... it and throws him out. The audience already knew the legend of how Oedipus found out about the man whom he had killed, and the fact that his mother was now also his wife. The fact that the audience already knew the legend and what would happen in the play created the situational irony. Among the situational ironies that occurs in Oedipus the King, Oedipus declares that to find the murderer of the king, he will "fight for ... him as if he were my father-- the audience knowing, of course, that the king was Oedipus' father. Shakespeare includes many situational ironies in his ... ...

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... marriage to is uncle, and this causes some deep seeded emotional problems for Hamlet. I can not talk about Hamlet's emotional state without also going into the fact that Hamlet already suspects the King of killing his father, before the ghost tells him so (Leavenwoth, 34). First I will go elaborate on how Hamlet, at certain times, was clearly not feigning insanity, but that insanity only ... lasted for brief periods of time because of the emotional blows that Hamlet undergoes. I and many literary folk believe that Hamlet suffered from a Oedipus complex. Freud described this ... . And no...

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... response is: "O speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears"." This could suggest that she could not see the obvious reason behinds Hamlets new found animosity towards herself and Claudius because she is shallow and extremely self involved. However one could interpret this ... avenge his father. Throughout the play, Hamlet faces internal conflict about having to kill Claudius which is conveyed by Shakespeare soliloquies. It is something he has to do, wants to do, but something he can't do. This could be because of his "Oedipus Complex," Hamlet has feelings of ... guilt ...

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