... encounter"d: a figure like your father Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pie, (I,ii 196-200) Horatio's care for Hamlet is seen here. He makes sure that Hamlet is aware of the apparition, and the events surrounding the appearance of his father's ghost. Upon hearing the news of ... ii, 333-335) Horatio's willingness to give up his own life is a true testament of the care that Horatio feels towards Hamlet. In his last words ever spoken to Hamlet, Horatio sums up his true feelings for him in a mere statement. " Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince ... by the spirit of Hamlet's fath...

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... ears. Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled b rascal, peak Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing" (2,2,490-502) Hamlet is obviously very upset and even crazed by his inability to express the enormousness of his inner conflict as the actor can so easily show his emotions for ... office, and the spurns That patient merit of th"unworthy takes When he himself make his quietus make With a bare bodkin?" (3,1,70-77) During Hamlet's soliloquy he continually refers to himself in terms of all humanities fears and injustices. We see his mood as being one that is logical and almos...

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... Who's there?"(1:1:1) This seems a rather odd line to open a play with, especially as there is no introduction or initial explanation as to what the play Hamlet is to be about. However, what this line does symbolise is the uneasy atmosphere into which the audience is lead and the sense of dread and foreboding ... 's writing is well known for long speeches and blank verse, so it is therefore unexpected when the opening scene contains short disjointed lines and sharp comments, "Barnardo: Have you had a quiet guard? Francisco: Not a mouse stirring. Barnardo: Well, good night." (1:1:10-13) The...

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... it through the same metaphors. Many other characters used the decaying matter to describe different aspects of the decaying morals of the people of Denmark. Hamlet himself described the situation of his mother's marriage almost immediately after his father's death as an " unweeded garden that grows to seed; things rank ... viewed as being beautiful and symbolize health and growth. If a garden becomes infested or the integrity of that garden declines it will lose its beauty. Hamlet described his life as a once beautiful garden. After his father's death and his mother's marriage he felt th...

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... observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain" (1054, line 100). Hamlet is stating his utmost commitment to nothing short of revenge of his fathers' death. At this juncture in the play, there is little doubt about his state of mind, ... or intentions. However, the next act belies Hamlet's sanity and reason. In act two, Hamlet appears again, although it now becomes apparent ... have killed Claudius by now. Therein, lies the struggle between acting, and actual vengeance, that persists throughout the play until the very end. At thi...

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... musings" (1) that are often believed to be mad ramblings. During Hamlet's soliloquies, Shakespeare creates the illusion of insanity through structure, with spontaneous, erratic speech. This is achieved through short sentences and rapid changes of topic and views from Hamlet, "But two months dead, nay, not so much, not ... two! / So excellent a King; that was to this / Hyperion to a satyr". [I.ii.138-140] This reveals the depth of emotion and turmoil within Hamlet's mind. ... Hyland stated Ophelia was "An appropriate figure to embody the conflicting tensions of a changing society"(4). Oph...

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... speak no more; these words, like daggers, enter mine ears: No more Sweet Hamlet!"(Act 3 scene 4, line 95-97). Gertrude's guilt is short lived as the Ghost appears to Hamlet. Since she cannot see the ghost; Gertrude's assumes Hamlet to be mad with hallucinations. Queen: "This is the very coinage of your brain ... This bodiless creation of ecstsy Is very cuning in"(Act 3, scene 4, line 138-140) With Hamlet appearing to be ... , whom I will trust as I will adder fang"d"(Act 3 scene 4 line 204-205). This foreshadows that the Claudius's plot will be spoiled! and Hamlet will return. Love, hon...

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