Now that Hamlet has this information is he now obligated to kill King Claudius? ... It's not like she can just divorce the King after so recently marrying him. ... to the King, and when the King replies that he thinks all the best of Polonius than Polonius says that he would do anything to prove that he is honorable towards the king. Polonius is a "suck-up" toward the King and feels that if he has close relations with the King then he will do well in life. ... Hamlet kills King Claudius. ...

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The ghost of King Hamlet comes and tells Hamlet that he has to acquire retribution and kill King Claudius. ... Even though Hamlet does all these things that may make him seem like a villain he does it all to put on an act and to try and open the eyes of his mother Queen Gertrude so that she can see that King Claudius killed King Hamlet. ... King Claudius has his intellect all crammed with dire ideas. ... Also because of all the planning to kill Hamlet, King Claudius is the source for the death of Queen Gertrude, Laertes and himself. King Claudius is clearly showing his hatred towards Hamlet as...

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"I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum." ... Hamlet is splenetic and rash Hamlet: Son of the late King Hamlet of Denmark and nephew to the present King. ... Distrustful of King Claudius, Hamlet is equally weary of the King's spies, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz who attempt to know his true intentions. ... To this end, Hamlet distrusts and rejects all those around him whom he believes are spying on him for King Claudius. ... Witnesses King Hamlet's Ghost in Act I. ...

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Claudius also replaces King Hamlet as King of Denmark. ... With all of the things Hamlet was already upset about he now had an even bigger problem to face, avenging his father's death. ... "Is it the king?" ... Hamlet is also responsible for the next four deaths in the play, which all occur in the same scene. ... Hamlet killing Polonius is the start of all of the other character's deaths. ...

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Hamlet Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet. ... The plan was to catch Claudius expressing guilt for murdering King Hamlet. ... First, the King would die of poison by his brother. ... King Claudius tells them about the situation, Something have you heard. ... (II, II) What does the King mean by transformation? ...

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Horatio tells a story about how king hamlet was a very powerful king and was always there for a purpose. This proves when King Hamlet comes back as a ghost with armor on he is there for a purpose and want to make sure he revenges all the evil effected him. ... The king Claudius is completely bewildered to why Hamlet is acting the way he is. ... So he just places all the blame on his father's death. Which isn't right at all. ...

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All but two of the main characters, Horatio and Fortinbras die. It all starts when Claudius uses ear poison to kill the King Hamlet. ... All this twisted death and murder shows how rotten the state of Denmark is in. ... At first Claudius kills King Hamlet, to become king and marry his wife (and Prince Hamlet's mother). This is the first treacherous act in the play, and is the catalyst for all the other rotten acts. ...

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Since the beloved King Hamlet has died and the Queen remarried, the morale of the people is low, and cold. ... 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 his plan to send the mentally i...

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After the Greeks came Seneca who was very influential to all Elizabethan tragedy writers. Seneca, set all of the ideas and the norms for all revenge play writers in the Renaissance era including William Shakespeare. ... "A was a goodly king." ... Fortinbras vows revenge on King Hamlet. ... The first time we see evidence of revenge is when the ghost of King Hamlet appears. ...

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A doubt that led Hamlet to wait to seek revenge against his uncle was when he doesn't know if Claudius really killed King Hamlet. ... All of this is because of King Claudius" fear of Hamlet killing him. After Hamlet finds out that Claudius admits he is guilty of killing king Hamlet he decides to kill him. ...

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Hamlet's "Madness" Hamlet was the prince of Denmark, son of the assassinated King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude, and nephew to Claudius. ... The ghost of the previous king gave Hamlet the solution that he needed. The ghost also beseeched Hamlet to " Let not the royal bed of Denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incest," which implies that Hamlet was required to not only restore his honor, but to restore the honor of all of Denmark as well! The added burden upon his shoulders caused him to clear from his mind all but what was necessary to solve his dilemma. ... He slightly alter...

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Four of the main characters that hid behind this mask are Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the king Cluadius. ... Polonius, the king's royal assistant, has a preoccupation with appearance. ... This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. ... Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Claudius all appear to be good and honest. As Hamlet finds out, all are full of lies and have hidden agendas within them. ...

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Hamlet's soliloquy shows how disgusted Hamlet is with Gertrude, Claudius and the world which is shown in the line "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world"(I,II,133-134). ... In the soliloquy hamlet refers to his world as useless or disgraceful His speech is full of words that suggest rot and corruption which is shown with words like "gross" (I,II, 138) and he also refers to his world as an "unweeded garden" all this shows how unstable hamlets state of mind is since he can't seem to think of anything good about the world he lives in which is cau...

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Claudius is only admitting to killing King Hamlet, not asking for forgiveness. ... (I, ii, 1-7) Using Claudius' speech as a guide to the truth, the audience believes that King Hamlet died naturally, unaware that the new king murdered him. ... The king has no interest in Hamlet's safety, and Hamlet is aware of this. ... All doubts that Hamlet once had concerning the reality of Claudius' actions dissolve as he acknowledges the evil that Claudius has committed. ... All involved, except Hamlet, believe that Claudius is acting for the welfare of his stepson and no interventi...

