1. Relation of religion in the play-Hamlet
... wholesome blood (1.5.34-39, 59-70).[9] It is possible that "poison in the ear" is an image of temptation. In that case, Claudius's later whispered plottings with Laertes, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are further examples of "poison in the ear." In view of the development of poison imagery early in the play, it is significant that Hamlet, Claudius, and Laertes ultimately fall as victims ... rejected revenge, he was depicting a pre-Christian world, a world in which the revenge ethic still reigned supreme; thus, in the context of the play, Hamlet should have taken revenge. Eve...
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