... summaries the play as a whole. Obviously the play proper can stand on its own, but the story of the Lords practical joke on Christopher Sly does reinforce one of the main themes in the main play. Sly's story dramatises the idea that a persons environment and the way he is treated by others determines his behaviour, ... which is an idea that Katherine's story in the main play also illustrates. Deception is one of the main themes in which we are introduced to in the induction and ... and Italian, and Grumio does not know the difference between them both. The confusion between the two lan...

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... in manner seems ultimately the best for his disposition yet he thrusts her away. Hamlet exhibits yet another deadly sin of pride in his deed accomplished as he begs his story be told. Christian principles mandate that a widow should not marry her husband's brother else she lay in shame in his bed. Hamlet upholds this value as he makes pointed remarks ... great study. Hamlet's disdain for women gives reason behind his "misogyny- and the gray area that is a woman's "undiscovered country (is) the cause of [Hamlet's] effeminizing cowardice.""(Stone) Repeatedly Hamlet quotes his weaker side ...

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