Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... As Polonius gives his son Laertes his blessing to go away, he sends Reynaldo, a spy to follow him and keep an eye on him. ... He gives the appearance of a confident father who trusts his son to go off on his own. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. Claudius speaks highly of Polonius giving him thanks and saying the he was responsible for Claudius becoming king: "The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth, Than is the throne of Denmark to ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. Polonius speaks to his son with advice that sounds sincere but in reality it is rehearsed, hollow and without feeling. ... In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. His advice he gives his son is rehearsed and only said to give the appearance of a loving father. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Renaissance Humanistic movement, spilling in from Europe, had ushered in a new era of interest in learning and the classics; and in the past half century, English writers and poets had, for the first time, begun to try to create literature in their native tongue that could stand up to the greatest works written in Latin, French, or Italian. ... Duke Frederick is impressed by Orlando's skill; however, when he learns that he is the son of Sir Rowland de Boys, a close friend of Duke Senior, he is angered. ... Oliver de Boys - the eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys and one of the antago...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

King Hamlet's ghost says to his son, "if thou didst ever thy dear father love" then he needed to "revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." ... In the to be or not to be soliloquy during the first scene of Act III, Hamlet quotes, "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all/ And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied over with the pale cast of thought" While being exiled to England, hamlet thinks his procrastination is a result of "some craven scruple/ Of thinking too precisely on the event". ... A villain kills my father, and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain se...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must (like a whore) unpack my heart with words And fall a-cursing like a very drab (II, ii, 590-594). ... Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. ...

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Hamlet ends his soliloquy with, "Thus conscience makes cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action-Soft you now! ... That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father; and for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven" (Hamlet. ...

• Word Count: 2110
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School