... expects she would be a little sadder or look more distraught. When she answers, "Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty", Hamlet seems to go on the defense and uses the alternate definition of honesty meaning virtue or morality. He says that the power of beauty will sooner ... and Thesaurus). In Shakespeare's writings, a knave can mean a servant that cares for the horses as well, which is an insult to a noble man. In short, I think he is saying that all men are bad and that she should never trust any men: "Believe none of us." I also think that he means ... also s...

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... with their parents when privacy is violated, however, this "despicable" act wouldn't happen if there weren't enough evidence present to investigate. Allow me to elaborate with an example in the short story "My Son the Murderer," written by Bernard Malamud. This story is about a distant father and son relationship, which is based on silence. The father, Leo, considers his son, Harry ... 't have a parent to ask her what was wrong, or to be aware of her whereabouts every Saturday night. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" also deals with the issue of the invasion of privacy. At the beginning of the play...

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