In the closet scene, Hamlet mistook her father for the king, and he fatally stabbed him. ... Hamlet insults Laertes when he states, Forty thousand brothers/ Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum (V, i, 234-236). ... This fits Knight's observation that Claudius is a good and gentle king (Jump, 125). ... His diplomatic skills can be seen in his good relationship with the king of England. ... Hamlet is the renaissance man who is well rounded in all areas. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Claudius assures himself the crown by murdering the King while Hamlet is away at Wittenberg. Not only is Hamlet offended that he is not King, but he questions his worth since he did nothing, even though he was away, to stop Claudius and take the throne for himself. ... As a culmination of all these factors, Hamlet loses all faith in mankind: "And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? ... (II. ii.557) and How all occasions do inform against me. ... The dram of all {evil} Doth all the noble substances of a doubt To his own scandal"(I. iv. 34, 39-41). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As we all know, the play Hamlet is essentially about life and death. ... We can tell this by the way his inclination differs all through the play. ... Hamlet wants to free himself from all his responsibilities and return to a time of peacefulness. ... Hamlet did not think that his uncle was as a great king as his father. In his soliloquy, he said, so excellent a king that was however Hamlet's anger towards his mother was more intense. '' King Hamlet was a spirit, but the spirit of a majestical king and a great soldier'' (Act 1 Scene 2). ...

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After all, if the love between them were weakened, the impact of that kind of love rejection followed by her support of Claudius would be lessened. ... After all, in killing Claudius, Hamlet would not be killing the man his beloved mother loves. ... ises of Claudius' crime, in the hopes that she will somehow think about them, realize that Claudius is guilty, and thus stop loving Cladius, all without thinking that Hamlet believes these premises on the inside. ... She communicates her knowledge of this to Hamlet ("The Drink, the drink, I am poisoined") and thus her implied withdrawal of all...

• Word Count: 3498
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School