Use of Diction in a Hamlet Monologue. ... So begins one of the most famous monologues in the whole of Shakespeare's portfolio. ... In using the word "sicklied," the audience member is reminded of the state of Denmark, which hamlet has previously described as "an unweeded garden" (Shakespeare I.ii.144). This unweeded garden has been created by Claudius, the recently crowned king of Denmark, Hamlets uncle, and the murderer of previous king, Hamlet's father. ... Shakespeare uses it so artfully that it is not even noticed unless one reconstructs his sentences, and realizes what an...

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Madness plays a large role throughout this thorough play from Shakespeare, from small notions that anger one another to killing each other, all associated to a sole anger living within the characters. ... When Hamlet comes back after he is exiled Ophelia soon finds out and comes to see Hamlet. ... Hamlet's madness comes from a revenge of his father's death. ... This could possibly be a trademark of Shakespeare's in this specific play. ... Or Shakespeare could just leave everything to us and think what we want about "what could have been" and "what if- It can be interpreted...

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These examples are clearly mentioned throughout the play Hamlet, bye William Shakespeare. ... In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, women play a major role in the life of the men in the play. ... With the very important role that women play in today's society, women should have the power to overtake the men knowing that barbarianism is not used today as it was in Shakespeare's time. ... Hamlet confronts her and asks what her decision is, to which she replies: "O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain." ... Both Laertes and Polonius warned her of Hamlet and Ophelia did ...

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Hamlet - Act IV 1. ... Shakespeare differently portrays Hamlet's feigned madness and Ophelia's real madness in various ways. One way is that Shakespeare has Hamlets character announce feigned madness before he commences his acting while Ophelia suddenly is portrayed insane. ... Lastly, Shakespeare has Hamlet perform several soliloquies that portray his healthy mind while Ophelia's character has no such moments of clarity. 4. ... Hamlet - Act V 1. ...

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Hamlet: Task: Discuss the Islamic Belief concerning death and funeral using Act 5: Scene1. Concentrate on the words of the gravedigger, hamlet and action of Laertus. ... In, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the concepts that are common between the monotheistic religions are reflected vividly and dramatically. ... In Shakespeare's prominent play, Hamlet, one of the characters named Ophelia, Polonius's daughter had committed such an act. The readers were informed that she is a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. ...

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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. ... Hamlet distances himself away from her as part of his crazed disposition "plan". ... Ultimately Hamlet was the largest component to his eventual downfall. ...

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The men of the era were the dominant, superior gender and this was no exception in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Shakespeare portrays the female characters in Hamlet as being stereotypical for the Elizabethan time period. ... No more, sweet Hamlet!" ... Shakespeare demonstrates this belief using Ophelia and the male members of her family. ... In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the female characters as whole are inferior to the male characters. ...

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At the opening of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the guarding sentries of the castle, Elsinore, seek assistance of the scholar Horatio to help them deal with the recent appearance of a ghost. ... Shakespeare suggest when people face irrational for them situations, some in power are ready to do anything to gain control and influence over the spirit that they failed to understand. ... As Claudius chastises Hamlet, the king seeks for control over Hamlet's unrealistic spirits of grief. ... Through interactions between Claudius and his son Hamlet and Polonius and his daughter, Ophelia, Shakes...

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At the opening of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the guarding sentries of the castle Elsinore seek assistance of the scholar Horatio to help them deal with the recent appearance of a ghost. ... Shakespeare suggest when people face irrational for them situations, some in power are ready to do anything to gain control and influence over the spirit that they failed to understand. Claudius demeans Hamlet's emotions to obtain his control over Hamlet's spirit of agony. ... Through interactions between Claudius and his son Hamlet and Polonius and his daughter, Ophelia, Shakespeare suggests h...

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Hamlet and Ophelia Shakespeare's Hamlet is a play about the quest for revenge and the tragedies that become of it. ... Ophelia serves as the vehicle for Hamlet's insanity. ... Despite her love for Hamlet, Ophelia is also partly responsible for Hamlet's sudden change of attitude towards her. ... Hamlet's new perspective of Ophelia and women echoes from the hatred that Hamlet has grown for his mother, Gertrude. ... Hamlet connected Ophelia with his Gertrude, whose acts contribute to Hamlet's misogynistic thoughts. ...

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William Shakespeare's Hamlet is widely considered to be the greatest tragedy ever written because of its depth, contributed in part by its secondary characters, such as Ophelia. Shakespeare suggests innocence and virtue cannot exist in a world of corruption and evil through Ophelia's innocence and virtue, her decline into madness, and ultimately her death. ... Hamlet: I mean my head upon your lap? ... Hamlet: Nothing. ... Shakespeare uses Ophelia's tragic loss to complement Hamlet's demise and in doing so, creates the pinnacle of tragedies. ...

