... her by putting his head in her lap and bantering with her. Hamlet is also responsible for the death of Ophelia's father, Polonius. In the closet scene, Hamlet mistook her father for the king, and he fatally stabbed him. Gertrude called this a rash and bloody deed (III, iii, 27). He later shows that he has no remorse for this inhumane actions when he tells Claudius ... not be abnormal for him to express grief or appear to be sick. Wilson Knight also overlooks the positive sides of Hamlet. At the end of the nunnery scene, Ophelia laments the that a noble mind is here overthrown:/ The cour...

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... , seek him I' th' other place yourself. But, indeed, if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby. [Act IV, scene iii, lines 33-36]. Hamlet's behavior throughout the play, especially towards Ophelia is inconsistent. He jumps into Ophelia's grave, and fights with Laertes in her grave. He professes I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand ... . On him, on him! Look you how pale he glares!/ his form and cause conjoined, preaching to stones / Would make them capable. [Act III, scene IV, lines 126-128]. Throughout the play, there are also supporting f...

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... am I revenged. That would be scanned: a villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. (III.III.73-78) Next show of Hamlet's over used, over questioning brain is his contemplation of his own death. As I have stated before, Hamlet felt very much ... - to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-acke and the thousand natural shocks. . . (III.I.56-65) Using his genius brain, Hamlet also weighs the pros and cons of suicide. Preparing for the worst actions to follow his suicide; eternal damnation, or eternal sleep; Hamlet votes ... ag...

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... thought that Hamlet was not sincere with her and that he was just using her on the basis of his position. This is why giving his advice he also said that, " Hold it a fashion, and toy in blood- (Act 1, scene iii, line 6). Laertes and Ophelia were very close to each other and through this advice ... of his it reveals that he was a very considerate brother who wanted the to see his sister happy . So he told her that even if Hamlet loved her ... any relations with Hamlet due to which in one of the part of his advice he said that "I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth Have you s...

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... is. I know not "seems". Tis not alone my inky cloak, {good} mother, Nor customary suits if solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes' of grief, That can {denote} me truly. These indeed "seem," For they are actions that a man might play; But ... to lose by Hamlet's madness or feigned madness. Finally, a little later in the play the King's diagnosis of Hamlet is " [] Was not madness. There's something in his soul,/ Oer which his melancholy sits on brood,/ and I ...

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• Grade Level: High School