... to chaos. These three Shakesperian plays contain supernatural figures or events that foreshadow or control the entire plot of each play. There are numerous supernatural events that carry forth in Julius Caesar, all of which that portend danger or murder. One night Caesar awakens to the screams of his wife, Calpurnia. She begins to tell her husband that she has had three terrible nightmares and explains ... his foul and most unnatural murder.? King Hamlet demands revenge and Prince Hamlet abides,As mediation or the thoughts of love/May sweep to my revenge.? By commanding Prince Hamlet to...

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... land they lost to Denmark are direct evidence that Denmark is going to be attacked by Norway. After seeing the ghost, Horatio makes an allusion to Rome before the fall of Julius Caesar; A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As stars with trains ... unsound nation because of poor leadership. Also in this scene, Marcellus makes a direct statement concerning the tumultuous state of Denmark; "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (90). Turmoil exists in Denmark, and that is evident through...

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... killing Claudius. Hamlet can't decide what to do, and many things have fallen apart because of the poisoning act on the part of Claudius. At this time Hamlet starts acting mad, likely as a result of the tumultuous events occurring around him. While Hamlet is mad, he kills his love interest Ophelia ... scene, Horatio makes an interesting statement: "As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and the moist star upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse (1.1.117-120)." He compared the ghost as a possible sign of disaster...

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