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King Hamlet, his father, died recently. ... Claudius, the brother of Old King Hamlet is now the King and husband of Gertrude. ... All is not well. ... The ghost of the previous king gave Hamlet the solution that he needed. ... Ophelia now goes completely mad and has lost all control over her mind. ...

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He desired the crown of king Denmark, and killed his brother King Hamlet to acquire it. ... In the beginning he does present the impression of being a good king. ... I really like this version of Hamlet fil because many things make this film special, the rich sets, the costumes, the interracial superb actors, the humor but most of all the full text version of Hamlet. ... It is all too much for her and she breaks. ... The court room in the film is a very grand room where all the players are presented. ...

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Behind the mask, is hidden the secret of King Hamlet's death, and Hamlet's promise to the ghost to avenge his father's death. ... The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." ... Because he began to believe in his own mind that he was mad, he was forced to witness the downfall of himself, and of all those he loved. ... All of these emotions of Hamlet's affect his decisions regarding actions that must be taken. ... All in all, the character of Hamlet is a complex character with many conflicting aspects and characteristics which are reve...

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The appearance of the ghost of late King Hamlet brought prince Hamlet out of his state of mourning and into a quest for revenge. ... On King Claudius's wishes, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern were invited to Elsinore to discover what ailed Hamlet. ... "The play's the thing wherein I"ll catch the conscience of the King." ... Believing it was the King, Hamlet rose to the opportunity and did slay the eavesdropper behind the curtain. ... He was put into a difficult situation, which was verified to be all Claudius's fault. ...

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Tone is an important aspect of all Shakespeare's works. ... The king also expresses a vengeful tone against his brother in lines 81-84,"If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not..." Clearly the king wishes that Hamlet would expose the crimes of his uncle and avenge his father's death. In contrast to the ghost's opinion of the crime, King Claudius feels mixed remourse and self serving ambition. ... Claudius wants to be forgiven, but he realizes that to be forgiven he must give up all the things he commited the crime for in the first place. ...

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First of all, Hamlet tried to avenge on King Claudius because his uncle, Clauduis, poisoned his father and claimed the throne. ... Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum- (5,1,285-287). ... After all, Claudius died and Hamlet had finally completed his revenge. ... His point on revenge was simple: killing this enemy at all costs. ... And, Horatio, the best friend of Hamlet, informed the last will from Hamlet that he agreed Fortinbras to be the King of Denmark. ...

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Earlier in the play he declared his love for Ophelia with "all the holy vows of heaven." ... He is delivering his damning judgement on all woman "frailty thy name is woman" He attacks Ophelia but it is really his mother he attacking, he is angry at her for marrying Claudius so soon and thinks she might have something to do with King Hamlet's murder. ... He calls himself "Hamlet the Dane" he wants to be king and be like his father. ... The final scene is where all four characters die through poison and treachery. ... The play has come full circle from King Hamlet asking Hamlet to "remember...

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Claudius murders his own brother; Hamlet's father Old King Hamlet, by drizzling poison into his ear. The King's death is announced to have been by snakebite, and Claudius then marries Queen Gertrude (Hamlet's mother), and subsequently becomes the new King of Denmark. ... Claudius is meant to be Hamlet's uncle and stepfather, yet here he is putting all his energy into murdering him. ... One thing is clear however; Hamlet lived in a world of lies, betrayal, and murder, while all he searches for is retribution. ... After all, Hamlet himself best describes the amount of honesty...

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Also, does she have any part in the poisoning of King Hamlet, her late Husband? ... Right off the bat, Gertrude does not seem to know anything of it and is always trying to explain to her son that it will be ok without the king "Do not forever with thy vailed lids/seek for thy noble father in the dust/thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die/Passing through nature's eternity/" (act I, sc II, l. 72). ... She does not sound in any way as if she had plotted out the killing of King Hamlet. ... (Act 6, sc 2, l. 313) She is on Hamlet's side all along. ... She had no cl...

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Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is the son of King Hamlet who is murdered before the play begins. ... This ghost then tells Hamlet that his new stepfather, Claudius killed King Hamlet. The rest of the play is Prince Hamlet seeking revenge upon King Claudius for killing his father. ... After he has unintentionally killed Polonius, he begins to feel remorseful of all of the hate within his thoughts. ... Hamlet is a very unique character and is most likely the most complex character in all Shakespearian work....

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Everyone believes that Claudius is king due to the unfortunate death of his brother, even though he is actually the murderer. ... Queen: Nothing at all, yet all that is I see. 135 Hamlet: Nor did you nothing hear? ... This allows her to still doubt the sanity of her son, and it also proves that King Hamlet still does care for her. ... "Nothing at all, yet all that is I see- claims Gertrude. Had she simply said "Nothing at all,"" this dialogue would not mean much, but because she adds "yet all that is I see,"" it takes on a new importance. ...

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