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In the famous play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, women struggle to find power in the political patriarchal society where men maintain authority. ... Hamlets influence and actions towards his mother and Ophelia throughout the play displays Shakespeare's thoughts towards the role of women. ... Having these women lie in the shadows of the males reveals the power men have over women that Shakespeare suggests. ... Gertrude and Ophelia are minor but powerful characters in the play that Shakespeare focuses on. ... Evidently this image Shakespeare displays of women has gone a long way. ...

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Hamlet certainly feels this way throughout Hamlet by William Shakespeare but in his case his turmoil lasts longer than a week. ... Hamlet's mission then becomes avenging his father's death. ... Her passiveness is also shown in Act 3, Scene 1, Line 106 when Hamlet is asking her is she honest and fair. ... Another character trait shown throughout Hamlet is Ophelia's obedience. ... Instead of trying to stick up for herself and her relationship with Hamlet she's obedient and agrees to break it off even though she likes Hamlet. ...

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In many of William Shakespeare's works, it is evident that Shakespeare is alluding the lack of intelligence and weakness of women. "Frailty, thy name is woman" (1.2.146), quoted by Shakespeare in Hamlet is an example of this. In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicts characters like Ophelia and Gertrude as demonstrating weakness and being tools of manipulation by the males in their lives. ... 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 ...

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In class, we have been reading Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet, along with watching two altogether different Hamlet movies, one by Kenneth Branagh and the other by Franco Zeffirelli. We must consider with certainty that both movies made their particular rendition of Hamlet by deciphering Shakespeare's unique story in an unexpected way. ... He does extremely well showing the change of emotions that are tormenting Hamlet. ... This displays the guilt, and remorse Gertrude felt towards Hamlet. ... The acting that was portrayed in each scene by the actors that played Ophelia, Hamlet and ...

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In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the title character's love for Ophelia comes into question. ... In this essay I will demonstrate that Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia are true and he loves her. ... Hamlet being discreet and personal time and time again reassures Ophelia of his love for her. ... At first, it seems as though Hamlet is mocking her and trying to get rid of her. ... This might imply that Ophelia is pregnant with Hamlet's child. ...

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In the play "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, characters conflicting with their own personal desires becomes a trend; adding conflict, emotion, and imagery for the reader. ... Ophelia is a prime example of Shakespeare's use of a character to add the classic "Shakespeare open interpretation" for the actors and readers. ... Shakespeare uses characters such as Ophelia to create multiple forms of conflict, in turn, adding to the meaning of the work as a whole. ... Shakespeare proves that Ophelia genuinely loves Polonious through the simple fact that Ophelia is constantly confiding i...

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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet was thought to have gone mad or insane. ... Seeing Ophelia dead was a reality shock to Hamlet, and his true feelings were brought out. ... There are several clues that help prove the stability of Hamlet's emotions and mental abilities. ... This, however, never occurred in the play which proves that Hamlet was not insane. ... The clues in the text clearly provide the proof that Hamlet was not insane. ...

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"Pretty Ophelia, " as Claudius calls her, is the most innocent victim of Hamlet's revenge in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Hamlet has fallen in love with Ophelia after the death of his father. ... This may be one of the reasons why Hamlet was first attracted to Ophelia and now the reason why Hamlet rejects Ophelia.   ... But as she sees Hamlet's madness deteriorate even further, she seizes the idea that Hamlet's madness might actually be caused by his love for Ophelia. ... When Hamlet and Gertrude meet, Hamlet says that she has dishonored his father. ...

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Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," are both portrayed as naive and childlike, which ultimately brings about their downfall. ... "The story of Ophelia, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, shows the destructive forces that affect young women. When she falls in love with Hamlet, she lives only for his approval. She has no inner direction; rather she struggles to meet the demands of Hamlet and her father. ... When her father tells her to stop seeing Hamlet she does. ...

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A PERSONAL RESPONSE FOR KENNETH BRANAGH"S HAMLET Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet was, to place it simply, one of the greatest movies let alone version of any hamlet play I have ever seen. ... Claudius" speech to Hamlet as well as Hamlet's famous "to be or not to be" followed with an exchange of words with Ophelia some of the highlighted and most realistic sections of the play alongside Nick Farrel's (Horatio) performance. ... Like all great movies, Kenneth Bring displayed a fresh new concept when filming Hamlet. ... The array of military like uniforms and more modern cos...

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Ophelia, a character from the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare, is the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and lover of prince Hamlet. ... Hamlet, her only love, is too involved in his father's death to be able to know the true Ophelia. ... He ruins her only happiness in life by separating her from her true love, Hamlet. ... The only man that Ophelia loves, Hamlet, is the prince of Denmark. ... Shakespeare demonstrated in his play how unjust the world was towards women; despite the fact the leader of England at that time, Queen Elizabeth, was a woman. ...

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Ophelia, so willing and completely involved in the desire to be what others wish of her, became a voluntary pawn in hamlet's story. She, in the process, idealized and idolized her father, brother, and hamlet so absolutely that when they deceive her, her whole world crumbles, resulting the dissolution of herself. Both of Shakespeare's characters were victims of their apparent strengths, which eventually turned into their fatal weaknesses. ...

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