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    Zulandale: A Short Story

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    In a sleepy town called Zulandale there was a building that was paranormal. Many people around town would always talk about 4931 W Coleson Lane. That’s where the business was. The business next door got much more business then we ever did. There is a window between Blakely’s Coffee and Hamilton’s Corner. People use to look through the window and ended up getting frantic because they were afraid of the rumors. Francis Oberson was the manager of the business and was concerned for his building and…

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    How Is Hamlet Hesitant

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    receives through the ghost of his late father. He feels the need to find more evidence about the fact that his uncle, Claudius kills his father. In act II scene II In Hamlet's soliloquy at the end, “Why what an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell.” (II.II. 560-562) Hamlet has a hard time coping with fact that one his mother married his uncle instantaneously, and the understanding that what the ghost said is true or…

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    plenty of other buildings and well-known landmarks that hold a certain degree of creepiness all around the country. Here are the top seven spookiest places across America. While California may not seem like an unsettling place, it is home to one true ghost town. Bodie, California was originally a mining town in the late 1800’s. Most of what has been left standing looks to be in “arrested decay,” making it one of the spookiest places to gander. This area is currently maintained by the California…

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    Hamlet is a tragic revenge filled play written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare. Hamlet is set in the Elizabethan era of Europe where tragically flawed prince, Hamlet, is destined to restore order after the horrific murder of his father. However, Hamlet ran off the tracks in his path to revenge and restoration. Hamlet began to cause suffering to those surrounding him due to his increasingly decaying mental state. This tragic prince tormented and caused suffering to his murderous…

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    Misogyny In Hamlet

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    Being able to mourn is a natural feelings as humans that needs to be felt during a time of lost. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the young prince is unable to do this when the court around him has moved on faster than him. Gertrude, the young prince’s mother, has remarried the person he despises most in the world, and has no one to turned to for comfort. With no one to rely on, Hamlet emotions of sadness and pain turn into hate and loathing of those around him. Hamlet’s emotions are…

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    The Tragedy of Hamlet is exactly what the title says it is; a tragedy. Many of the main characters meet their demise during the course of the play, as is expected in a tragedy. One of these characters is Claudius, who meets his demise during the final act, at the hands of Hamlet. Claudius falls victim to his own hubris, and pays for it in the end. As the audience reads the play, they know that Claudius will die, but there are also words and actions that foreshadow his downfall throughout the…

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    The ‘gravedigger scene’ in Act 5 of Hamlet is a representation of Hamlet’s existential anxieties as an extension of his melancholy: Hamlet considers the nature of morality and the significance of man as he is confronted with the skull of a former friend who once had form in the physical world but now reduced to an insignificant carcass of skull and bones. The insignificance of man after death is initially portrayed through the frivolity of the clowns as they dig a grave: ‘[Throws up a skull]’,…

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    How Is Hamlet A Villain

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    Amossi Bujaga 1/11/17 Mrs.Bassett 6th hour # 4 The Villain Hamlet is usually not the one view as a evil person. But actually, he is more likely to be viewed as a very honorable young prince. By the end of Hamlet, when Fortinbras found out the true story from Horatio, he says that, “Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage, For he was likely, had he been put on,To have proved most royal” (5.2 362-64). Fortinbras praise Hamlet as a really good man who has shown his value and courage.…

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    changed when he saw the ghost of his deceased father. When Hamlet saw his father's ghost he was told, that his father’s brother Claudius poisoned him. The ghost also, told Hamlet to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder”. Hamlet listened to his father’s ghost. He planned to kill Claudius by acting insane. Hamlets acts mad along his journey in the play, which leads him into many struggles. Hamlets “pretending” turned into full blown insanity. He could…

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    Scrooge has hated it since. When the ghost of Christmas past comes to visit we see some of the first changes. For example the ghost shows Scrooge where he used to work, and there was a Christmas party. He shows some emotion which is happiness, he still care about people. Another example is the ghost of Christmas past shows Scrooge that his lil sister and his father wants him home. This reminds Scrooge of people that are important, he doesn’t show emotion though. The ghost of Christmas present…

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