For most people, it's the last thing that crosses their minds when they cheat on a test or lie to the people they love. Adolescents especially put little or no thought into the spiritual consequences that come with committing a sin. ... However, suicide is an unforgivable sin in the Catholic Church. ... However, there was something stopping him from killing Claudius then and there: if he was to be killed while praying, then he would go to heaven and his sins would be forgiven. He realized that he had to kill Claudius when he was committing a sin so that he would go to hell and be punished...

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From my point of view, I am sure that Hamlet realizes that suicide is condemned by the Church as a mortal sin, but his fears and endless questions make me wonder if he himself doesn't want to commit suicide in order to escape the duty of avenging his father for he doesn't want to become a murderer and to be a traitor to the country and his people, to whom he has an obligation of protecting them, by killing the king. But the Ghost influenced him a lot and all the hate accumulated in his soul push him to respect his father wish so he can also receive God's permission to go to Heav...

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Hamlet wants to die, and he wished that suicide was not a sin. ... He shows the king and queen letters and love poems Hamlet has given to Ophelia, and proposes a plan to test his theory. ... Hamlet decides to kill Claudius only when he is sinning. ...

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I decided, along with Carol, to perform Act III, Scene I, from Hamlet, when Ophelia obeys her father and tests Hamlet's love for her by returning his remembrances. ... "Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered". ... He asks her to remember all of his sins in her prayers as if she is some superior being whose prayers will be more effective than his own. ... I think he is saying that he deceived her and that their old stock, or sins, cannot be inoculated, as in an inoculation where a virus is injected in order to build up immunity, with virtue as to make them forgivable. ... He i...

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After he is informed by his father's ghost that Claudius is responsible for his murder, Hamlet tests if Claudius is truly evil before seeking revenge. ... Analysis In this passage Hamlet realizes that if he kills him in prayer, Claudius will be forgiven for his sins and will escape hell. ...

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Obedience is a thing that we encounter daily. It is critical for something as large as a country to function but can be found in something as small as the family unit. Disobedience is equally evident in society; past and present. One could even argue that history is made by the choices of either ob...

• Word Count: 1196
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• Grade Level: High School