... more modern pieces and was always ready and willing to recite a line to entertain. However, it is this that I will miss most of you and I am sure all present today will miss these qualities in you. Hamlet was deeply in love with the recently departed fair Ophelia, daughter of Polonious, who also sadly ... restore nobility to the royal family. Hamlet, as your dying wish I promised that I would tell the people what you have done for your country and I am honoured that I can share your story here today. You showed great bravery and trust that fateful night on the platform during our watch. A...

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... poisoned wine, intended for Hamlet, and dies. "No, no, the drink, the drink "O my dear Hamlet "the drink, the drink! I am poisoned-(5.2.278-279). If Gertrude had not wanted to keep her status so desperately she would not have taken the fatal drink of the poisoned wine, therefore greed ... In this quote Laertes tells Claudius that he will follow through with his plane and kill Hamlet. "Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe I am justly killed with mine own treachery-(5.2.275-276). In this quote Laertes realizes how foolish he was because Hamlet cut him with the very sword he poisoned. .....

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... very fortunate life, his final weeks were filled with a tragedy none of us should have to bear, but still, he embraced life in all it's diversity and I am sure that he has, in some way touched the lives of all of us here today. Hamlet passed away young, a mere 30 years of age, and I ... King Hamlet, one of the most paramount kings this country has ever on looked, and Queen Gertrude, our countries finest lady has now also sadly passed away. I am sure that all of you here today looked up to Hamlet as a influential, elite young prince, but I knew him to a deeper and more profound extent tha...

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... other than the deceitful King Claudius, and Hamlet can no longer be held accountable for these actions. The appearance of the ghost of late King Hamlet brought prince Hamlet out of his state of mourning and into a quest for revenge. The ghost told his son "the serpent that did sting my ... On King Claudius's wishes, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern were invited to Elsinore to discover what ailed Hamlet. Hamlet however saw through their trickery and said to them, "I am but mad north, north west when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw." Hamlet confided in me about his decision...

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... this school been a waste? These are many of the questions you will be asking yourself in years to come. Good evening graduating class of 2003 of the National Film School. I am Christian Case many of you would have heard of me for my famous films and masterpieces that I produced. Let me tell you a little about me. I was born in Australia during ... the WW2, brought up in a large family with 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Since I was 5 I have loved watching movies and started to go to a school just like the one you are and I ended up in ... Hollywood making movies as you can see. And at the m...

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... a mysterious and ambiguous nature. The state of Hamlet's sanity becomes a prevalent question throughout the play as contradictions in his character are revealed. In the play Hamlet faces an internal struggle brought on by the Ghost of dead King Hamlet. He must seek revenge for his father's murder by killing Claudius. However, by taking on this responsibility, Hamlet must confront his own ... , par. 2) Other circumstances, which add to the theory that Hamlet is truly mad, are demonstrated in Act III, scene ii, which takes place in Gertrude's chambers. Hamlet's distemper is initially broug...

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... a mysterious and ambiguous nature. The state of Hamlet's sanity becomes a prevalent question throughout the play as contradictions in his character are revealed. In the play Hamlet faces an internal struggle brought on by the Ghost of dead King Hamlet. He must seek revenge for his father's murder by killing Claudius. However, by taking on this responsibility, Hamlet must confront his own ... , par. 2) Other circumstances, which add to the theory that Hamlet is truly mad, are demonstrated in Act III, scene ii, which takes place in Gertrude's chambers. Hamlet's distemper is initially broug...

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... he kills Claudius while he is praying, Claudius would be forgiven and decides not to kill the king. "And now I"ll do "t. And so he goes to Heaven, And so am I revenged. That would be scanned: A villain kills my father, and for that I, his sole son, do this same villain send To heaven."(224-225). Oedipus Rex is a tragedy of action ... a double curse. Oedipus, through his hasty action has both fulfilled the first part of the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. This murder has also brought upon a plague that is devastating Thebes. Not only does Oedipus's action eve...

