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Hamlet is not sure of the Ghost's account, not sure that the phantom is indeed the spirit of his father, or that of a demon. In order to prove that Claudius is a murderer, Hamlet plans to reveal the King's guilt through means of a play: I'll have grounds More relative than this-- the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. (2.2.603-605) Hamlet urges Horatio to observe the King's reaction to the play so he can be sure of his guilt and positive that…

Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…

Once they have asserted that fact, once they have made happiness the most fundamental of all ethical terms, writers like Aristotle or Locke, Aquinas or J. S. Mill, cannot escape the question whether all who seek happiness look for it or find it in the same things. Holding that a definite conception of happiness cannot be formulated, Kant thinks that happiness fails even as a pragmatic principle of conduct. "The notion of happiness is so indefinite," he writes, "that although every man wishes to…