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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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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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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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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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 first point to agreeing on Hamlet's sanity was what happened after he encountered the ghost. ... The ghost tells Hamlet how his father died by saying in Act 1, Scene 5, and Line 39 "The serpent that did sting thy father's life, Now wears the crown" but what happens after that is how he proves that he is actually sane and he is just pretending he is insane. After Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus see the ghost; Hamlet tells Horatio that he is going to start acting strange. ... While Hamlet was talking to Horatio he states it by saying in Act 1, Scene 2, line 69 "One sc...

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The main character, Hamlet, is upset about his father's death. ... Hamlet begins the play upset over his father's death. ... After his first soliloquy Hamlet learns of his fathers ghost who has been appearing. ... He is afraid of death, since he does not know what comes after life, "To die, to sleep; to sleep; perchance to dream. Ay, there the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may come" (S,53). ...

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In his first scene of the play Hamlet has returned from Wittenberg because of his father's death only to see his mother married to someone new. ... After having been a good son for years he's now about to start acting strange and crazy. ... It's a view of an uncorrupted, if not quite innocent Hamlet, before his life is invaded by turmoil. ... On one hand he feels almost giddy about sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths. ... Which only resulted in more death. ...

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Hamlet and Laertes, two of the three main/prominent young men in Hamlet (Fortinbras being the third) are each other's foil characters. ... Hamlet studies at the University of Wittenberg in Germany, which is known for its study of philosophy and religion, where as Laertes studies in Paris and is eagerly waiting to go back after attending the coronation of Claudius in Denmark, not so much for studying but for the life of "drinking, fencing, swearing, quarreling, drabbing" (II, ii, 25). ... Hamlet, upon knowing the truth from the ghost, weeps and vows to take revenge, then proceeds to think ...

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After Hamlet realizes that Claudius is guilty, he comes across him in the chapel. ... After Hamlet met the ghost, he could not enjoy life anymore because he was not sure if seeking vengeance was right. ... Hamlet treated his mother in a rude fashion, because he loved and trusted her, but she married Claudius less than a few months after his father's death. ... However, Ophelia's love for Hamlet caused her to mistake Hamlet's original intention for his distrust and disgust towards her, and ultimately led to her own death. ... Hamlet becomes aware that his actions are due to a lac...

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In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the main character Hamlet vows to avenge his father's death at the hands of Claudius. ... Hamlet is aware that soon enough, he must murder Claudius for causing the death of his father as well as putting Hamlet through the pain he has been in. ... After Hamlet expresses doubt in the Ghost, he conveys that he must take revenge but does not have the heart to do so when he says "That I, the son of a dear father murder'd,/ Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell," (2.2.581-582). ... As the Norwegian Captain leaves to face death in war, Ham...

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Throughout the play, Hamlet has proven to be a firm believer in God and the after life. When morning for his father, he dressed in "customary suits and solemn black" (Hassel) and was discomforted by the thought of his mother remarrying so soon after the death of his father. ... In Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 1, he wonders if taking his own life would save him from the suffering he faces on earth. ... There was no knowing what would come after death: a nightmare worse than anyone could imagine, or eternal darkness. ... Even so, Hamlet got his revenge in the end, even if it cost him...

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After learning the truth, Hamlet still continues to procrastinate the killing of Claudius. ... After this, Hamlet seems to lose touch with his true self and succumb to his darker side. ... Hamlet's Sanity Hamlet appears to be insane, after Polonius's death, in act IV scene II. ... They also shared calmness before their deaths. ... Hamlet, though, was not--he even reasoned what death for him was, finishing his question of whether life was worth living for. ...

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