... or not. Many readers have spent a great deal of time pondering this matter; it's interesting though that no one seems to have gotten anywhere. I believe Hamlet is not mad, I am in no doubt that he has full control over his mind, although sometimes he takes it too far without thinking ahead of the ... his friend Horatio of this, and makes him promise never to tell a soul why he is acting with such weird behavior. It begins when Polonius forbids Ophelia to see Hamlet. Hamlet is on to this, so the next time he meets her he dresses as if something is terribly wrong with him. His clothes are ...

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... he sees the Prince of Denmark, which just died. Horatio tells Hamlet what happened and then Hamlet confesses his upset feelings of his mother remarrying after his father's death. Meanwhile, Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet, because Hamlet is deeply in love with her. When Hamlet tries to kill Claudius, he kills Polonius and because of that outcome Ophelia commits suicide over the death ... of her father. Claudius then requests that Hamlet should be killed, so Claudius then poisons Hamlet's drink. The Queen drank it by accident and ... she died. While they all ba...

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... been thouroughly engulfed in the deluge of blood and bad feelings he let loose by killing Polonius. Before the fighting starts we get an interesting contradiction from Hamlet. On one hand he feels almost giddy about sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths. On the other hand ... Earth was to help a friend in need should net him some credit. Hamlet's main flaw is his reckless vengeance which resulted in his killing of Polonius and really opened the gates that held back the blood. Hamlet isn't corrupt at all at least not in the same sense you would ... and the ghost goaded h...

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... his father. The voiced opinions of the characters are what really clouds the audience's judgement. There are many instances of that. Polonius, for example, attributes Hamlet's insanity to the disappointed love for Ophelia. His hypothesis, which he believes deeply and tries to convince the king and the queen of, ... Hamlet's rational, sane acts by far outweigh the things that he has said and done that make him look as if he's crazy. There are some plots that he has devised that a madman would never be able to figure out. How would a madman that is planning to assassinate the king ever comp...

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... knows that nothing can be done to harm him because he is a prince. He uses this when he kills Polonius. There is also another more concrete hidden there. While in the chamber with his mother, Hamlet here's a rustling behind the arras. He thinks nothing but to plunge his rapier into the flowing fabric. He ... kills Polonius who is obscured by the curtain. Then I thought of an interesting point. The only reason he was able ... to kill him was because he was behind the drapery. Hamlet could have murdered before this but never did. I think the veil ... to the figure though, he is alone. H...

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... it may be directed by divine will or by chance. A complex personality at the play's start, Hamlet is all the more fascinating because he undergoes dramatic character development. Claudius: A usurping villain who kills his own brother, Claudius is clearly the source of the rottenness that pervades Denmark. He is a ... toward Gertrude, Claudius is not completely beyond redemption. Gertrude: Just how deeply Gertrude is involved in her second husband's plot to kill Old Hamlet is unclear; by the final scene, it seems that the Queen was ignorant of the crime. Nevertheless, she marries her brot...

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... emotions that further provide fuel to his plans of taking revenge. All of Shakespeare's plays comment on certain inevitable factions of the society. In Hamlet, Shakespeare shows that when greed takes over, man does not know what he is doing. He loses all his common senses and also the ... ability to think correctly in order to be able to differentiate the right from the wrong. In Hamlet, it is Claudius who succumbs to his greed and eventually kills his own brother and then marries his sister-in-law, all in order to achieve and maintain the crown. ... of the play, but instead enhance th...

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... asks his mother to change her ways, which she agrees to and asks for his advice, showing that she has submitted herself to 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 ... After the closet scene Gertrude keeps faith to her son and lies to her husband Claudius for Hamlet saying he killed Polonius in his madness: `And in his brainish apprehension Kills the unseen good old man' Then when Hamlet returns back to Elsinore and is arguing with Laertes, Gertrude seems worried about the co...

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... his father's death, " So uncle, there you are. Now to my word| It is "adieu, adieu! Remember me.| I have sworn't" (111-113). Hamlet's decision to avenge his father's death illustrates his impulsiveness. Later on in Act 3 scene 1 he is unsure of what the ghost represents "May be devil, and ... his indecisiveness and foreshadows his contemplative attitude. Laertes is the son of Polonius and a soldier. He spends most of his time in France. Laertes" persona illustrates Hamlet's need to complete the task at hand (revenge) as well as Hamlet's impulsiveness. Like Hamlet, Laertes is a good warr...

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... is not all that swift, tells us that he is prone to ponder things from various angles before acting. Hamlet's impulsive actions lead him to act irrationally. He killed Polonius and set up Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to be murdered without showing any remorse for his actions. He doesn't hesitate ... 3 Scene 3, but as Hamlet enters the room, Claudius kneels to ask for forgiveness. Hamlet lets this opportunity pass when he gets the idea that Claudius may go to heaven if he is killed while praying. "And so am I reveng'd. That would be scann'd: A villain kills my father, and for that ... ...

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... was able to distract those around him and concentrate on finding out whether or not Claudius murdered his father. He convinced his mother (Gertrude) and Polonius that he was mad toward the fair Ophelia, mad for her love. While Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don't know what to make of his mental state ... has spoken with the players about adapting a few of his own lines to the play of, The Murder of Gonzago. So Hamlet can determine whether Claudius is guilty of King Hamlet's death, by creating "The Mousetrap" for Claudius to see what reaction he will have once the play is performed. During ...

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... first act. It brought up a lot of suspense and excitement because of all the mystery that surrounds this topic. It wasn't clear whether Hamlet was planning to do anything or not. Shakespeare uses this very well in order to prepare the reader for the rising action, which will ... realization of the murder the amount of suspense that it does, includes the actions of the ghost. The ghost acts very mysteriously and Hamlet has to fight with himself in order to decide whether to really believe his father's ghost or not. That progression itself provides a lot ... Hamlet continues to follow the ...

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... Claudius to have the chance his father never did, to be "fit and seasoned for his passage" (III,iii,86) before his death. Ironically, the reader finds out later that Hamlet should have taken his revenge at this point after all: Though Claudius' "words fly up, [his] thoughts remain below" (III,iii,98), and he hasn't really had absolution. After ... control. What Shakespeare presents here is that revenge, when fair, is best dealt swiftly and not put off a moment longer than necessary. After Hamlet's missed attempt at revenge, everything that could possibly go wrong does. He accidentally k...

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