... it not been for the chain of events that occurred. Several things happened that prevented Hamlet's love for Ophelia to come to full bloom. Hamlet was extremely distraught over the marriage of Gertrude to Claudius. Hamlet who I believe once had a great love and respect for his mother, is now horrified and betrayed by his mother's choice to marry ... the fact that she has chosen to marry his father's brother. Hamlet feels that this union is incestuous and goes against his religious beliefs. Hamlet also knows that Claudius killed his father and feels that his mother has defiled the memory ...

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... dead father, which the king thinks of as absurd, have great influence on Hamlet, thus in order to gain control over his son, Claudius critics Hamlet's attitude; similarly, Polonius finds out about Hamlet's affection towards Ophelia, and in order to save control over her, Polonius admonishes ... regarding his daughter's beliefs. As Hamlet presents himself in " thy nighted color" (1.2.68) to the meeting of councils, Claudius, as Hamlet's recent stepfather, believes that such grief "tis a fault to heaven, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature" ... (2.1.107-108) and to "think of us a...

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... dead father, which the king thinks of as absurd, have great influence on Hamlet, thus in order to gain control over his son, Claudius critics Hamlet's attitude; similarly, Polonius finds out about Hamlet's affection towards Ophelia, and in order to save control over her, Polonius admonishes ... regarding his daughter's beliefs. As Hamlet presents himself in " thy nighted color"(1.2.68) to the meeting of councils, Claudius, as Hamlet's recent stepfather, believes that such grief "tis a fault to heaven, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature" ... "(2.1.107-108) and to "think of u...

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... both Hamlet and Laertes to act spontaneously, giving little thought to the consequences of their actions. Hamlet and Laertes share a different but deep love and concern for Ophelia. Before his departure for France Laertes provides lengthy advice to Ophelia pertaining to her relationship with Hamlet. Laertes voices his ... , Hamlet is able to persuade Gertrude he is not mad and manipulate her to follow his instructions. Hamlet directs his mother to convince Claudius of Hamlet's madness. Hamlet is able to make his mother reflect upon her part in the death of his father and feel guilt(" ......

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... never more to give the assay of arms against your majesty." Immediately after learning about his fathers death, Laertes returns home. He blames Claudius for the murder of his father. Laertes learns that Hamlet was responsible for his father's death. He then decides to kill Hamlet to ... avenge the death of his father. He and Claudius concoct a plot to kill Hamlet. By a poisoned tipped sword, Hamlet. " Hamlet, thou art slain The treacherous instrument is in thee, unbated ... father's death. He spoke to a ghost, and this ghost stated that his father's death was a murder, by the hand of his...

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... she pretends to care for. Queen Gertrude is a manipulative, sick, incestuous mother, who helps to kill her husband, emotionally abandons her son, Hamlet, and marries her former brother in-law, Claudius for the wrong reasons. Overall Gertrude is a selfish, two -faced and manipulative woman. Gertrude's significance in the play is central. She creates the situation that Hamlet struggles with throughout the ... play and the tragedy the play ends with. She does this by falling in love with Claudius and collaborating with him to kill King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet's father. She did Claudius a fav...

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... his mom as a slut on the grounds that she wedded Claudius after her spouse's passing. Gertrude is not a slut. she thought she was making the best choice by cherishing her child and living her life. Ophelia, his mystery love, adores the young prince Hamlet, yet is induced against her ... what she needs (Hamlet's affection). Gertrude all through the play keeps up a calm status. She remains by Claudius and she adores him, while, cherishing her child. By her decision to love Claudius and remain by him she builds to the mayhem of the circumstance. Ophelia then again, is a sort of ... a blunt...

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... the people who are in charge of making sure that Hamlet gets murdered, get what they deserve. Hamlet and his Uncle Claudius don't get along too well because of all the commotion that Claudius has caused. Hamlet's had grown up with two other kids. They had no relation, but the father of this other family ... was just a friend and had a son and a daughter. Ophelia was the young girl. Hamlet led her to believe that he had the most undying love for her and would always love her. ... In his rage to catch the new King Claudius in act of sin he mistakes Ophelia's father for Claudius and ends ...

