After Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus see the ghost; Hamlet tells Horatio that he is going to start acting strange. ... He says it in act 1 scene 5 line 171 "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myselfThat you, at such times seeing me, never shall- With arms encumbered thus, or this head shake such ambiguously giving out- to note, that you know aught of me.... Hamlet is letting Horatio know that for when everyone thinks Hamlet is insane Hamlet will know Horatio knows all of what Hamlet does is just an act for the appropriate scene. ... Hamlet expects that if that ghost was telling the trut...

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• Grade Level: High School

In "The Tragedy of Hamlet," the author William Shakespeare tells the tale of a man named Hamlet who faces several conflicts and in the end has to face karma for his vengeful acts. ... At the end of the play where Hamlet finally kills Claudius, Hamlet gets revenge on Claudius for killing his father. ... This quote is showing that Hamlet is willing to put his life on the line many times to get revenge on Claudius for killing Hamlet's father. ... Hamlet wishes to kill King Claudius by any means necessary. ... In conclusion, even though Timberlake and Hamlet ended on a negative note with deat...

• Word Count: 847
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• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet In the opening scene of Hamlet Shakespeare introduces us to vital background information that evokes the action of the main plot. ... Bernardo notes that the ghost is "In the same figure, like the king that's dead" and then questions himself "Looks it not like the king". ... Horatio then answers "Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,/ Thereto prick"d on by a most emulate pride,/ Did forfeit, with his life, all those lands/ Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror" and now young Fortinbras plans to reclaim the Norwegian lands his late father lost to king Hamlet. ... "It w...

• Word Count: 466
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In looking at only two of Shakespeare's works, Hamlet and Othello, one can note how elements of the governmental structure are presented in demonstrations of obedience. Early in Hamlet the ghost of King Hamlet appears to his son to speak with him. ... "Hamlet: Never make known what you have seen tonight. ... Hamlet: Nay, but swear it. ... Hamlet returned shall know you are come home. ...

• Word Count: 1196
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School