Thou know'st "tis common; all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity." (1.2 line 70) This is an example of how Gertrude told Hamlet to forget about his father's death and that everybody dies and to goes to eternity. ... She begins to change slightly after Hamlet's murder of Polonius (her father), thinking it is Claudius. ... Eventually she pays with her life for ignoring the message. ... Before Hamlet dies, he asks Horatio to tell the truth the full story that has led to these deaths and names Fortinbras the King. After Hamlet dies, Fortinbras arrives an...

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Prince Hamlet's mother Gertrude, the Queen of Denmark, moves on with her life very quickly after her husband is killed. ... Hamlet says "Let me not burst in ignorance; but tell Why thy canoniz'd bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements (1.4.46-48). ... As Hamlet's character develops, he fakes madness in order to learn the truth about his father's death. ... After he has unintentionally killed Polonius, he begins to feel remorseful of all of the hate within his thoughts. ... After accepting this, he returns back to the person that he was before seeing his f...

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Hamlet's performance turns to reality directly after he murders Polonius in cold-blood. ... As Hamlet is in exile he abruptly decides to send Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their death in England. ... Just as the audience fears Hamlet is lost control entirely, he comes back to reality when he learns of Ophelia's death in Act 5 Scene 1. ... Instead he watches Claudius while he contemplates mortality and life after death, again. ... As Laertes dies, he reveals his true emotions, "Mine and my father's death come not upon thee", demonstrating that he would not have acted ...

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Dishonesty is the key factor surrounding the deaths of many of the characters in Hamlet, the prime act of deception being that between Claudius and his nephew and also stepson Hamlet. ... While escorting Hamlet to his death, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern actually fall victim to their own treachery. ... Deceit plays a major role in Hamlet, causing the deaths of many of the characters in the play. ... Although he does find it in the end, it comes with a costly price: his own life, and he discovers the harsh truth that "one may smile, and smile, and be a villain". After all, Hamlet himself best de...

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His entrance in young Hamlet's life commences a wrath in Hamlet that cannot be easily subdued. ... Hamlet's immense frustration with Claudius's decision to marry Gertrude gets to the point where he wishes death upon himself. ... In this scene, Claudius's guiltiness shows after he sees the players preform his murder on stage. ... In the resolution, Claudius convinces Laertes to battle Hamlet to the death in hopes of keeping his reign. ... In this gratifying moment, Hamlet finally got to accomplish his responsibility of avenging his father's death. ...

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You still have to take into consideration the fact she got married to months after the death of the King. ... On page 255 Hamlet states the love to Ophelia after her death "I loved Ophelia. ... The sad part is after all this, is that Hamlet swerving emotions drove the girl he loved to death. ... The misery that ends this bad mother son relationship ends his relationship with any women he would have for the rest of his short life after. ... Hamlet could accept that women treat him with disrespect causing these ideas of Hamlet's to effect his judgement, most likely with any other girls he...

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