... really Polonius hurting his own daughter. Polonius didn't feel Hamlet's feelings for Ophelia were long term. After his father died, his uncle betrayed, a brotherhood, and his love was lost. Thanks to other people's careless, self-motivated actions, his life was ruined due to these unlikely occurrences. Even the attempt to kill Hamlet ended in the death of other people. The only other thing that can ... effect Hamlet in such a dramatic way could be the death of his mother. So ... no longer sane and his goal is to make sure Claudius feels the same result. Hamlet's life now at this point,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , "to be or not to be :" is already a complete contrast to the second, for it is far more logic and calmer and Hamlet throughout can be described as a reflective philosopher, expressing his thoughts on fundamental questions on life and death, which is different to the previous where there role of the revenger, thinker/questioning and self critic come through. Soliloquies are when the ... part of his true nature and is a major aspect to his complexity because to fully describe and understand him, all the characters within him must be acknowledged. An aspect in Hamlet's situation that can ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... leads him to his "To Be or Not To Be" speech (3.1). This soliloquy is another example of Hamlet's unbalance of psyche. He is clearly emotional in this scene, yet out of his emotions comes very logical statements. He starts by questioning the value of his life, "To be, or not to be, that is the question:/ Whether "tis nobler in the mind ... him. He reacted without any thought whatsoever, and this time, the consequences proved to be fatal. Had Hamlet taken one second to think about his actions, he probably would have saved his own life. The murder of Polonius gave the king a new reason to...

• Word Count: 1980
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School