... parent's duty to teach their kids what to do and deter them, sometimes by punishment. But the punishment is not revenge like; it is out of love. Similarly, the just person should never harm others insofar as that includes taking delight in seeing others harmed. - The just person is the one that ... understand it? Plato seems to have no straightforward answer for how to keep evil in check without experience of it. Stories won't do: just as the love of a parent is non-fungible (i.e. can't be understood or replaced in any other way), so is the experience of evil. Bottom line: Despite initia...

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• Grade Level: High School

... inside him he is truly mad until it is released by some cleansing means (Babcock, 112). It can be clearly stated that Hamlet really is in love with his mother, and expects her to be a supporting mother figure that is going to cradled Hamlet and take care of his needs, basically mother ... rest of the play his words seem haphazard and spurned on by disillusionment (Lidz, 130). He is here making an attempt to not only regain the love of his mother, but a passion whose flames were ignited by Gertrude's hasty marriage. The dear and lovely Ophelia is another person who plays a pivotal ... si...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 's words, perceived mad, proved to be profound, was with his encounter with Polonius. Polonius, trying to keenly pry from Hamlet his ailment, strikes up a seemingly innocent conversation with Hamlet. To test his madness, Polonius asks Hamlet if he knows Polonius. when Hamlet replies wittingly, Polonius is assured that it was the talk of a mad man. "Do you know me, my Lord ... let all sleep . . . the imminent death of twenty thousand men . . for a fantasy and trick of fame . . go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot. (IV.V.55-63) The true test of Hamlet's transcendence into kingshi...

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• Grade Level: High School