... pride. He is putting at risk the lives of many men in order to maintain his reputation. This shows the rash action that defines him as a conventional revenge hero. Hamlet is a completely contrasting character to Laertes and Fortinbras. Laertes' and Fortinbras' situations are reflected in Hamlet's, but the complexity of Hamlet's character is what separates him from them. What is most ... obvious about Hamlet is his continual contemplation and deliberation. The majority of the play is spent taking ... the audience through Hamlet's moral turmoil and dilemma. "To be or not to be - ( ... ...

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... third soliloquy has a much different tone and attitude then the previous two in that Hamlet is finally coming to see himself in a different light, as if looking back on someone who he once was and is no more. In seeing the great army that Fortinbras has assembled something has lit up Hamlets mind in almost an epiphany like state where he finally come to accept that ... he must carry out the revenge of his father even in the face of his fear and unrest. Hamlet sees that he has reason much greater then Fortinbras and his army of men who fight for a place "Which is not tomb enough and cont...

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... play itself, three very important characters make decision too quickly. The first, and most disastrous one, would be the Queen's marriage to her brother-in-law only two months after King Hamlet had been murdered. Because of this marriage, all the other events occur. Laertes and Fortinbras both wanted to avenge their father's deaths without truly thinking about the consequences of their actions ... . In the play, Laertes ends up being killed because of his need to avenge his father's death, which brought him into a death dual with Hamlet. Fortinbras risks his own life to come to Denmark t...

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... is a better person than Claudius. Claudius is considered by some to be a good king, despite the means by which he obtained the throne. He did prevent Fortinbras from coming in and taking over the country. But you have to remember that Claudius is also a villain, a murderer, a traitor, and a liar. Claudius killed his own ... by the one that now holds the crown, Claudius; he questions that to be sure that it wasn't a trick or that the ghost wasn't lying. Hamlet says later in the play, "The spirit that I have seen may be the devil; and the devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape; yea,...

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... it. Though, it is this very same mask that begins to fit his face. We can start to see his secret becoming a splinter in his mind, as if thoughts become two sided. Yet another hint into Hamlet's madness appears in Act III:ii, by which he already stages a play and by doing so, will let him know the truth of his Father's murderer ... and at the same time allow Claudius to see his plan. After the he decides Hamlet then tries to logically reason which direction in life, or choice, is dignified to pursue. Hamlet first makes the choice then he decides which one is better. This is not the reas...

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... fate of Polonius' family because their deaths were not the consequences of their own sinful actions rather by the innocent involvement in the schemes of Claudius and Hamlet. Although some may say that Polonius deserved his death because of his sneaky style. Even though all he was really doing ... way of life that existed in castle Elsinore. We see the room littered with dead beings and Fortinbras taking his rightful throne among the vengeful. There is also a bit of foreshadowing found in Hamlet from all the way in the beginning. Hamlet drawing on biblical allusions, Hamlet redefines the...

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... anymore and feels very insecure and desolated. Even her brother Laertes is not there to console her. So, because of his father's death and Hamlet's behavior, Ophelia goes mad and commits "suicide". Her death is the most unostentatious and poetic; the way she died, make us feel sorrowful ... The King, because of his ambitions, dies and Hamlet accomplished his revenge. Before dying, Hamlet asks Horatio, his confidant and better friend, one who provides information necessary to move the play along, to tell his story to everybody and also tells Fortinbras that he approves him as a successor ...

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... indecisive on how to channel his emotions into a productive plan. After much thought, he decides that he will seek revenge through Claudius's guilt (Hazlitt). This is shown in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 2. "Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad ... illustration of his inability to coordinate his thoughts and actions, which might be considered his tragic flaw (Coleridge). In Act 4, Scene 4, Hamlet compares his inaction with Fortinbras's action (Coleridge). He captures a n...

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