(V, ii, 352-353) Even after his death, Horatio still wants only the best for Hamlet. ... Is by a forged process of my death Rankly abus"d-but know, thou noble youth, The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown. ... Claudius not only murders his own brother, and Hamlet's father, but he also marries Hamlet's mother Gertrude a very short time after the death of his brother. ... The present death of Hamlet. ... After Hamlet's death, Horatio feels that he has failed Hamlet, and he still continues to show his affection for him when he offers to sacrif...

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Throughout the play, Hamlet experiences an immense amount of anger due to the circumstances in his life. ... Hamlet is very much enraged at his mother for marrying too soon after his father's death, and when she approaches that subject she says it was common for people to die, he responds, "Ay, madam, it is common (I ii 76)." ... "You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal -- except my life, except my life, except my life (II ii 233-235)." ... Hamlet's father's death builds up too much grief in Hamlet that his sorrow makes him contemplate suici...

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His father as a ghost caused Hamlet to change as a person in the play and this is very noticeable after the first appearance of the ghost. ... "What it should be, More then his father's death-, (2.2.7-8) Claudius doesn't know what to think about Hamlet. So he just places all the blame on his father's death. ... "I doubt it is no other but the main; His Father's death, and our o'erhasty marriage-, (2.2.56-57). ... He admits in his second soliloquy that he is upset because of what happen to his father and that he went to hell and that he was killed in a dammed state...

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Before he leaves, Hamlet is full of grief and anger, the main source of these traumatic emotions being the man his mother married after his father's death - Claudius. ... But, did the relationship with Claudius start before old Hamlet's death? ... After the murder, both Hamlet and Gertrude ignore the body on the floor and continue their dialogue. ... Hamlet is wondering whether he should continue to live, or take his own life. ... Hamlet is confronting death directly rather than metaphysically when he handles Yorick's skull. ...

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Despite his innate characteristics, events in Hamlet's life cause him to act differently than his characteristics may imply. ... Behind the mask, is hidden the secret of King Hamlet's death, and Hamlet's promise to the ghost to avenge his father's death. ... The ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his father's death, and Hamlet promises that he will do so. After the ghost leaves, Hamlet asks Horatio and Marcellus not to repeat what the ghost said. ... In the "to be or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet concludes that nobody would choose to endure the pains of life if they were n...

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"[Hamlet's] acts are a commentary on his negative consciousness" "(handout), bred by his contempt for the living in his new-found living death, loathing the life that introduces the inevitability of death to all, and the perceived lack of significance of all but himself. ... Even after the accidental murder of Polonius, he sees not a signpost warning him to turn back before more innocent deaths occurs, but a minor setback, a simple inconvenience. ... After the initial excitement of his encounter has worn off, even Hamlet is forced to confront the possibility that the ghost may indeed "...

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Scornfully, Claudius says Fortinbras thinks "by our late dear brother's death, our state to be disjoint and out of frame" (I.2.19-20), referring not only to the state's political confusion, but its sick state of health as well. ... After the death of his father, and quick "two months nay" remarriage of his mother, every aspect of the world seems to be diseased, and is an "unweeded garden that grows to seed" (I.2.136). ... While making bitter jests at Polonius, he says, "For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion" (II.2.181-182), showing his view that even...

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Although contextual values change, the basic human desire to seek answers to the fundamental questions of life has not, causing Shakespeare's play to speak in different ways. ... " after obeying the ghost's command to "...revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.... Act 1, Scene 2 delves further into the complex characterization of Hamlet and the moral dilemma he is governed by, the death of the King and marriage of Gertrude and Claudius. ... His acceptance of death, "The readiness is all" is the climatic point as he is no longer inactive. ... This chaos strips...

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It is a question of morals and ethics, both of which can pose many of life's greatest challenges. ... In the visit that Hamlet receives from his dead father, the ghost specifically tells Hamlet to "revenge his [father's] foul and most unnatural murder The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown" (I. v. 25-40). ... Some of Hamlet's opportunities for killing King Claudius are poorly timed, most notably following Claudius's expression of alarm after watching an enactment of the murder of Gonzago. This is a time when Claudius's image has been tarn...

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Living means he must fulfill his duty to his father by taking revenge against his uncle Claudius who is responsible for King Hamlet's death. ... Claudius is at prayer, and Hamlet surely doesn't want to send Claudius to heaven after he is absolved by prayer. ... Hamlet is now positive, without any hesitation, that he must do the same, even if it means his own life will be taken in the process. ... Hamlet is absolutely certain he will take another life to restore his honour, his father's honour, and the honour of Denmark. ... Claudius" death is the only way to rid the sin and...

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At the beginning of the play we see Hamlet very disturbed by the death of his father. He does not understand how his mother could marry his uncle so soon after his father's death "but two months dead-nay, not so much, not two." ... He has the thought of her marrying Claudius so soon after his father's death in his mind. ... Even after all the madness and fume she has witnessed Hamlet illustrate, she is beginning to listen to him and understand things from his point of view. ... She married Claudius so soon after her late husband's death because she is a weak person who nee...

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In the story, the ghost first informed Hamlet about his death. ... After all, Claudius died and Hamlet had finally completed his revenge. Laertes, who was son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia, sought to avenge their deaths on Hamlet. ... The venom caused Hamlet to approach death. ... After Fortinbras defeated Poland, he and his army marched back. ...

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Shortly following King Hamlet's death, Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, married the brother of her dead husband. ... He spoke to a ghost, which was Old Hamlet, and stated that his death was a murder, by the hand of his brother, Claudius. The ghost told this to Hamlet by saying, "the serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown" (1.5.51). ... The major cause of Ophelia's madness was the death of her father. ... Even though she was mad, she ended her life expressing the love for her father and Hamlet through her crazy melodic verses, which were no lie. ...

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