... conclusion implicitly. Polonious implies that Hamlet is to be feared "leads the will to desperate undertakings" Ophelia is also of the same opinion "truly I do fear it" I think she may fear it because of the peculiar effect it seems to have on him. In this scene it is also possible to watch Polonious calculating how he should act in order to bring himself into the king's favour. Polonious questions Ophelia's ... this scene Ophelia is clearly a victim to Hamlet's ever changing love. - "I did love you once" is followed four lines later by; "I loved you not" Does this show confusion or a m...

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... So, the fairies are ambivalent creatures: they can be seen as actual beings or as allegories. Whether or not the fairies are allegories or actual beings, either way, they influence the lives of the humans. In Macbeth and Hamlet the supernatural world also affects the human world. Macbeth's foul crimes are inspired, or perhaps even caused, by his encounter with the witches, and the supposed ghost of Hamlet's father urges the prince ... relates to Elizabethan beliefs about fairies. In the early sixteenth century fairies were seen as evil spirits who plagued men and although in the Elizabeth...

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