... is genuinely happy to see her when he says, " The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons / Be all my sins remeber"d" (III,I,90-91). Hamlet greets her with remarks of her beauty, and refers to her as a creature more heavenly than himself who might be easily forgiven of sins. "Be all my ... mere inplorators of unholy suits, / Breathing like sandified and pious bonds, / The better to beguile" (I.III.127-131). Both Laertes and Polonius think Hamlet is using Ophelia. The irony in this situation is that Polonius uses Ophelia to benefit himself without worrying about her feelings. "Polonius acts ...

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... Is it a free visitation?" (2. 2. 277-278). They eventually tell him they were sent for, finding it difficult to lie to the forceful Hamlet, and Hamlet then seems to open up, telling them "I have of late, --but / Wherefore I know not, --lost all my mirth, forgone / All custom of exercises" (2. 2. ... comes back to Denmark when he hears of his father's death, and is prepared to see Polonius" murderer punished. The king explains that the queen and the people love Hamlet, so it will not be that easy to punish him. Laertes responds with "I [have] a noble father lost; / A sister driven into des...

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... title character's love for Ophelia comes into question. Throughout the play, Hamlet's emotions and feelings for Ophelia are never publicly made known, which lead many to question if he is merely using her or loves her. However, there is evidence that demonstrates that he truly cares and loves Ophelia in the way he ... behaves around her when they are alone. In this essay I will demonstrate that Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia are true and he loves her ... his love for her. On numerous occasions he expresses his love via letters, word and actions. One of the most compelling evidences of Ha...

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... and Lectures on Ethics, both have different views on the positive and negative forms of self-love. This difference is clearly distinguished from the start. Aristotle uses the word self-love, also known as philautia, in a positive form, while Kant uses it in a negative form. Each philosopher also ... for what are the noblest and the best and "gratifies the most authoritative element in himself and in all things obeys this" (Aristotle 236). He does so by using his reason, which allows him to recognize and distinguish what is good. They obviously aren't selfish at all and don't seem ... fo...

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... he returns from school, he's slapped with more unpleasant news: no one is mourning his father's passing, but instead they are celebrating Gertrude and Claudisu's wedding. Hamlet lashes out at his mother, citing his black clothes, tears, downcast spirits and face as indicators of his overwhelming feelings of grief, saying, "Together with all ... the play has lead him to believe--despite his mother's betrayal to her husband, and Claudius' betrayal to his brother--that both of them loved King Hamlet just as much as he did, and he is shocked when they are not as moved. According to Fish, aban...

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... argued that the theme of madness is the overall downfall of the eventual tragedy. Throughout Hamlet, Hamlet's madness is portrayed through his real madness, his insanity toward women, and the responses of other characters regarding his madness. Hamlet appears to be extremely depressed; mourning the loss of his father and his mother's & ... quot; (3.4.208-1647). This is the first time the audience see's his madness, due to fact that his mother does not see the ghost. Hamlet realizes he cannot hide his madness so he starts to lash out at the evil he sees and start to go back to his depress...

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... wanted him to die as well he said "Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell. I took thee for thy better take thy fortune."(3.4.22) Hamlet has left a little time to grieve about the loss and the mistakes he has done. After a while he decides to go back to mother to discuss ... wedding and pretended like nothing happened because he has to avoid the unnecessary deaths and he forgets all about Ophelia so he can just get revenge. Hamlet has written a letter about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and it said they were to be executed but he has no sympathy towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ...

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... . Never has there been a more fitting definition written for one character, never has there been a more sorrowful, pitifully tormented human being than Hamlet. Our hero walks on the cliff's edge of sanity and insanity through out his single-minded task of bittersweet revenge, drifting closer to the ... the father? How does one love an uncle knowing your father's body rots and decays beneath the dirt, because the brother placed him there? Hamlet's mind must have traveled into the depth's of hate and anguish far beyond a normal man's comprehension. Little by little this tragic player fall...

