... all the uses of this world! Fie on 't! Ah fie! 'Tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely (1.2.135-37). Claudius has not only committed fratricide, but regicide. The king being peculiarly the ... The natural gates and alleys of the body And with a sudden vigor it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood (1.5.34-39, 59-70).[9] It is possible that "poison in the ... Fortinbras appears in person at the very end of the play, literally having the last word. Denmark's king, queen, and crown prince ly...

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... tells him that his father was murdered. Hamlet is even more stunned when the ghost tells him "the serpent that did sting thy father's life / now wears his crown" (1.5.39-40). Hamlet learns that Claudius murdered his father by pouring poison in his ear. With all of the things Hamlet was already upset about he now had an even bigger problem to face, avenging his ... extreme punisment. Hamlet could have asked the pirates to allow Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to board the ship also so the two men did not have to die, but he just let them sail to their deaths. Hamlet is also responsible for ...

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... Denmark. The universal illness besets all men regardless of their nationality; in particular, this idea of one not knowing about the hidden actions of another is reminiscent of the other plots in the play. The newly crowned villain, Claudius, later remarks "Diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relieved, or not at all" (IV.3.8), directly before the scene of Hamlet revealing the location of Polonius' dead body. Here, the evil king considers ... " (II.2.299-303), obviously another morbid description of the current state of affairs. Laertes also used words that contributed to ...

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... or charitable, thou com'st in such a questionable shape that I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, Father, royal Dane: O, answer me!- (Act I, Scene IV, Line 39-45) In this speech by Hamlet, it is quite clear that he is unable to make a decision. Even though this ... spirit is right in front of him and has done nothing to either Horatio or the other men who have seen him, Hamlet is still ... men made decisions without really thinking about the consequences. They acted on emotions, instead of intelligence. In Laertes case, he ended up being murdered by Hamlet because of his ...

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... one he was bested. So he is unique in that his revenge lacks any actions of dishonour or deceit. Albeit his course does involve "the imminent death of twenty thousand men for a fantasy of trick and fame- (IV.iv.60-61), his character is otherwise devoid of any dishonourable intentions. It is believed that it is because of his honourable convictions ... practise Hath turn'd itself on me lo, here I lie, Never to rise again: thy mother's poison'd: I can no more: the king, the king's to blame."" -- (V.ii.314-321) Also with his dying breath he absolves Hamlet of all blame; that is of course,...

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