(Act III, SCENE iii, page 133, l. 73-79) At that time Catholics (the majority of Europeans) believed that there were four places a soul could go once it had left the body: Heaven, Hell, Limbo, and Purgatory. ... Her future life would be only death. ... The King, because of his ambitions, dies and Hamlet accomplished his revenge. ... Hamlet changes Claudius" letter, instructing the King of England to kill them. ... "That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once" (Act V, scene i, page 193, l.69) "Why, e"en so. ...

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The King and Queen had been leery of Hamlet after their marriage, but when Polonius confronted them with the notion of Hamlet's madness, it confirmed their suspicions. ... The King and Queen called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet who was easily persuaded to do so by bribery of money. ... The two, during the were shown to never be apart, and are only apart once in the play, which just goes to show their lack of identity. ... Rosencrantz and Guildenstern gave Hamlet the foresight into the future of himself and of the others in the play, and they helped display the corruption ...

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The nation of Denmark, blameless in the King's death, suffers heavily. ... The "Garden" can only be reborn once the evil (Claudius) is eliminated. ... Her fate is the future of Denmark, if the rottenness is not wiped out. ... Once Hamlet kills Polonius, he is no longer the grieved party "My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth" (Ivv67). ... Death, decay, and disease no longer control Denmark's future and Hamlet is able to die in peace. ...

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When the king denies her brother a proper burial and makes it illegal for anyone to bury him in Sophocles' Antigone, Antigone decides it is up to her to take justice into her own hands and give him a proper burial. ... Once again, it is important not to interpret that as a weakness in Hwang's writing, but as another perspective on how to tell the reader about the secrets. ... "To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. ...

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Asking himself deep questions, for instance, is it an un-Christian act to take revenge or is it a matter that should be left to the judgment of God, like Gertrude's actions which the ghost of King Hamlet asked to be left to God. ... He compares Claudius and King Hamlet and throughout this speech Hamlet confronts Gertrude with her own sexuality, "since frost itself as actively doth burn". ... Eventually he does kill the King because he has killed Gertrude and attempted to kill Hamlet. ...

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