He took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And how his audit stands who knows save heaven? But in our circumstance and course of thought, 'Tis heavy with him: and am I then revenged, To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and season'd for his passage? ... The question remains: was Hamlet truly mad, or did he feign it the entire time? ... "How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself- (I.v.171). ... Later events make us question Hamlet's sanity even more closely. ...

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When they question Hamlet about his father, Hamlet goes on a speech to show how the death of his father has affected him. ... How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god ---- The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! ... Despite this Hamlet still question what these humans are to him, he even goes so far as to call man the "quintessence of dust" or the most refined form of dust, and that no matter how refined dust is dust will always remain dust. ... He soon starts discu...

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As May notes, these people more that other people questioned matters beyond their vision (39). ... Although the court sometimes pressured his into including some form of the supernatural in his plays that had nothing to do with his themes, he rarely allowed Elizabethans' demands to affect his own conception of how the supernatural should be used. To understand how far Shakespeare exceeded other writers, a comparison of their supernatural characters is necessary. ... The passage of years replaced it with seriousness and later with pessimism. ... Hamlet reveals that his mind is darkened by...

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In this passage Hamlet is still talking about that death he wishes to impose on himself. ... That is how Shakespeare conveys an existential viewpoint in Hamlet's most famous speech. ... How easy it would be just to kill himself. ... Hamlet then continues by saying, "how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world.... Is there really a difference between these two questions? ...

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It is with this very important fact in mind that one can first begin to interpret the question, why does he wait so long to kill Claudius? It is a question of morals and ethics, both of which can pose many of life's greatest challenges. ... He took my father grossly, full of bread, With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And how his audit stands who knows save heaven. But in our circumstance and course of thought "Tis heavy with him. And am I then revenged To take him in the purging of his soul...

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It illustrates how the need for status supersedes integrity and ethical values. ... Hamlet is in the church with Claudius about to kill him: To take him in a the purging of his soul, When he is fit and season'd for his passage? ... Laertes is teaming up with Claudius to make plans against Hamlet to kill him a in dual with poison on his sword. ... The very fact that Laertes questions Hamlet about his father's death, shows just how difficult it is for Laertes to trust Hamlet. ... It shows how people resort to killing their own family member to get what they want but, do not deserve it...

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The general gist of lines 25-40 is that if a person has one fault, no matter how virtuous they may be in other ways, they are soiled by "the stamp of one defect." ... (2.2.174-186) Even so, there is a purpose behind his ridicule - in this passage he refers to Polonius' daughter, and later he mocks Polonius' age. ... Rozencrantz and Guildenstern say that Hamlet was eager to ask questions, but not so eager to reply. ... Hamlet comes to speak with her and scolds her terribly about her morals. ... She must be quite frightened by this stage, with Hamlet adamant that he saw a ghost. ...

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He also questions the purpose of his role-madness or vengeful son? ... Clearly, in this most famous Shakespeare soliloquy, Hamlet displays thoughts of self that questions the worth of living. ... These passages further Hamlet's ambiguous nature-he seems to support role playing at one moment, then denounce it the next. ... It becomes intriguing that Hamlet's uncle is to be judged upon how he acts during the play. ... At this juncture, he is still uncertain as to how to proceed. ...

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