Significance Of The Clock In Hamlet

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The little arrow on the clock ticks every second that passes by. What if that little arrow stopped one day and ticked counterclockwise? The clock is a symbol of Hamlet's sanity. He lived in a world where his father was alive and his mother was married to his father. That was the time that his life was ticking happily. However, when his father died and his mother married his father's brother. Everything stopped ticking for Hamlet and the glass timer started for his sanity. Hamlet is known well for his acting of being mad. Hamlet is very talented at deceiving others. He acts so well that he even convinced the audience that he slipped into insanity. Hamlet made a plan to find out if the ghost was telling the truth
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The first evidence is when he yelled at the innocent Ophelia. Hamlet and Ophelia have been together as a couple but they were not official. Hamlet started to rebuke young Ophelia due to, her rejecting his inspiring letters and prohibiting him from having any physical contact with her. She rejected their delightful love because her mindful brother and charming mother guided her to withdraw from Hamlet because he is not the rightful man to fall for. When the raged Hamlet was insanely yelling at the innocent Ophelia, there was evidence to demonstrate that he has a strong desire for her to be with him. He told her to become a nun because if he cannot have her then no other man can. It demonstrates that he strongly cares about Ophelia and that he is aware of what he is doing. There was another scene that displays that he loves her regardless is when it was at Ophelia's heartbreaking funeral. Laertes was in despair with the fact that his sister died. What got Hamlet mad was when Laertes was overemphasizing about how he loved her more than anyone else. That situation resulted in both of them fighting disrespectfully on top of Ophelia's grave. Before they started to immature brawl, Hamlet declared that he loved the gorgeous Ophelia greatly than any other brother's

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