1. Hamlet- what do we learn in the 1st act about his character?
... his father. And so he takes on many different personality traits. Hamlet is truly distressed after his beloved fathers death and compares the "Loving" and " so excellent king" Act 1, scene 2, line 138/9 to "Hercules "or a "Hyperion" ... she is not only referring to country but king too. For hamlet to be told to feel grief is " unmanly" and "incorrect to heaven" must be unimaginable. This too coming from the two people he should be grieving with ... the tragic death but the mothers wedding to Claudius within the same 2 months. Hamlets feel there is such speed between the two momentous oc...
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- Grade Level: High School