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    essentially am not in madness,But mad in craft." (III. iv. 187-8.) Hamlet is supposed to be pretending to be insane, but is his insanity really an act? In some instances of this play Hamlet does convince many that he is really insane. In some instances his actions are to great, to bizarre to be an act. After seeing a play acted out of Hamlet, I came to the conclusion, Hamlet is not in fact mad he is human. Some reasons I think hamlet is not insane are, he shows compassion towards many people.…

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    Hamlet Letter To Claudius

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    secrets. Yet, because of an oath I swore to my dear friend, the crown prince Hamlet, I must no disclose the details of our experiences. My only option is to lock it to my inner most thoughts. It pains me that I cannot talk freely about the information I have discovered: that the King Hamlet's death may have been caused by his brother's greed for the crown, and that the past king has appeared as an apparition to convince Hamlet to avenge his death. The fact that our present monarch, King Claudius…

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    a story or a movie that you loved? In the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet struggles a whole lot with his life. Hamlet’s father was killed by his brother, King Claudius, and then he ended up marrying Hamlet’s mother and taking the throne when Hamlet was the next in line for it. Hamlet is extremely angry and depressed throughout the course of this play and is aiming for revenge on his uncle Claudius. I would love to change places with Hamlet because I would like to see what it’s like…

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    Outward Appearance: Hamlet- Even without Shakespeare providing an elaborate description of Hamlet's features, we can envision his pale face, wind-swept hair, intense, brooding eyes, dressed in black. I envisioned him as a scrawny yet weighted man whose hair is pitch black. On the contrary Danes have blonde hair (majority). The royal attire for a Danish Prince is to have a royal hat, laced shirt and pantaloons. Hamlet’s demeanour is that he is steady and patient, because he waits and…

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    What is “Hamlet” about? When I tried to answer this question for myself, I realized that any interpretation would be objective. Your idea of a story’s theme may be different from mine, and yet we might both be right. If you say “Hamlet is about…” I would somehow agree and say, “Yes, sure. Partly.” Lets say Hamlet is about indecision? Of course. Partly. But what does Ophelia’s “O what a noble mind” speech have to do with indecision? Some will argue the play is about decay. Sure. At some points.…

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    Who Is Horatio In Hamlet

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    loyal to his best friend Hamlet, unlike Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and he has a good judgment in the play. The biggest weakness for Horatio is he has to dispose all those dead bodies, since almost every character die except for Horatio. He is the only one main character survive in the end of the play. There are amounts of plots that happen at the end in quick succession of Hamlet. Osric invites Hamlet to fence with Laertes, and Hamlet accepts the duel. Laertes pricks Hamlet with a poison…

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    abundance of literary techniques to help enhance the meaning of play through these soliloquies. The soliloquy in Act 4 scene 4 uses techniques like irony to help the reader understand what Hamlet is going through his head. He uses these techniques to help us get a better of the characters and especially Hamlet since he is the main character. In the Act 4 scene 4 soliloquy Shakespeare uses multiple literary elements to enhance the meaning of the soliloquy along with the play. He uses irony…

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    Every man can lie and deceive, but only the morally devoid can do it well. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the characters of prince Hamlet and king Claudius are both forced to keep their true selves hidden. However, as time goes by it becomes evident that King Claudius is more effective at deceiving the people around him. Both men create their own respective personas to assume. Hamlet assumes the role of a madman to cover up his emotions and inner conflicts. Claudius on the other hand, assumes…

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    Shakespeare’s Hamlet is about a grief-stricken prince whose uncle secretly murders his father, marries his mother, and takes his throne. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, causes more conflict within himself and the characters around him through his actions and dialogue. Hamlet’s themes such as Hamlet’s crippling obsession with death, assumed responsibilities, and dysfunctional family dynamics relate to today’s social scandals and family misfortunes. Hamlet’s deep interest with death foreshadows the…

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    Hamlet by william Shakespeare is a tragedy that has a bunch of curves and ups and downs. Prince Hamlet's tragic flaw is in inability to avenge his father's death he almost killed claudius but didn't want to kill him in prayer so he would go to heaven. Some exciting things happen in this book and I will explain with quotes and proof. Prince Hamlet is trying to avenge his father's death but loses his sanity along the way. He puts on a play to show how claudius kills King Hamlet by…

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