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Hamlet
William Shakespeare once said that “By sin fell the angels” (Henry VIII).  In his work of Hamlet, Shakespeare plays off of this quote drastically.  A formerly well-behaved Prince Hamlet soon gets himself into a web of sin.  Between his lust for revenge caused by his father’s death, his struggle for power over the throne and his lying, scheming, and murdering, Hamlet losses his wings and becomes a fallen angel. 
Revenge: one crime that cannot be overlooked in the play write of Hamlet seeing

The Fate of A Cockroach
A Modern Adaptation By
Ray Alcodray
(Adapted from the plays “Fate Of A Cockroach” and "Not A Thing Out of Place" by Tawfik Al-Hakim)
Cast of Cockroaches King Queen Minister Savant Priest
Cast of Humans Adil Samia Youssef Doctor
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The play opens in the Cockroach kingdom.  A place behind the wall of the

Hamlet
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them.  To die, to sleep—
No more—and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to! ’ tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.  To die, to sleep;—
To sleep—perchance to dream:—ay, there’s the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

Lies, deception, and corruption can destroy a man mentally and physically.  Hamlet by William Shakespeare shows how lies and deception go against one another as well as rejection to self doubt.  Shakespeare uses various forms of conflict to project his opinions and explanation of his ideas relating to the themes of the play.  Internal conflict, as well as external conflict are dominant features in the narrative.  Shakespeare merges the ideas of lies, deception and self doubt resulting in shall we say

she has little skill as a magus, or perhaps because she has a complex about being a magus, she always acts frightened around other people. 
Haughty at home but meek outside.  At home she acts self-assured. ( When like this she is similar to Rin from Fate/stay night, but she isn’t brimming with confidence like Rin.  Rather, she acts more like a child)
Because her older sister who departed the world 8 years ago was a genius, she has a complex about her ordinariness.  Although her father, who also died

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Why Hamlet Delays His Revenge
(Excerpt from Quintessence of Dust: The Mystical Meaning of Hamlet)
Kenneth Chan
... Hamlet is finally alone, and the stage is set for the soliloquy that gave rise to one of the most persistent mysteries in literature: Why does Hamlet delay his revenge? 
Hamlet Ay, so, God buy you.  Now I am alone. 
Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! 
Is it not monstrous that this player here,
But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
Could force

Mrs. Simpson
3/13/12
In the play “Hamlet,” Shakespeare creates a dysfunctional royal family.  Throughout the play the reader sees multiple occurrences that a reader should see as neither normal nor good.  In ‘Hamlet,’ Shakespeare creates a royal family full of corruption partnered with logical commoners in order to show that the royal family should be given less power. 
The English monarchy that Shakespeare saw was corrupt, and the royalty in Hamlet knows the power of corruption. ( Citation

Fear is Fate
For many people, death is the source of an all-consuming - if abstract - terror.  The manner in which an individual deals with this fear is often a reflection of their ability to accept their ultimate fate.  Oftentimes, an individual's inability to cope with the idea of death leaves them filled with a profound sorrow, and leads to a great deal of suffering.  The sociable nature of our society makes death particularly difficult to handle: society expects us to "deal with" death and to

being a very poetic and inspiring person.  With all of his burdens, it is no wonder that Hamlet is so prone to sadness.  Many people would simply give up and stop looking for justice.  However, Hamlet proves that he is a tragic hero by using his anger, resentment and sadness to motivate him to seek a just revenge which is, of course, Cladius’s death.  What is very interesting about the play, however, is that Hamlet delays this revenge for almost the whole play.  He discovers Cladius’s betrayal in Act

Hamlet, In spite of a prejudice current in certain circles that if now produced for the first time it would fail, is the most popular play in our language.  ~ G.H.Lewes. 
The distinctive concerns of a time and place construct the foundation and shape meaning in a text.  The Shakespearean play of Hamlet is an enduring play as the themes introduced in the play by Shakespeare are closely parallel and touch on with the intricacies of human conditions

Samantha Bennett
ENG102
03/26/1
Tom Olsen
Hamlet
The play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare is about a prince whose father is murdered by his brother.  The entire play is Hamlet trying to avenge the death of his father.  Hamlet’s uncle wants to be the king so he marries hamlet’s mother Gertrude.  The conflict is very serious because his own family wants to kill him.  His cousin is the one doing all the dirty work.  The conflict is hazardous to everyone because one wrong move and more than

HAMLET
Hamlet is not only a tragedy of revenge; it is a play of life and death and of man’s ambiguous relation to them both.  It is also about melancholy and doubt.  It is through Hamlet’s struggle to act, and to act wisely, that the concept of "man’s complex nature" is illustrated.  Hamlet can be regarded as the first great tragedy conceived in a modern way since it questions an entire system of references typical of classical tragedy and of the Elizabethan theatre in general.  Hamlet deals with

In Hamlet, suicide is a motif, but it is an act that Hamlet himself cannot commit in order for the story to be a revenge tragedy.  Hamlet has to revenge his father's death and if he were to commit suicide the final wish of his father would not be granted. 
Hamlet's father comes to him in Act I as a ghost and tells him that King Claudius has murdered him.  The ghost tells Hamlet to seek revenge for his murder.  Hamlet is distraught by the death of his father and also by the marriage of his mother to

In Act 3, Scene 4, Hamlet is asked by his mother, Gertrude, to reveal what was making him act like he was crazy.  Hamlet believes that Gertrude is truly having a heart to heart with him and really desires to put Hamlet’s troubles to ease.  However, what Hamlet does not know is that Gertrude allows Polonius to hide being the arras to overhear their conversation for King Claudius.  As the audience, we are aware that Polonius is in the room with Gertrude and Hamlet, but Hamlet is unaware of his presence

