... , who was just 10 years old at that time, forced himself to overcome grief and to hold himself together for the sake of his siblings. He even shoved his father off in the funeral of his mother and worked arduously to fend for his family. While other children at his age are enjoying their lives, he had to sell newspaper five hours a day, and at night he dances ... and love, Tom raised his children with his "iron of will " and tried to control them completely. He banished Alice for marrying someone he didn't approve of. Rather than giving her understanding or compassion as a father, He tre...

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... disastrous not only to Denmark as a political entity; but also lead to the deaths of the all the play's characters, except for Horatio. In Act I Scene 5, the Ghost explains to Hamlet, how Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, murdered his father and that he wants Hamlet to avenge his death (I.v.38-90). The Ghost is directly linked to the majority of the play's themes. For example, he introduces the darkness of evil ... mother; as is apparent in the following: "My pulse as yours doth temperately keep time and makes as healthful music". (III. iv. 161-162). Because of this tendency, psychologists hav...

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