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... begins to overanalyze the situation, missing perfectly good opportunities to accomplish his task. For instance when he sees Claudius praying alone, he does not kill him. He thinks that Claudius's prayers are innocent and if he kills Claudius right away when he is praying he will send Claudius to heaven and not to hell. This is however not true as we see that when ... praying he says "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go"(3,iii,97-97). This tells us that Claudius does not feel guilty about the wrongs he has done by killing the king. Thus we...

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... will never lose importance is because of the incestuous relationship between Hamlet's mother, Queen Gertrude, and his uncle, King Claudius. Even in Elizabethan times, Hamlet would have been disturbed by his mother's new love. In act I, scene ii, Hamlet's disgust with his mother's incestuous relationship and pain over his father's death is ... months after the death of her husband. There would be endless rumors and problems arising from such a relationship, so the government would never allow Claudius to become king. The fact that incest will never go away and be an issue in whatever time...

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... : "So excellent a king, that was to this/Hyperion to a satyr". He compares his father to Hyperion to illustrate his beauty, power and love for Gertrude, although he had no knowledge of his character, of his believes because of their estranged relationship. The king was a weak father that never spent ... This is his duty to his father as a son, a duty that he hesitates on finalizing throughout the entire play. Although Hamlet himself desires to see Claudius pay for his crime, he realizes the evil in the deed of killing the king. The ghost has placed Hamlet in a most unnatural position by a...

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... uncle. Hamlet is entirely disgusted by the brevity of his mother's mourning, and the fact that she had married her deceased husband's brother (Claudius). Hamlets true feelings are exposed in act one scene two through his soliloquy. In Hamlet's soliloquy Shakespeare uses imagery, diction, and allusion to ... identify the severity of Hamlet's disgust towards his mother's marriage to Claudius. The strong imagery Shakespeare uses in this passage shows the near hate of Hamlet towards his mother. Hamlet is still lamenting his father's ... and Hercules. His father had not been dead for even t...

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... her son. Hamlet does not really show much respect for his mother while reproving her and forcing her to sit down but he does love her. Some critics believe that his love shows sexual connotation and that is a reason why he gets so upset at her remarriage. There is a point in this scene when ... us that she considers him to be mad and harmful. After this scene she becomes aware that Hamlet isn't mad and starts trusting him as opposed to Claudius. This is exactly how Shakespeare has presented women throughout the play: they are easy to convince, very meek and become submissive to the men (...

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... 1, Scene 2 as Hamlet struggles to come to terms with the death of his father and the remarriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius. Hamlet is depressed and longs for death, he even considering suicide, "O that this too too solid flesh would melt" However the catholic ... inferior Claudius who he sees as "satyr" a lecherous creature, half man, half goat. Again Hamlet liken his father to a god like figure, "but no more like my father Than I to Hercules" This reinforces Hamlets feelings of dislike towards his uncle. Hamlet remembers his father's powerful love for his ... , such as "heaven...

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... and Laertes. These two characters are enemies but have similar qualities and intentions in the play, leaving one difference. Hamlet's approach in taking revenge towards Claudius for killing his father was very slow because he pondered a lot. Where for Laertes, his act of taking revenge towards Hamlet was very quick and forceful ... he has no sense of self-control and he has lost his sanity. Hamlet also appeared to act crazy after discovering that his uncle, King Claudius, notoriously killed his father and then married his mother. Hamlet is hit with so many emotions that he eventually go...

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... mother, which has led many to believe that she is the object of his desire. I like many see that it is evident that Hamlet's true motivation for plotting against Claudius is that Claudius has robbed Hamlet of Gertrude; Hamlet could have pursued his mother, after his father died but marrying his mother would be morally wrong. The confrontation between Hamlet and Queen ... marriage to her former brother-in-law Claudius so soon after King Hamlet's death. In his allegation against his mother Hamlet harshly states "A bloody deed-almost as bad, good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his ...

