... is already unsure of what to believe and what to do, and the tension of his uncertainty arises as he speaks to heaven in his soliloquy at the end of Act One, Scene Five. Hamlet was indecisive on how to channel his emotions into a productive plan. After much thought, he decides that he will seek revenge through Claudius's guilt (Hazlitt). This is shown ... ) In Hamlets soliloquy in Act Three, Scene One, he ponders the value of his own life by contemplating the moral aspects of suicide, life, death, and afterlife (Shakespeare). Hamlet cannot trust anyone because he is surrounded by people ...

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... intense emotion and it is clear that he is going to take action in order to gain revenge on his father's murderer. He is not concerned with what will happen to him in this life or after his death, and he states, "that both the worlds I give to negligence, let come what comes- (IV.V.131). The only thing of consequence is vengeance for his ... his continual contemplation and deliberation. The majority of the play is spent taking the audience through Hamlet's moral turmoil and dilemma. "To be or not to be - (III.I.56) is the most famous quote from the play and reflects the constant uncerta...

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... the King, for their own selfish reasons. She killed herself after knowledge of her fathers' death. Last to die was Laertes, it is easily seen how Laertes, in the heat of his anger could conspire to murder, though he kills Hamlet he is avenging his fathers' death, an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600's. Therefore it is overlooked. Laertes in his ... as brush strokes to paint a powerful picture. He uses the castle of Elsinore and it's vicinity to depict a rundown and depressing place where incest and murder are a normal part of life. Where revenge is a commonplace motiv...

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