... such a cruel manner, her life would not have ended so soon. Hamlet also reveals an inhumane and cynical side at the grave scene. When Laertes proclaims his love for Ophelia and his sorrow for her death, Hamlet rushes from his concealment and jumps into the ... grave after Laertes. Hamlet insults Laertes when he states, Forty thousand brothers/ Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum ... (Jump, 125). However, there are a great deal of textual evidence which indicates that this is an incorrect conclusion. When Bernardo and Francisco are keeping guard, Francisco notes ...

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... up the stairs into the lobby. [Act IV, scene iii, lines 33-36]. Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers/Could not, with all their quantity of love,/ Make up my sum [Act V, scene I, lines 250-253], during the fight ... with Laertes in Ophelia's grave, but he tells her that he never loved her, when she returns his letters and gifts, while she was still alive. Hamlet subtly hints his awareness of his dissolving sanity ... ...

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... out that Oedipus was her son. A messenger tells the chorus of the incident in the following quote: She died by her own hand cried to her husband Laius in the grave, with mention of that seed whereby he sowed death for himself, and left her a son to get her fresh children, shamefully. So wept she for her bridal's double woe husband ... ...

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... has a mask of madness, then it proves that he cares not for Ophelia. His actions towards her are atrocious, his attacks basically unwarranted. After she kills herself, Hamlet finds her grave site and says, from his true self, "I loved Ophelia, Forty thousand brothers/ could not with their quantity of love/ Make up my sum."" If Hamlet loved Ophelia so, then he ... ...

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Chapter Summaries with Notes Act One Scene 1: The Coin Spin Summary Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two well-dressed Elizabethan men in the middle of a coin-spinning game. Their location is featureless. Whoever calls the ... ...

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