... the first place. Death found Rosencrantz and Guildenstern upon that boat however, they didn't die in bloody slasher movie fashion which was something the Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern couldn't perform without. Some slasher movies have the virgin drowned in the lake which like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's death would represent the gore-free, sudden disappearance that somehow seems unsatisfying, questionable, and ... ...

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... 4 in his soliloquy where he declares revenge "O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!" Yet not till the very end, Act 5 Scene 2 does he actually perform these intentions. By recognizing his youth-his mood swings and also procrastination are more understood because he lacks experience with the hard decisions in life, revenge on Claudius perhaps being ... ...

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... play, but Gertrude created her own finality by allowing her mortal inclinations to precede logic. Ophelia's degeneration into madness disservices her gender but again parallels the underlying theme that women perform a subjacent role in Shakespeare's society. Hamlet portrays himself as a madman by enhancing a feminine flight of fancy. Though his plan is ultimately futile, this inheritance of supposed female qualities is later ... ...

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