The majority of those within the English speaking cultures may not realize however, the impact Hamlet had on both this movie and every ghost story made after Shakespeare's work. ... Hamlet happens to be one of Shakespeare's most studied and performed plays to this day. ... No other ghost story before or during Shakespeare's time is still relevant today, meaning it can not influence the thoughts people are still having about the dead. ... There is no celebration of death, or any light heartedness about the dead at all. ... Cultures that do not fear the dead are those that have n...

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Hamlet's fear, separation, and mistrust form him into a typical malcontent character. ... "Shakespeare represents Hamlet's melancholy as genuine rather than stereotypical."5 Shakespeare did not attempt to have Hamlet conform to any criteria of the time, and with his non-conformity Hamlet appears as a true character and not someone who has been forced to be a certain way in order to generate a fixed response from the audience. Even though it is presumed to be unintentional, "Shakespeare's portrayal of Hamlet closely follows contemporary ideas of the passion of melancholy. ... Ma...

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There is no real setting to the play, just a backdrop for the words. ... While Hamlet's main character trait in Shakespeare's play is, perhaps, openness (he can't stop telling the audience what he is thinking) the Hamlet of Stoppard's play is much more mysterious. ... Eventually, he becomes nearly hysterical, demanding to no one that his questions be answered. Since the play is a winding, confused series of scenes and arguments, there is no clear climax. ... No matter what Rosencrantz and Guildenstern want, they must completely forget their own goals and obey the Ki...

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However, since Hamlet confronts her with these premises in a state of feigned insanity, she has no reason to believe that the rational Hamlet believes them on the inside. ... e premises with recognition of them and a subsequent conclusion that she no longer loves Claudius. ... Although this reason may seem arbitrary, Shakespeare clearly emphasizes the importance of such a motivation to escape pain, per se, in Hamlet's decision-making. ...

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Shakespeare's writings in the tragedy of Hamlet reveal seven in depth soliloquies spoken by Hamlet. In these soliloquies, Shakespeare shows the portions of Hamlet's personality. ... Hamlet believes that there is no one to make him feel better and that there is nobody to share his tragedy with. ...

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