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... contemplates his own death. However, the misery he feels may prove to be to strong, and win over his ultimate decision. His actions may lead him to the grave, a consequence brought on by death. Claudius's fate is a direct result of his murderous actions. Claudius is guilty of the murder of Old Hamlet. When Hamlet finds out, this causes Hamlet to seek ... plotted the death of another, only to be plotted against him self. This is a death in which justice was served. His murderous actions received a consequence. The death of Ophelia was brought on by misery from the death of another. When ...

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... that of what the ghost had informed him of. The ghost, Hamlet's father, had explained to him that Claudius had killed him and his soul couldn't rest until revenge was brought onto his brother. The audience hears Hamlet's promise to make Claudius pay for his murderous ways. Already, the audience is excited by hearing Hamlet's promise because it is giving them ... something to look forward to. In the third soliloquy, Hamlet admits to the audience he is a coward; "What an ass am I!" He then goes on to tell the audience of his new idea to help draw the truth out of Claudius. He believes tha...

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... that plotline, he thus controls the plot and his son's actions. Aside from the deaths of other characters, Claudius is killed by Hamlet, thus proving that the supernatural events that brought forth in the beginning influenced the outcome of the play. The most subtle, yet clearly significant supernatural aspect of the three plays appears in Othello. The drop of a mere handkerchief ... this,- have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief/Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand? (Othello: I gave her such one;twas my first gift. (Iago: I know not that: but such a handkerchief,/I am sure ...

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... his actions, while he contemplates whether or not to take Claudius's life while in prayer: Now might I do it (pat,) now he is a-praying, And now I"ll do "t . And so am I (revenged.) To take him in the purging of his soul, When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? No. Up sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. When he ... certain before acting. This is clearly seen here during this soliloquy, when we hear the hesitation in his thoughts. A sudden and final revelation of truth concerning King Hamlet's murder is brought to light in front of Hamlet during the play. This concern being Ham...

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... seeing the reaction of Claudius during the scene. Hamlet then searches for Claudius, ready to kill him. After learning the truth, Hamlet still procrastinates the killing of Claudius. Hamlet ponders, "Am I then revenged, to take him in the purging of his soul, where he is fit and seasoned for passage? No" (3.3 87-90). Hamlet does not realize that Claudius's attempts at ... lead to Claudius discovering that Hamlet knows that Claudius tried to have Hamlet killed. Ophelia, Polonius's daughter, the woman he apparently once loved, drowns herself from her insanity which was brought upon by his...

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... and the cue for passion that I have? He would drown the stage with tears and cleave the general ear with horrid speech" (S,48) Hamlet also refers to himself as a coward, "Am I a coward?" (S,48). Hamlet is not sure whether or not the ghost was really his father, or just a message from Hell to make him do wrong. Even though Hamlet is very ... in his mind. He knows anyone else would have killed Claudius by now, but he can not do it without certain proof. Hamlets lack of decision making skills is further brought to the audiences attention in his "To be or not to be" speech. Hamlet is thinki...

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... delay before eventually managing to salvage retribution? The answer lies within Hamlet's fatal flaw. His reoccurring state of impractical contemplation renders him incapable of any decisive action that could have brought about a mercurial revenge. In Hamlet, the question of how to act is affected not only by rational considerations, such as the need for certainty, but also by emotional, ethical, and ... . Now failing to act on the matter, Hamlet demonstrates the negative effect of his impractical reflections. As the play continues, Hamlet ironically reflects upon his hesitance. "Why, wha...

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... the fact that he has to avenge the murder of his father. Insanity is his conspiracy to avenge his father's murder, and never gives into it. Hamlet's supposed insanity is brought upon by careful calculation and gives him a chance to show his intent. Horatio offers an insightful warning saying, "What if it temps you toward the flood .. And draw you into ... proceed with his father's vengeance delayed his actions. Hamlet could have killed Claudius while he was confessing to God. "And now I"ll do't-and so a goes to heaven, And so I am revenged" (act III, scene ii, pg. 167). Had Hamlet decid...

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... his own physical illness with the break down of his political system. In the opening scene of Hamlet Francisco says 'Tis bitter cold, / And I am sick at heart (1.1.9). His discomfort is a result of the political instability brought about by the death of Hamlet's father and the appearance of what they believe to be his ghost. Correspondingly in today's world many suffered and ... ...

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