... the protagonist's description for the world. Hamlet is trying to grapple with the death of his father and remarriage of his mother, thereby causing him to use metaphors to present his melancholic state of mind: How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't, ah fie, tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess ... , but is an allegation Hamlet incorporates in the play "the Murder of Gonzago- sexuality is somehow a concoction used to poison Old Hamlet: Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, With Hecat's...

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... be tracked through individual scenes and is evident in Act 3, scene 4 as any other. In this scene character development expands immensely. Hamlet, in a fit of rage, demonstrates that he does possess the ability to act by killing Polonis. Polonis: "What, ho! Help, help; help!" Hamlet: "how now! Arat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!" Polonis: "O, I am slain"(Act 3, Scene4, line 23-25). This murder ... is what Hamlet expected to be the demise of Claudius, but is shocked to discover Polonis behind the curtain. Hamlet then turns his aggressions back toward Gertrude; consequently we learn why Hamlet...

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• Grade Level: High School