... . This crime is a central event of the play that two main characters each reflect upon in their own manner. Shakespeare uses many tools including tone and syntax to reveal how each character feels about the event. Tone is an important aspect of all Shakespeare's works. In lines 42- ... Hamlet would expose the crimes of his uncle and avenge his father's death. In contrast to the ghost's opinion of the crime, King Claudius feels mixed remourse and self serving ambition. In lines 36-39, Claudius compares his crime to the crime of Cain in the Bible. "It hath the primal eldest curse upon't......

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... delayed when Claudius sends him to England after discovering that Hamlet mistakenly murdered Polonius, thinking it was Claudius. On Hamlet's journey to England he observes the Prince of Norway, whose ambition motivates Hamlet to successfully avenge his father. Hamlet states, "O, from this time forth / My thoughts be bloodily or be nothing worth" (4.4.68-69), which indicates that Hamlet is now willing ... to lose his own life in exchange for his father's revenge. Hamlet manages to escape from his escorts and return to Denmark. Realizing that he has not done anything yet, Hamlet acts imme...

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... lands. Musing on the futility of his actions, Hamlet, who still has to avenge the death of his father and his mother's dishonoring, reproaches his own inactivity. First Hamlet condemns his existence by pointing out that a man has little worth if all of his time is spent eating and sleeping, adopting the ... Hamlet refers to his revenge as a "dull revenge". It is the experience of seeing the great army that Fortinbras commands that causes Hamlet to realize his own inactivity. The army consists of a twenty thousand men willing to lay down their lives for one cause. Witness this army of su...

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... behavior - so as to give them explanations for his noticeable, irrational behavior. With Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, he rationalizes that his behavior is merely frustrated ambition; with the Queen and King, that it is their marriage that has upset him; and with Polonius and Ophelia, that it is frustrated love that ... mad if he wants Claudius to believe him, so Hamlet uses his confrontations with Ophelia to display it. Ophelia is manipulated by Hamlet for his own personal gain, but in reality he must deal with personal loss. Not only has he not fooled Claudius, he has fooled poor Ophel...

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... he valued most in life and therefore makes his vengeance and act of God himself. His divination gives him the power to enact his retribution but he still lacks the ambition to complete the task at hand. It is ironic that in the end his lethargy causes a circumvolution and his role is reversed from being the methodic predator to the victim ... wickedness that so easily sleuths through her perpetually wicked veins. Some critics argue that justice was not served adequately in the final scenes of the play, but Gertrude created her own finality by allowing her mortal inclinations to precede ...

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... is permanent. Just like the stock market, it may have a month of amazing growth, but soon it will fall. Bear in mind about his future; his will is not his own. When the business passes down to him, he needs to make decisions based on the welfare of the company, and you will no longer be his priority. He is young ... now and as his ambition and responsibilities grow, his love is going to change. So if he says he loves you, let your wisdom help you to know that he can only give you as ... ...

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... response to hearing of Fortinbras" conquest of a worthless patch of land, reacts: "Witness this army of such mass and charge, / Led by a delicate and tender prince, / Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed / But greatly to find quarrel in a straw/ When honor's at stake." (Act.4.4.50-59) Hamlet, while praising Fortinbras" spirit, brings under scrutiny Fortinbras" intentions, and motives. Fortinbras" conquest was ... a number of times in the play and emotions carried great weight in his judgment. During the funeral procession of Ophelia, as Laertes is pouring out his heart in grief, Ham...

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