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... murder. These topics remain current in modern society, which is the reason audiences and readers empathize with the play and why it has preserved through time. Hamlet is indecisive and analyzes situations along with the consequences yet when put in an emotional turmoil he acts out of passion, which is a common instinctive ... when he states, "A little month married with mine uncle O! most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets" (I.ii.147-159). Hamlet is an "idealist" expecting his mother to be above sexual desire. That is why he is so furious with his mother for ...

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... in 1.5, construct a methodological system in 2.2, and develop into a philosophical, unyielding character in 3.1. In Act 1, Scene 2, Hamlet is reacting to his mothers" hasty marriage to his uncle, Claudius. Hamlet is devastated that she could remarry after being widowed only two months. He makes references regarding the possibility of them having ... within a month- Let me not think on't; fralty, thy name is woman- (Signet, 1.2, Lines 143-145, page 15)" Hamlet also expresses his displeasure of their relationship by referring to his mother's relationship with his uncle as "incestuous." At ...

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... her love. Scolding, "you are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; and -would it were not so!- you are my mother"(III.iv.18-19), Hamlet berates his mother with sharp edged comments showing his lack of respect and his disapproval of her marriage. Angrily thinking, "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears ... his opinion and feelings hers. Saying "Let me be cruel, not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her, but use none." (Act 3, Scene 2, lines 387-388), Hamlet is annoyed with his mother, but cares about her too much to physically hurt her. Although he scolds her often, he loves her...

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... her love. Scolding, "you are the queen, your husband's brother's wife; and -would it were not so!- you are my mother"(III.iv.18-19), Hamlet berates his mother with sharp edged comments showing his lack of respect and his disapproval of her marriage. Angrily thinking, "Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears ... his opinion and feelings hers. Saying "Let me be cruel, not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her, but use none." (Act 3, Scene 2, lines 387-388), Hamlet is annoyed with his mother, but cares about her too much to physically hurt her. Although he scolds her often, he loves her...

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... jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved. Hamlet exhibits these feelings towards his mother, Gertrude, in many ways throughout the story. In Hamlet's first soliloquy (Hamlet I, 2, 133-164), he states his disgust at his mother for marrying Claudius, the new king, in no ... because his mother is now dead and gone and his sole purpose is to kill his uncle for what he has done. Before he dies, Hamlet forces Claudius to die the same way his mother did because he believes that Claudius is now just as responsible for h...

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... Ophelia's life all advice comes from men, her brother's advice to her in the first Act seems, at first glance to be condescending and belittling, making Hamlet's apparent love for her seem false and childish. "A toy in my blood"- a passion without meaning or depth. This advice seems highly hypocritical, Ophelia makes ... upon what Polonious says, "This is the very ecstasy of love." She values her father's opinion highly and trusts his conclusion implicitly. Polonious implies that Hamlet is to be feared "leads the will to desperate undertakings" Ophelia is also of the same opinion "truly ...

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... So he should just live a life he knows already. He does not now what death is so he fails to take his life into his won hands. Hamlet is extremely indecisive. He does not know if he should commit suicide or not. But in the end he chooses not to because he has unfinished business. One ... is an unavoidable power moving the person closer towards destruction. Once it is in your mind you cannot get rid of it. It takes over your life. Hamlet is only loyal to revenge and until he has completed this task he cannot die. Revenge is negative and it triggered an almost chain reaction of deaths becau...

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... revenge if Claudius went to heaven. "Up sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. When he his drunk, asleep, or in his rage" (Act 3, Sc 3, Ln 92-3). Hamlet himself even questions the fact why he delays his revenge. "I do not know why yet I live to say, this thing's to do, Sitch I have cause, and will, and ... and means to do't"(Act 4, Sc 4, Ln 46-8). This revenge really impacts Hamlets love for Ophelia. It is only after Ophelia's death that Hamlet expresses his true love for her. Hamlet declares his love for Ophelia as she is lying in her grave. "I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers c...

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... woman!", and "O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mourn"d longer,-married with my uncle, my father's brother, but no more like my father." Those two speeches show Hamlet's feeling about the marriage. He does not want to believe his mother married his uncle, which he thinks is not right in "his eyes". In addition, he is irate, because ... glad to see them. Also, Guildenstern and Rosencrantz says, "My honour"d lord!" and "My most dear lord!" Their conversation proves they have a good friendship. However, when Hamlet finds out their purpose of sudden visit, Hamlet chan...

