... . Hamlet says that he will forget everything he has learned ever since he was a child so he may remember his father's ghost. Later on in the play, his only purpose in life is to avenge for his father's death. Hamlet was shocked by what the ghost has revealed to him, He decides to wipe out everything else from his memory and to only remember ... and this won't be simply discipline for the demonstrations which he has conferred. "And that his soul will be as damned and black as hell" (Act 3 Scene 3) this metaphor adds atmosphere because Hamlet contrasts his uncle's spirit with darkness and ...

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... womb and seed germination, both of which take place in the dark; darkness is the complementary opposite of light in a fundamental duality. Darkness can also encompass a primitive chaos, and the powers of that chaos; it is not essentially evil, yet it is largely associated with death and destruction. Victor struggles with his mother's death and the evil forces, which took her away from him. He sees ... the world as dark and his mother as light, highlighting the power of his deep seeded, primitive feelings of death and longing for rebirth of himself and his mother. Victor spends time alon...

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