influence another. The main character Hamlet is guided to his success and failure through the influence of king hamlet and Gertrude. Hamlets lover Ophelia is easily persuaded by her father Polonius and her brother Laertes‚ and Hamlets two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern get by swayed by Claudius and Polonius. The influential nature of some characters is what prompted the failure or success of other characters. Family influential abilities are a key in ones‚ path to success or failure. Hamlet
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leaving Ophelia all alone. In this‚ Polonius tells Ophelia to stop seeing hamlet‚ as they had been spending a lot of time together “’Tis told me he hath very oft of late/ Given private time to you‚ and you yourself/ Have of your audience been most free and/ bounteous” (I.iii.98-102)‚ Polonius only giving Ophelia his opinion to protect her‚ he tells his daughter that Hamlet’s out of her league‚ and Ophelia takes this advice and agrees to no longer see Hamlet. Polonius now portraying that Hamlet just wants
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with madness. In Hamlet‚ Polonius‚ misreading the causes of the Prince’s seeming lunacy from romantic rejection‚ offers a neat analysis of his illness that makes the relationship between love and madness very clear. After being rejected by Ophelia‚ Polonius explains that Hamlet‚ “Fell into a sadness‚ then into a fast‚ Thence to a watch‚ thence into a weakness‚ Thence to a lightness‚ and by this declension‚ Into the madness wherein he now raves” (Hamlet‚ 2.2.145-148). Polonius is wrong in this instance
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Sanity and insanity are often hard to differentiate. Opinions about a person’s mental state can be long debated. What are the guidelines for sanity and insanity?? There have been many debates and disagreements over Hamlet’s mental state in William Shakespeare’s‚ Hamlet. Hamlet shows that through rejection and cunning acting skills‚ one can cause another to believe that he is insane when in truth he is not. Hamlet portrays his insanity through his blatant acts of insanity‚ his play and the
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Webster’s dictionary defines tragedy as‚ "a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror." A tragic hero‚ therefore‚ is the character who experiences such a conflict and suffers catastrophically as a result of his choices and related actions. The character of Hamlet is a clear representation of Shakespeare’s tragic hero‚ as he possesses all the necessary characteristics
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of illusion versus reality outlines the great play due to the fact that various characters portray themselves as different people on the outside than they really are on the inside. Because illusions and appearances portrayed by Claudius‚ Ophelia‚ Polonius‚ and Hamlet are so easily misinterpreted as reality‚ the characters and readers of Hamlet must constantly strive to distinguish between what is real and what is an illusion. Claudius is rarely honest with any character in the play‚ including
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for. At one moment in the play‚ the source is thought to be over Hamlets love for Ophelia and the way she has been distant. One night‚ after seeing the ghost‚ Hamlet goes to Ophelia in her chamber and acts very oddly. She exclaims to her father‚ Polonius‚ that Hamlet has “his doublet all unbraced‚ No hat upon his head‚ his stockings fouled‚ ungartered‚ and down-gyved to his ankle‚ pale as his shirt‚ his knees knocking each
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understand the mistakes of each character by killing them off in a justly manner. While seeking revenge‚ the main characters of the play earn their poetic ending‚ permitting Shakespeare to restore the karmic balance of the play. Claudius‚ Leartes‚ Polonius‚ are all killed poetically as a direct result of their actions‚ while Ophelia is used to reiterate the poetic justices in the other character because of the fact that she is not killed poetically. Claudius poisoned King Hamlet in order to become
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Loyalty and betrayal in Hamlet Loyalty is a significant theme in ‘Hamlet’ because Hamlet himself judges people by their loyalty or disloyalty-his mother‚ Ophelia‚ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern‚ Horatio and he acts accordingly. The significance of the betrayal theme is that many of the major events in the play result from the betrayal of one character by another. The most significant act of betrayal is that of Gertrude-whose marriage to Claudius after two months of widow-hood has such a traumatic
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Yusheng Qin 10/18/10 English IV The Relationship of Death and Man’s Irrationality in Hamlet William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a famous tragedy that follows the title character Hamlet’s wavering path of revenge. Early in the play‚ Hamlet encounters his father’s ghost‚ who tells Hamlet that his brother Claudius murdered him. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet is torn between his obligation to avenge his father and his uncertainty about this formidable task. Hamlet also experiences this indecisiveness
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