... scene he asks Ophelia, Where's your father? (III, i, 131). This indicates that he has become aware of Polonius' presence. It is after this point that Hamlet launches his most vicious attack upon Ophelia when he criticizes that she jigs, ambles lisps, and make[s] [her] wantonness [her] ignorance (III, i, 147). Hamlet is not being inhumane. He is cruel to Ophelia because he ... a great deal of textual evidence which indicates that this is an incorrect conclusion. When Bernardo and Francisco are keeping guard, Francisco notes that tis bitter cold,/ And I am sick at heart (I, i, 7-8). The g...

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... period. Why what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words. Here, audiences may experience a great sense of compassion and understanding, and thus align themselves with Hamlet. Throughout this Act II soliloquy, audiences become further aware of the tragic ... flaw in our hero. "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!" We see Hamlet openly attack himself and the tone of the language is forcefully resentful. As Hamlet further denounces himself, his self loathing beco...

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