His use of the term "seal-walled- echoes John of Gaunt's speech in Act II, Scene I, in which the nobleman refers to "the silver sea Which serves it [England] in the office of a wall."" ... Tillyard, the apricots, "unless restrained- will "upset the proper relation between parent and offspring, to offend against the great principle of order."" ... The gardener's instructions to his helpers to eliminate the weeds implicitly becomes a suggestion for King Richard to "weed- the corrupt people in his court: Go thou, and like an executioner Cut off the heads of [too]-fast-growing spray...

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Ghost: "I am thy father's spirit" (Act I, scene V, page 41, l. 9) Ghost: "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ( Act I, scene V, page 41, l.25) Hamlet: "Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift (...) ... (Act I, scene V, page 41, l. 29-31) Ghost: "But know, thou noble youth The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown." ... Take thy fortune Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger." ... "I will, my lord; I pray you, pardon me." ... All these subjects are eternal (universal) in relation to people...

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This is first seen when Hamlet kills Polonius, and Hamlet's words "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! ... Hamlet is able to make his mother reflect upon her part in the death of his father and feel guilt "Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul, and there I see such black and grained spots as will not leave their tinct." ... When Hamlet speaks to her about "The Mousetrap", she is predictably annoyed with Hamlet because he has upset Claudius "Hamlet thou hast thy father much offended" but she shows no signs of having a guilty conscience. ... Another possibility exists in...

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Shakespeare's use of symbolic ideologies have been further explored and analyzed through the perspectives of Trevor McDonald, and I have formed my own opinions in relation to the ideas of conflict between human ambition and conscience, and the innate human need of finding truth and meaning. ... "Am I a coward? ... I am pigeon liver'd and lack gall". ... Emotionally distressed he torments her conscience where she replies "Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul, and there I see such black and grained spots". ... I feel this can be interpreted with in one of t...

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Firstly from Hamlet's childhood and adolescence, when, as I mentioned before he lacked of a parental figure and secondly after the death of King Hamlet, who has come back from Purgatory (as it is believed by the prince, even if he was a protestant) to revenge his death through his son. ... / Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned.... But the relation with his father can be interpreted in a more chivalrous way like that of a King and his vassal, his knight. ... For a better understanding of the father-son relationship I will concentrate on his second and third soliloquy. Hamlet'...

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In relation to Malvolio's treatment the critic Fluchere says that "the tone of some scenes is only on the fringe of comedy" (Fluchere, 1964). ... I tend to agree with this statement. ... In the productions I have seen I have felt pity for Malvolio since I can not see why he is treated so badly. ... Feste shares Hamlet's skill, as we see during the exchange with Malvolio: "I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art." ... She has just lost her brother yet he makes a mockery of him, stating "I think his soul is in hell" (I, 5, 64). ...

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