Hamlet is a complex character with multiple character traits that lead him through his many confusing and often conflicting actions throughout the play. ... In this way, Hamlet is using his power of analysis, and therefore cannot be truly crazy. ... With his actions of insanity, Hamlet essentially pushed Ophelia into suicide. ... Hamlet is also a melancholy and almost depressed character. ... All in all, the character of Hamlet is a complex character with many conflicting aspects and characteristics which are revealed in the play Hamlet. ...

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The main characters in Hamlet include Hamlet, Cluadius, Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes, and Horatio. ... The main character is Hamlet. ... He is a deceptive character. ... Ophelia is another character. ... Ophelia's brother is Laertes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet's strength of character is in fact highlighted by his desire for the truth. ... Hamlet's nobility and decency are not diminished by his inability to take immediate revenge, but his rash and impulsive actions in slaying Polonius and arranging the death of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern do affect an analysis of the nobility of his character. ... Hamlet's persecution of his mother and vituperation of Ophelia is equally difficult to excuse. ... He feels betrayed by his mother and rejected by Ophelia. ... Hamlet is an incongruous and contradictory character. ...

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HAMLET In play, Hamlet, William Shakespeare uses Hamlet's dynamic character in order to justify his procrastinate behavior. ... The other side of Hamlet, barbaric side, treats Ophelia cruelly and with no empathy, slays Polonius and speaks of dragging his guts into another room, and who sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths without any remorse. ... This leads him being known as a character that is full of purpose, but lacks the quality required to accomplish that purpose. Most of these issues are simply due to Hamlet's over analysis of morals. ... He must even convin...

• Word Count: 1180
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• Grade Level: High School