He must decide whether to kill his uncle Claudius and revenge his father's death. ... He hates his mother for marrying Claudius so soon after his father's death, and he is in love with Ophelia until she rejects him. Some of the qualities Hamlet possesses include anger, hatred, distrust, and confusion. ... In the end King Cluadius is killed by Hamlet, however this is after his mother is poisoned. ... He killed Hamlets father and made him on the edge of insanity. ...

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According to Aristotelian dramatic theory, a tragic hero is usually a man of noble standing and good character who possesses a tragic flaw, or hamartia, which eventually contributes to his demise. ... Hamlet begins his transformation to misery, so to speak, when he finds his mother has abruptly married his Uncle Claudius, who has now become the King of Denmark. ... For example, after Hamlet learns of Claudius" guilt in the death of his father, he decides to kill him. ... " (3:4:89-92) If Hamlet would have killed Claudius at that very moment, his father would be revenged, the internal stru...

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When he arrives, he discovers his uncle Claudius is married to his mother Gertrude and is now king. ... While Hamlet is mad, he kills his love interest Ophelia's father, Polonius. The death of her father causes Ophelia to commit suicide (or so it seems). ... In Hamlet's first soliloquy, he states that the world is "an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely (1.2.135-137)." ... Near the end of the act, Ophelia drowns which leaves Laertes without a sister and father. ...

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To further his anguish he then finds out that his mother has married his Uncle Claudius. After being visited by the ghost of his father, Hamlet discovers that his Uncle Claudius was behind the murder of his father. ... In the process of fulfilling his new mission Hamlet kills his girlfriend's father, Polonius, and drives himself and Ophelia further into madness. ... At this point in the show Ophelia is conversing with her father Polonius when her father calls her a "green girl.... Although Ophelia's character changes a lot after she goes through the circumstances presented to he...

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