and goes off on Ophelia. 3. Hamlet treats ophellia very poorly in Scene 1 because she returns all of the gifts he gave her, saying that they don’t mean anything when the person that gave them to her has changed. He then proceeds to tell Ophelia that He never loved her, and that she should go to a nunnery to protect herself/chastity because like her father, her family is full of liars and sinners. Hamlet’s view of women in this scene is very low, because of the fact that Ophelia has left him,
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Father", his dead father appears from the dead telling him to avenge his murder that came at the hands of his now "Uncle Father" aka King Claudius. Hamlet is just as mad (only in love) with Ophelia, who is daughter of Polonius (King Hamlet's ex "right hand man"), whom Hamlet ends up killing during the story. Ophelia ends up killing herself because Hamlet makes her go insane. Hamlet is torn between how he should deal with all of the drama surrounding him. He sort of taunts Claudius with the fact that
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overthrow the kingdom (Fortinbras--it’s your time to shine). Also, I find it interesting that the Claudius did not give Polonius a proper burial. Claudius says, “For good Polonius’ death, and we have done but greenly / In hugger-mugger to inter him; poor Ophelia” (IV, v, 89-91). Why did Claudius not want to give Polonius a funeral? Did he want to cover up Hamlet’s actions? Was he trying to protect Hamlet? Maybe, Claudius has gone a little mad himself. He seems to become so worried about Hamlet exposing him
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mother’s lustful behavior towards his uncle, so he’s taking his anger out on Ophelia. In doing so, Hamlet was saying mean things that made her feel bad about her especially when he told her “Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me,” (3.1. 123-126). Hamlet shows a strange way of loving Ophelia because one minute he loves her the next minute he’s rude to her. These
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In the play Hamlet, madness is very prevalent and is a major theme in the play. Madness is defined as mental delusion or eccentric behavior from it; and in this case Hamlet's madness changes his perception and affected his judgment. When people are mad, people start to react to things instead of thinking them through and do not act normally. Through Hamlet's apparent madness, Shakespeare illuminates the danger that Hamlet's flawed decisions made from poor judgment pose to other, especially those
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against them, that is what makes them flawless, but in a tragedy the character does go against the challenge, that is what makes it a tragic flaw. In Hamlet we see that it is not only the tragedy of Prince Hamlet but of others such as, Polonius, Ophelia and Laertes, caused by their tragic flaw Polonius is the chief counselor of Claudius’s court he is a very conniving person. Like many of the other characters in Hamlet he also has a tragic flaw. In Hamlet Polonius’s tragic flaw is his inability to
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In order to preserve reputation, people mirror their behaviour and thoughts to portray a type of person contrary to reality. As Laertes advises Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet, he states, “The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.” (1.3.36-37). Ophelia must reject Hamlet despite her love for him to hold her image to the public. Claudius makes an effort to pray to suppress the guilt he has for committing his crime despite not sincerely
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English 203 October 24th 2012 Hamlet Question Set ACT I 1. What happens when Francisco and Bernardo meet at the beginning of scene1? Where are they, and when? Why is Horatio with Bernardo and Marcellus there? The play, begins in Elsinore with Francisco, who is waiting for Bernardo to relieve him of his duty right after midnight. Bernardo calls wondering who is there, to which Francisco replies that Bernardo should tell him who he is first. 2. What is Horatio's initial response to the
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''Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.'' Or “The main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc.” Theme is a word having etymology from the Greek, "placed" or "laid down". Its origin is 1250–1300; Greek théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down. In contemporary literary studies, a theme is the central topic a text treats. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept
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Throughout most of the play, Hamlet is driven by the wish to avenge his father‘s murder, proving to be a loyal son. After talking to his father’s ghost, he promises to seek revenge for him, which in itself is a noble action. In the course of the play however, he changes between noble and ignoble actions which in turn affects the people around him. He is a devoted Christian, which becomes especially clear when he talks about his options and completely out rules suicide because he sees it as a sin
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