... I"ll catch the conscience of the king". The play works but does not make Hamlet take action just yet. When hamlet is most bound to act, he gets puzzled and lost. This is most likely the reason why Hamlet does not take advantage of the opportunity to kill Claudius when he is at his prayers. Hamlet can not have his revenge ... Ophelia. It is only after Ophelia's death that Hamlet expresses his true love for her. Hamlet declares his love for Ophelia as she is lying in her grave. "I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum". Sadly Hamle...

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... Hamlet, Ophelia is an innocent, nave little girl that put too much trust in the men in her life. She is a very young teenager who lost her mother, possibly at birth. She has a father Polonius and a brother Laertes who have gone to great measures to shelter her from the harsh realities ... his father's murderer. Hamlet, while observing his mother in action comes to the conclusion that deceitfulness is a woman's true nature. So he decided to test Ophelia's loyalty. Ophelia, who truly does love Hamlet, but at the same time loves and wants to obey her father and brother, is having an emotio...

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... other times, when he is most bound to act, he remains puzzled, undecided, and sceptical, dallies with his purposes, till the occasion is lost, and finds out some pretence to relapse into indolence and thoughtfulness again. For this reason he refuses to kill the King when he is at ... he might be excused in delicacy from carrying on a. regular courtship. "I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love Make up my sum." Nothing can be more affecting or beautiful than the Queen's apostrophe to Ophelia on throwing the flowers into the grave. ""Sweets ... sh...

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... as she killed herself she was still singing little songs and playing with the flowers, while when Hamlet was dying he was calm and rational, his true sane self. Secondly, truly insane people can not make swift, rational decisions with common sense and plan ahead. Hamlet shows both of these qualities ... 2, Lines 533-534). Hamlet has a discussion with himself about how plays can make guilty people confess their crimes. He states, "Play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle; I"ll observe his looks." (Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 593-595) Hamlet is sane and smart enough to know...

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... sexual tension between Hamlet and his mother, which has led many to believe that she is the object of his desire. I like many see that it is evident that Hamlet's true motivation for plotting against Claudius is that Claudius has robbed Hamlet of Gertrude; Hamlet could have pursued his mother, after his father died but marrying his mother would be morally ... marry with his brother" (29-30, 1634), "In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stewed in corruption, honeying and making love Over the nasty sty!"( 94-96, 1636) "O speak to me no more! These words like daggers enter in my ears. No m...

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