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    Everyone has heard the popular phrase giving someone a “taste of their own medicine” to justify revenge. In the time of Shakespeare revenge plays were in high demand. In Hamlet William Shakespeare uses revenge as a primary theme throughout. Shakespeare utilizes revenge to drive the play, although many unanticipated deaths result and revenge is shown to be bitter sweet. The play opens in the midst of Hamlet’s grief. His father has just passed away, and his mother has abruptly married his…

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    In the play Hamlet the main character is charged to get revenge upon his father's murderer. Through other characters watching, it is proven that Hamlet's choice of displaying an antic disposition, as a way to reach his goal of revenge is a bad idea on his part. At first, Hamlet's antic disposition is purposed so he can seek revenge and have an excuse of why. However, when he begins to make a use of it, Ophelia falls into madness and eventually, Hamlet convinces himself that he has lost his…

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    arouse questions in the reader’s mind. When reading this a few thoughts that cross the minds of the reader are: has Hamlet been intending to kill Polonius as his first victim? Did Hamlet know that was Polonius spying on his conversation? Does Hamlet even have a sense of guilt after succeeding in this heartless murder? We often wonder if killing Polonius was possibly a part of his project to begin with, as said above. Taking out the king’s go-to-guy who snoops in his plans could really make…

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    developing them as a character and greatly influencing the plot. The first of these characters is Polonius who sends his servant Reynaldo off to Paris to look into the actions and conduct of Laertes over there. Polonius instructs Reynaldo to look for prominent Danes over there and question them to see if they know Laertes without making his close relationship with Laertes obvious. As a matter of fact, Polonius states that Reynaldo should “Just tell them you vaguely know Laertes, say something…

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    From that perspective, madness seemed to be the perfect way to manipulate the people around him. The feigned madness allowed Hamlet to confuse Polonius into believing that Ophelia was the root of his madness. In turn, this led Polonius to go to the king and queen who also seem inclined to believe that Ophelia could in fact be the cause of Hamlet's madness. The interception of the love letters from Hamlet to Ophelia was also in favor for…

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    Laertes is the son of Polonius, who is mistakenly murdered by Hamlet. Laertes goes away to school in France, only to be told that his father was murdered and there was no ceremony. Subsequently, that fueled Laertes’ core issue, the fear of betrayal. He feared that Claudius killed his father because Polonius was close to Claudius; him being the King’s advisor. Laertes’ quest for redemption is to kill Hamlet. To begin…

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    Hamlet uses his madness to manipulate those around him is when Hamlet is talks to Polonius after Hamlet has just run into Ophelia. Polonius is convinced that Hamlet is madly in love with his daughter, Ophelia when, in reality, Hamlet is just pretending to be crazy in order to get his revenge against Claudius. Polonius says, “As it hath used to do that I have found/ The very cause of Hamlet’s lunacy” (2.2 51-52). Polonius believes that the cause of Hamlet’s lunacy is because he loves Ophelia but,…

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    Why Is Hamlet Gone Wrong

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    have no choice but to expose Hamlet, even though he is her son. Hamlet sealed his fate when he killed Polonius and is what caused later events in the story. The quarrel with Laertes was created when he claimed vengeance on his father’s murderer. This would have never led to duel where Hamlet was stabbed with the poison; however, the duel is when Hamlet finally got his revenge. The death of Polonius also partially drove Ophelia insane and causing her commit suicide. Hamlet would have to live with…

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    HAMLET’S MADNESS AS FEIGNED: Though many critics have delivered the verdict on Hamlet’s madness as genuine and real, but their judgments were counter answered by others who proved logically and rationally that Hamlet’s madness was feigned or assumed, but not real and genuine. The very first argument given by them is that, “A mentally deranged Hamlet could not have proved a tragic hero, because in our definition of the Shakespearean tragedy we have seen that the tragic consequences must proceed…

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    When Hamlet exclaims that “The play’s the thing/ Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King,” Shakespeare suggests that life is like a play, full of actors, and expects the audience to identify their morals by watching the scene unfold (2.2.633-34). Throughout the tragedy, characters like Claudius, Hamlet and Ophelia are forced to hide their true intentions and establish a new persona for themselves, whether as a worthy King, a mad Prince or a secure woman. Although the new identities help…

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