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... his father died, and he is still in mourning for his father's death. Also he is upset because the new king, Claudius, is celebrating his recent wedding to his new wife, Gertrude. Claudius" new bride is Hamlet's mother, Gertrude and Claudius is also related to Hamlet, he is Hamlet's uncle and is now his step-father and Gertrude's brother-in-law is now ... her husband. Hamlet's mother married Claudius very soon after becoming a widow. Back to the events of the mysterious ghost sitting; Horatio, Marcellus and Bernardo enter the castle and talk with Hamlet about the ghost they have ... in...

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... way it's kind of like he has been left alone and no one care about him anymore. After learning that his uncle Claudius was the one who murdered his father, he is very ferrous. He seeks revenge at Claudius due to the return of his father as a ghost. His mother has remarried to the person Hamlet despises the most, which ... is his uncle Claudius. After his father only being gone for two months his mother has already remarried. Hamlet is disappointed by his mother's emotions to his father's death. He ... are the reasons why he chooses to use the option of suicide. I believe another key fa...

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... insane or not. The play hamlet is about a royal family whose king dies. The king was killed by his brother Claudius by pouring poison in his ear. After King Hamlet dies, his wife Queen Gertrude marries Claudius and he becomes king, leaving Gertrude and King Hamlet's son without having the throne. Throughout the book everything that has ... is when he says "I loved Ophelia:forty thousand brothers. Could not, with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum" (III.I.42). One could say that this quote means that Prince Hamlet has more love for Ophelia than her brother did. One could say that h...

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... innocent frame of mind. Hamlet learns the reality of evil through the murder of his father, King Hamlet. When the ghost tells him that Claudius murdered King Hamlet, Hamlet cries, "O my prophetic soul!- (1.5.40). This quote reveals that Hamlet never came close to thinking that such a murder would ... have occurred. Hamlet immediately loathes Claudius for his wicked ways and says, "O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain- (1.5.106). As soon as the ghost leaves the young prince to absorb ... an evil deed, he will soon perish and be forgotten. Therefore, the prince feels as if he has n...

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Hamlet's soliloquy shows how disgusted Hamlet is with Gertrude, Claudius and the world which is shown in the line "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world"(I,II,133-134). It also reveals ... how saddened he is by his father's death whom he admired and looked up to and Hamlet's mothers marriage to Claudius just adds to Hamlet's grief over his father. Hamlet's soliloquy provides a contrast to the restricted way he must talk to Claudius and the court holding back his true feelings over the situation. The main function of the soliloquy is to let ... come u...

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... mother is too much for the Dane to endure. His mother is another whom Hamlet feels betrayed him as well as her former husband by casting aside all love she felt for him and marrying his brother only a few months after his death. " Mother, you have my father much offended." (III; iv; 11 ... good mother, As kill a king, and marry with his brother. (III; iv; 29-30). Hamlet's emotions suffered another casualty with the loss of the love his life Ophelia. Hamlet distances himself away from her as part of his crazed disposition "plan". By insulting her and convincing Ophelia that he never love...

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... there are distinct differences among these relationships as well as the sons' actions carried out because of their fathers. Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet share love and respect for their respective fathers. They loved them enough to attempt to enact revenge upon their murders, even at the risk of their own ... the first act, he discovers the truth about the death of his father, and this causes Hamlet to be resolute in his hatred for Claudius, as well as his attempts to punish him for his wrongdoings. This basic aspect of loyalty is one of two notable similarities to the ... two fam...

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... what would be the effect of her actions on the lives of the people around her.when hamlet acuses her of marrying claudius out of lust, she admits her faults.her love for her son overshadows her love for her new husband, claudius and she decides to do whatever hamlet asks her to do.now we see a new gertrude who knows what she is ... ...

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... . By marrying his uncle, and her brother, she has, to him, pulled the last straw. He no longer has total respect for his mother because of that. Also knowing that Claudius has killed his father and is now sleeping with his very own mother, and is blood related, is one ultimate betrayal to Hamlet. He feels as though he is now ... and just wash them all away. He watched Ophelia fall and eventually drown. Those are all feelings he no longer wants to have to "move on" because he was in love with Ophelia. She betrayed him also, because of her controlling father. By deceiving him and helping P...

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