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  • Best Examples Of Hamlet's Obsessive Nature
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    Throughout Hamlet's ordeal, he must interact with many people. Each interaction poses several possible ways to act, because of his obsessive nature, he often chose to sacrifice relationships in order to accomplish other goals and feel better about his situation. Many times, Hamlet could have tried to confront people concerning the way they were acting, but instead chose to ignore their existence, or in more extreme cases, end their existence. I can't stress enough how different the situation cou...
  • Man Of Thought And Action
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    Hamlet: Horatio - A Man of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man of Action In the play Hamlet, William Shakespeare proposed two kinds of men. Horatio is the character who represents a man of thought. The other kind of man is represented by Fortinbras, a man of action. Hamlet is the character that manages to be both, thought and action. Hamlet failed to avenge his father's death because he was both. According to Shakespeare in the play Hamlet, a man could not succeed if ge was both action and thought. The ...
  • Hamlet's View On Life
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    While mining over abundant quotes, sonnets in a seemingly different language, and soliloquies with enough meter and meaning to write a doctorate, the main thing I'm left wondering is: What exactly was Shakespeare's intent in writing Hamlet? He too, like the readers of today, was a mortal being. He too felt feelings of revenge and purposelessness, and questioned being and capability. As any other human has strived to comprehend at some point in their humble lives, I believe that this is one of Sh...
  • Hamlet's Thoughts
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    'If Hamlet from himself be taken away,And when he's not himself does wrong Laertes,Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. Who does it then? His madness. If't be so,Hamlet is of the faction that is wrong' His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy. ' (V. ii.230-235) Hamlet's self-description in his apology to Laertes, delivered in the appropriately distanced and divided third-person, explicitly fingers the greatest antagonist of the play consciousness. The obligatory cultural baggage that comes along...
  • Makes Hamlet
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    Should I or should I not How to think or to act is a good question. I ask myself the same the same thing when I don't know what to do. Hamlet takes this to a whole new level. As we look at the play we see that the young prince is under a great deal of stress, which makes him act in an odd manner. During this play he has major issues to face as a young adult. First we have to decide whether he thinks too much or not. We have to look deeply into the character and try and find what Hamlet is really...
  • Source Hamlets Madness
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    Intelligence is often mistaken for brilliance, and conversely genius is mistaken for madness. Some of the greatest minds have been misconstrued in there time, and it is not until their whole life is taken into observance from the outside looking in, that their genius is realized and appreciated. Websters dictionary defines madness as "the act of being foolish or illogical". Ironically this form of thought has prompted some of the greatest advancements in government, science, and technology. It w...
  • Message In Hamlet About Guilt And Revenge
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    In Hamlet there are buried many strong messages and suggestions. The reader of this play may look only at the surface of the words written, but would miss all the haunting messages of life and living without any faults. Throughout this play the ideas of guilt and vengeful thoughts pull at the words and actions of Hamlet and his uncle Claudius. These themes of the character's thoughts have an underlying message that Shakespeare hopes readers and listeners will pick up. Shakespeare repeats the the...
  • Hamlet's Diction Toward Fortinbras And His Cause
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    Throughout Shakespeare's tragic story of Hamlet the manner in which Hamlet speaks allows a glimpse of his conniving personality. His soliloquies are no different in showing his scholastic qualities. These characteristics are present in many of Hamlet's sentences and actions. The method he uses to verify the Ghosts story and to find blame in the king is well thought out and pre-planned. In Act IV, Scene IV, Hamlet emotions are well conveyed by the style in which he speaks out on his disappointmen...

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