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... character heroic (or admirable or exceptional) may also cause his suffering or destrucion. To what extent is this statement true of a character in Hamlet?" Who is Hamlet? Whoever has become thoughtful and melancholy through his own mishaps or those of others; whoever has borne about with him the clouded brow of ... not only about what decisions he should take but rather whether he will be able to make any decisions at all. It seems that Hamlet at times, makes no decisions and instead projects the image of an indecisive, inactive and passive individual, a romantic incapable of action who...

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... watched. If Ophelia, his love, believes that he is insane, then everyone else would think so as well. Despite her love for Hamlet, Ophelia is also partly responsible for Hamlet's sudden change of attitude towards her. Ophelia is a weak and innocent character with no thoughts of her own. The only hint of ... Ophelia's personal voice is in her claims of love for Hamlet. However, even those claims are uncertain as she is easily affected by the thoughts of her brother, Laertes, and her father, Polonius. When her father ... to miss him, he thinks that it is important to avert all his focus...

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... ghost tells him that "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown" (I.V.24). One could say that this quote means that Prince Hamlet's father was killed by his uncle who is now the king of Denmark. One could say that he was sane because when he found out about his fathers death ... you're trying to seek revenge that person could find out about it and seek revenge on you. Also another reason someone could say that Prince Hamlet is sane when he says "To be or not be, that is the question" (III.I.53).One could interpret this quote as meaning Prince ... or talk to someone...

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... -almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. (III; iv; 29-30). Hamlet's emotions suffered another casualty with the loss of the love his life Ophelia. Hamlet distances himself away from her as part of his crazed disposition "plan". By insulting her and convincing Ophelia that he never loved ... , for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them" (III; i; 135-137). The final blow for Ophelia's heart comes when Hamlet kills Polonius by mistaking him for Claudius. These actions lead Ophelia with no one to talk with and she takes her own life. The loss ...

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... . The intelligent and kind Ophelia, however, betrays her father, and later collapses into insanity and kills herself. When Ophelia's father ask about Hamlet she tells him the Hamlet has made many offers of his affection, she describes his love as honorable. She shows obvious love for her brother and father as well ... in the morning bedtime, And I maid at your window, To be your Valentine- (Act IV, scene 5, line 48-67). This illustrates how Ophelia wants Hamlet to be her Valentine and just shows how much she loves him. So she sings this depressing song for him to hear. Ophelia becomes v...

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... green girl,Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.Do you believe his tenders, as you call them? (I, iii, 104-108) Polonius continues on about Hamlet's false love, but the personality of his character suggests his true intentions are so his daughter's relationship does not interfere with his pursuit for power ... and thus his evil nature. Another cause of Ophelia's insanity is the inability for Ophelia to love freely.. When Polonius asks her whether she believes Hamlet's tenders of love are truthful, she says, "I do not know, my lord, what I should think."" (I, iii, 109) Her innocence all...

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... the middle. She can't deal with the overwhelmingly shocking emotions caused by the many unforeseen and tragic events. In the beginning, Hamlet and Ophelia's relationship seems like an ordinary dating couples"; Hamlet makes "many tenders of his affection" on her, as well as "importuning [her] with love in an honorable fashion" and ... "almost all the holy vows of heaven." (1.3) However, Ophelia is then frankly told by both her father and brother, whom she dearly loves, that Hamlet does not actually love her, that she is not good enough for him, and his only purpose in wooing her is to stea...

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... off of male power and they must not trust men as they could lead to a disastrous downfall. These examples are clearly mentioned throughout the play Hamlet, bye William Shakespeare. Thinking of women domination, the one question that arises is why have women not taken over already? Women's role in ... result in their own downfall. The feelings of both people in a relationship must be at the same level to make things work. In Ophelia's case, Hamlet had no feelings for her whereas Ophelia was deeply in love with him. This resulted in Ophelia's eventual madness and her death. "Too much water...

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