In the first part of the play he writes in a letter to Ophelia "Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love" These words sound sweet, and romantic right? ... I love you not.. if thou dost marry, I"ll give thee this plague for thy dowry: Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape Calumny." (133) Also making him seem a bit.. hmm.. ...

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Crying as he stabs Claudius with the poisoned sword and then forces the rest of the poisoned drink down his throat, "Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion: is thy union here? ... Saying, "If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. ... Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what ! ... What wilt thou do for her"(V.i.270-272), Hamlet professes his true love for her and that love for her caused Hamlet to stand up to Laertes and fight fo...

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Crying as he stabs Claudius with the poisoned sword and then forces the rest of the poisoned drink down his throat, "Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, Drink off this potion: is thy union here? ... Saying, "If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. ... Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough what ! ... What wilt thou do for her"(V.i.270-272), Hamlet professes his true love for her and that love for her caused Hamlet to stand up to Laertes and fight fo...

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When speaking of his murder, the ghost proclaims, "so art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear," (i.: v.: 973).This has Hamlet vow his revenge at once. ... He states that, " Howsoever thou pursues this actTaint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And those thorns that in her bosom lodgeTo prick and sting her."... He speaks to his friend, Horatio, and confides, "One scene of it comes near the circumstancewhich I have told thee of my father's death.I prithee when thou seests that act afoot,Even with the very comment of thy soul Observe ,...

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"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, is a revenge tragedy set in Denmark, which was written around 1600. It closely follows the dramatic conventions of revenge in Elizabethan theatre. Revenge tragedies originally stemmed from the Greeks, who wrote and performed the first plays. After the Greeks came Sen...

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