... act in the play, and is the catalyst for all the other rotten acts. The other treacherous act is when Prince Hamlet kills the king Claudius. Even though this was a blatant act of revenge for his father's death, it is still considered a treacherous act. "Treason! Treason! / O yet defend me, friends. I am but hurt" (V, ii, 328-239). The first line was said ... ...
... ). Hamlet is mad at the fact that his mother would disrespect his father by marrying his brother. Hamlet probably feels like yelling and screaming at her and telling her how blatant she is, but he controls himself because it is his mother and he must respect her. A.C. Bradley says, "He must lock his heart, not any suspicion of his uncle that ... ...
... ; a protagonist that is ultimately destroyed both emotionally and physically. With this soliloquy, Shakespeare has set Hamlet as this fated protagonist. Through the use of literary terms, Shakespeare has shown the blatant emotional disturbance caused by the events recent up to this point in the play. Hamlet is obviously at this point suffering the first of many blows to his emotional psyche ... ...
... of a king?"and that he is tired of them being used as puppets by the king for information then discarded.Not to be left out, Guildenstern hears probably the most blatant attack on any character in the play 8"You would play upon me, you/ Would seem to know my stops, you would pluck/ Out the heart of my mystery, you would ... ...
... ?" Act 2 opens with Polonius worrying about Laertes. He is requesting that Reynaldo visit Laertes and gain his confidence in order to find out what he is up to. This shows blatant duplicity and corruption. Polonius is consumed with appearance, always trying to appear as a caring person, a man who loves his son, Laertes. By sending a spy to entrap his son he shows ... ...
