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Morals are a widely debated topic through the international community, and continues to play an important role in the shaping of society. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Hamlet struggles with balance between familial obligations and religious doctrines as he attempts to take revenge on his father’s murderer, his uncle and current king, while remaining morally righteous. Failure to comprehend the subtleties of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ultimately bring about his demise and he, ever faithful…

Roger Ebert: What made you feel like giving up on life? Hamlet: I wanted to taketh it upon myself to giveth up on mortal coil when my father died and I had to findeth out that it was my own uncle who killed him. Roger Ebert: What made you feel like fighting against death? Hamlet: What made me fighteth against quietus is knowing that I can overcometh whatever I'm going through and things will get better. Roger Ebert: Why do you compare dying to sleep? Hamlet: I feeleth like dying is like…

Justice and Forgiveness are almost complete opposites in terms of action and message. These two concepts simply cannot be used hand and hand in their simplest form. Justice and Forgiveness are two completely different concepts both with their own varying amounts and technicalities. These two can be used separately but never simultaneously for the same purpose. Many stories touch upon the weight of forgiveness and its properties as well as the destruction of revenge acting as justice.…

In every person there is a flaw of some sort, due to the fact that no one is perfect. All humans have at least one flaw in their life that they struggle with. In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the young prince possesses a flaw of his own. He struggled with this flaw that led him to a tragedy in his life. How much struggled with procrastination, and that led him to many problems that he could have resolved much differently. From the beginning of the play one way that Hamlet could have…

AP book report #3: Candide- Voltaire: The adventures of Candide: A story of death, Love, and Adventure Story #1: summary plot Westphalia News Brave Man travels World to be united with his love Candide, a boy who lives in the castle of Westphalia, caught kissing Cunegonde, was kicked out of his only home. Thus starting his adventure, his will to find his lover gets Candide into may different troubles around the world. Finding his admirable tutor Pangloss, who tells Candide that the royal…

Title of Your Report Does Hamlet truly lament the untimely demise of his father? The renowned play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is subject to analysis with a multitude of critical lens, such as marxist, feminist, and psychoanalytic. When examining Hamlet with the psychoanalytic lens, one can uncover the de facto reason why Hamlet fixates on the demise of his father, King Hamlet. Could it perhaps be that Hamlet genuinely has a passionate relationship with his father? The fact that the throne…

Oedipus’s search for the actual culprit of Laius's death illustrates a consistent theme of blindness throughout the play. In the play, clear vision symbolizes a person with vast amounts of knowledge and the ability to be able to control their own destiny. Through the knowledge of prophecy from the oracle, many characters are able to use these visions to prevent possible misfortunes and bad futures. However, this gift of sight also causes them to be blinded to their present situation. The…

Throughout Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Hamlet had motive to avenge his father’s death and kill Claudius. Gaining an abundance of proof that Claudius was indeed the culprit who killed his father, he did not take action against him right away. His tragic flaw was what held him back: his overthinking ultimately killed him in the end. Hamlet’s failure to act right away aligns with the central ideas action vs. inaction and mortality. His internal conflicts further his realization with his own…

In the play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, the author uses Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act I Scene ii and dialogue from other characters to develop Hamlet’s character. Both Queen Gertrude and King Claudius develop Hamlet’s character differently than he develops himself. When Claudius is talking to Hamlet, he says “the survivor bound in filial obligation for some term to do obsequious sorrow: nut to persever in obstinate condolement is a course of impious stubbornness.” (Act I Scene ii) King Claudius…

Six nights ago, outside of Elsinore Castle in Denmark, a guard Francisco was on his duty waiting for another Bernardo to relieve him of his watch. Francisco was nervous because he and Bernardo had seen a supernatural figure that appeared to be the ghost of the Old King Hamlet. Bernardo retells the encounters with the ghost to the famous scholar Horatio and other Marcellus. Horatio claimed that the ghost simply just fantasy and will not let belief take hold of him. Horatio, Marcellus, and…