... . "I took thee for thy better"-this is when Hamlet was speaking to his mother. As Hamlet was intimidating his mother, she cnied in fear for help. Polomious, who was eavesdropping on their conversation came to her rescue and Hamlet, believing him to be the king, killed him. ... moral expectations of the Elizabethan audience. Church, state and the regular morals of people during this age did not accept revenge in any circumstance, no matter what the original deed was. Revenge was considered a sin and blasphemy endangered the soul of the avenger. Retaliation meant going against the ... not...

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... may lead to an appropriate destination without coming across the hurdles and dangers on the way. The above statement is directly linked with Shakespeare's play Hamlet in which Shakespeare has incorporated different advices through different characters which along with their own benefits within these advices were of much help and guidance to the ... wanted to do was to eradicate the king's name from everyone's heart and take his place by playing politics, so that everyone would forget him and no one may ever feel his absence or want to get in to the detail of his sudden death. Claudius, H...

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... primacy with Gertrude's affections. He just becomes very disillusioned and hostile toward the one person he thought would support him in his time of need (Lidz 230). He was in fear of reality (because of how badly it shattered his dreams) and he needed the one person he thought he could trust. But it also could of resulted from the fact ... that Hamlet has suspicions that Gertrude might have been in the plot to kill his father. However Shakespeare keeps this thought in the air by not having Hamlet outright ask his mother about it. (Charlton, 67). I think this also can be seen as an atte...

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