Claudius, who became the new king. Hamlet’s emotions lead to his poor treatment towards Ophelia and Gertrude, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Firstly, his treatment towards Ophelia. Hamlet pretends to be crazy during a big portion of the play. Ophelia loved Hamlet and she even “slept” with him; however, all this changed when she returned Hamlet’s love letters. Hamlet takes offense to this, and starts shouting at Ophelia, (3.1.122) “get thee to a nunnery” and (3.1.123)“why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners
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Hamlet to Lion King Many stories offer similarities and themes that are alike. Hamlet and The Lion King is a prime example. They contain similarities between characters. Hamlet, Simba, Claudius, Scar, Ophelia, and Nala share many features that are alike. To start off with, the classic Shakespeare story, Hamlet (published in 1601-1603) is set in Denmark, where the revenge of Prince Hamlet is soon crushed by his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered
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play, Ophelia and her father, Polonius, talk about her relationship with Hamlet. Polonius says, “This is for all: I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth have you slander any moment leisure as to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet” (1.3.140-143). Polonius’ tone in this quote is very demanding and harsh with his decision. Polonius not letting Ophelia speak to Hamlet not only shows a lack of trust with Hamlet, but a lack of trust with Ophelia. He does not believe that Ophelia can make
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Act I, scene i Summary On a dark winter night outside Elsinore Castle in Denmark, an officer named Bernardo comes to relieve the watchman Francisco. In the heavy darkness, the men cannot see each other. Bernardo hears a footstep near him and cries, “Who’s there?” After both men ensure that the other is also a watchman, they relax. Cold, tired, and apprehensive from his many hours of guarding the castle, Francisco thanks Bernardo and prepares to go home and go to bed. Shortly thereafter, Bernardo
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revenge. However, when Hamlet discovers proof of his uncle’s treachery (the letter to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern), he is ready to take revenge. Outside of murder and betrayal, there are other reasons for Hamlet’s depression: the death of his love, Ophelia, his resentment toward his mother, his betrayal by his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and the overwhelming feeling that his father, King Hamlet, did not deserve to die. King Hamlet’s death obviously affects Hamlet. It is even worse, because
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as suitable for tragedy as any “great” person. The ideas of Aristotle and Miller contrast each other however both elements are noticeable in the play Hamlet. When a “great person” or the main character goes through a tragedy, it is rather evident. Ophelia and her father Polonius are considered “common” characters in the play that also experience great tragedy. In Miller’s essay, he outlines three main aspects that a “common” person would exhibit in a tragedy which makes their circumstances tragic.
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everything to them. Hamlets love for Ophelia is so insane that her father Polonius thinks that he is mad and lovesick. While Polonius and Claudius spy on Hamlet and see what the real problem is, they see Hamlet being violent with Ophelia after she tries to return his gifts. “The origin and commencement of his grief sprung from neglected love” (3.1.179-180). Polonius still believes that the reason behind Hamlets behavior is still crazy and caused by his love for Ophelia. Hamlet never really admits that
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all of the cast. There are many innocent bystanders who are left dead after Hamlet fulfills what he thinks is his duty of avenging his father’s killer. In the cases of Laertes, King Claudius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern their end is just. With Ophelia and the Queen, Gertrude, their lives are ended unjustly because they mistakenly got involved in Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius. In addition to the deaths of his enemies, Hamlet fulfills several other duties to his dead father and himself. Hamlet’s
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relationships with his mother, Ophelia, and Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. Hamlet’s relationship with Ophelia can be the downfall of his pretending to be mad actually is his method of leading the kingdom to think his madness is because of Ophelia. Hamlet’s “madness” becomes apparent to the kingdom when he changes his act towards Ophelia. Polonius runs to the king because he knows why Hamlet is acting the way he is towards everyone; he believes Hamlet is mad out of love for Ophelia. Starts his act of madness
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irony. A example of this is when Hamlet expresses how he feels about ophelia and says “ You should not have believed me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I loved you not..” This shows act of betrayal when Hamlet tells ophelia he never loved her when she thought he did and was blindsided by him. Another example of irony is dramatic irony when the king and Polonius are spying on Hamlet and ophelia conversation. This shows act of confusion of what’s wrong with Hamlet
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