Ghost Dance

vividly reinforces everything that follows. It sets up not only Hamlet’s anguish, but the real lure between his mother and his uncle. The cast has at least three actors who have played Hamlet before: Alan Bates, as Claudius; Paul Scofield, as the ghost of Hamlet’s father, and Ian Holm, as Polonius. Holm is particularly active in the "to thine own self be true" speech, and I enjoyed Bates' strength of bluster and lust, as a man of feat who will have what he needs and not bother himself with the…

father’s death and his mother’s betrayal. However, once he overcomes his personal conflicts, Hamlet uses his ‘madness’ as an act to distract and disguise his true motive for revenge. After Hamlet has discovered the truth about his father from the Ghost, he goes through a very traumatic period, which is interpreted as madness by the other characters. With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet is thrown into a state in which "the uses of…

name Marcellus and Bernardo have been talking about the mysterious ghost that has been coming around the kingdom at night, who looks very similar to King Hamlet, who’s deceased. Horatio, the third guard, finally witnesses the suspicious ghost after not believing the other men and starts to question why the ghost is appearing. Marcellus and Bernardo persuade Horatio to approach the ghost, and without hesitation he does, only for the ghost to disappear after Horatio’s threats. While talking,…

Good and Evil are difficult terms to define since they are such broad terms, they cannot be defined as something that is cut and dry. This is because both are needed to appreciate the other. But for appearance sake, ‘good’ can be defined as “a lack of self-centeredness…the ability to [feel empathy towards] other people…feel compassion for them and to put their needs before [their] own” (Taylor). While ‘evil’ can be defined as “people…who are unable [or unwilling] to empathize with others……

Megan, First of all, I like the title of your post. I completely agree with you that King Lear is a prime example of a metaphorically blind character in the play. Lear is deceived by his two eldest daughters in 1.1, though his good, trusted advisor tries to get him to “See better, Lear, and let me still remain / the true blank of thine eye” (162-163). Lear’s ‘blindness’ is the prime cause of his bad decision to relinquish control over his kingdom. If Lear would have only listened to Kent,…

multiple times. The first betrayal is when his father is poisoned mercilessly from the hand of his Uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s uncle had slipped a drop of poison into the king’s ear while he was resting. Hamlet only came to this realization after the ghost of his father appeared to him, explaining the truth. From the death of Hamlet’s father, Hamlet’s fortune seems to keep spiraling downward. His one true love, Ophelia cannot be with him…

truth being told to the audience (Dictionary). This literary device is present in Act I Scene V, when the ghost of Hamlet’s visits Hamlet and informs him how he had actually died. During this scene, Hamlet follows the ghost that has been roaming around the castle and throughout their encounter, the ghost admits that he is the spirit of his father and came back to bring a message. The ghost wanted to inform Hamlet that Claudius was the one who murdered him and poisoned him while he was sleeping.…

Women of high power, especially the queen, are often a role model for all women in the nation, especially the younger ones. She must live by a code different than most women; she has major expectations to uphold. She is seen as proper, pure, and powerful. She is expected to act like a lady and dress properly. She should be fashionable but her clothing should be modest and not show off too much skin, which is nearly contradictory today. Views on royal women can be very conflicting. She should not…

Think about the situation from Hamlet’s eyes you just returned home from college only to find out your father has died. Soon after his ghost appears from out of nowhere to inform you that he did not die a natural death. No he in fact was assassination by your uncle Claudius in order to gain control of the throne. And the vary same man is going to bed joyfully every night with your unknowing…

completely different. Several scholarly articles and parts from Hamlet show that this is a fact. In all three versions of Hamlet there are scenes that prove of Hamlet’s anger. Hamlet is upset about his father’s death, he’s in shock that he saw his father’s ghost or spirit, his mother moving on to his uncle, his friends spying…