In the book Hamlet, there are many brilliant and unordinary speeches, they all relate and if you analyze them deep enough you will see how they all have a relationship.  Most of these speeches have a strong theme or point.  There were so many speeches and quotes with great meaning and extraordinary wording, for every speech or quote there is always a hidden message or point Hamlet, or some of the other actors are trying to make.  Hamlet is the main speech giver and always contemplates himself during

The Foils of Hamlet
Hamlet is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear.... We should have to understand things which Shakespeare did not understand himself." 
T.S. Eliot
(Hamlet and His Problems)
In the play Hamlet [Titles] by William Shakespeare the cast of main characters use the support given to them by the foils to enhance the play.  A foil is a minor character who by simulations [?]  and differences reveals character, and

unanimously agree upon is that Hamlet is a multi-faceted individual who is, while noble, also arrogant, revengeful and ambitious.  This is the dilemma that Rosenberg (1992) feels lies behind the drama and puzzle of Hamlet which in turn makes choosing a character that can adequately play Hamlet’s role very difficult: “There have been gentle Hamlets, fierce hamlets, intellectual Hamlets, passionate hamlets, sophisticated Hamlets, naïve Hamlets, melancholy Hamlets; spirited Hamlets, and more” (Rosenberg,1992)

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Ritchie Jensen
Mrs. D. Romberg
Literary Studies
23 April 2008
Major Essay #4
Revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to act blindly through anger and emotion, rather than through reason.  It is based on the Old Testament principle of an eye for an eye; this action is not always the best means to an end.  Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers.  They all acted on emotion driven by the want for revenge for their father's deaths

Outline Hamlet Essay
Politics, hatred, envy, incest, love, and most importantly revenge.  These are all themes that boldly occur in Shakespeare's Hamlet.  Literature is made to be understood and related to by the audience and throughout Hamlet; Shakespeare presents his audience with many soliloquies.  As a matter of fact, the most famous of words in English literature "To be or not to be" (III, i, 58) is in a soliloquy said by Hamlet.  Like all speeches in Shakespearean pieces, Hamlet's soliloquy captures

Hamlet Notes
Tragedy is the downfall of a man because of a weakness in his personality.  This weakness leaves him unable to negotiate successfully the conflict that he experiences in the outside world.  Consequently, when he encounters evil, he is unable to make the right decision. 
A tragic hero has a moment of insight in which he realises his error.  However, this insight comes too late for him to address his sillinesses/error.  The tragic hero always dies. 
The key to understanding this play

Rating Hamlet
Is this Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet at the top of the rating chart, or is it just near the top?  This essay intends to examine various aspects of this subject, along with critical opinion.  Could the enduring reputation of Hamlet be attributed to the “ultimate form” in which the Bard of Avon expressed his ideas?  Robert B. Heilman says so in “The Role We Give Shakespeare”: It is the way of venerable texts whose authenticity has impressed itself on the human imagination: he

Riley
Final Paper
Interpretation and Origin of Hamlet
Although I enjoyed reading many of the texts throughout the semester during this course, my favorite reading was Hamlet.  Only the first part of the book was assigned to read, but I was very interested to hear about the end of the book.  I decided that this would be a good opportunity to read the rest of the book and use it for my final paper in the class.  Not only did I get to finish the book, I also learned much about the author William Shakespeare

According to Aristotle, tragedy “depicts the downfall of a noble hero or heroine, usually through some combination of hubris, fate, and the will of the gods.  The tragic hero's powerful wish to achieve some goal inevitably encounters limits, usually those of human frailty (flaws in reason, hubris, society), the gods (through oracles, prophets, fate), or nature” (Reeves 175).  Aristotle says that the tragic hero should have a flaw and/or make some mistake (hamartia).  The hero does not necessarily have

procrastination in taking action, Hamlet dooms himself to the misfortune of self destruction. 
Often times, in outrage people will seek revenge and occasionally become obsessed with the idea, much like Hamlet did.  Hamlet was overcome with anger when he discovered his father's murderer; in all his frustration and bitterness he became infatuated with the idea of revenge, surrendering to insanity, and eventually leading himself to self destruction.  While contemplating a decision Hamlet debates with himself

brainyquotes.com).  William Shakespeare, the Prince of Denmark, writes an interesting play called Hamlet.  People have taken sides on whether or not Hamlet, the main character, crazy or not.  I believe that Hamlet acts on impulse about any of the consequences, which makes him insane.  Murdering others, thinking about suicide and somehow seeing ghosts all bring up different conclusions about his sanity.  Hamlet is in fact crazy throughout most of the play, lacking remorse in Polonius’s death, seeing his father’s

to understand Hamlet, we must understand his frustration.  This frustration is most clear in his famous monologue, famously beginning with the line "Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I."
This self-condemnation is contrasted by his admiration for the actor of the previous scene, who "in a fiction" is able to "force his soul to his own conceit."  The word "soul" is an example of metonymy, as the soul represents the
actor's "visage," "tears," "distraction," and "voice."  Thus Hamlet equates "soul"

to understand Hamlet, we must understand his frustration.  This frustration is most clear in his famous monologue, famously beginning with the line "Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I."
This self-condemnation is contrasted by his admiration for the actor of the previous scene, who "in a fiction" is able to "force his soul to his own conceit."  The word "soul" is an example of metonymy, as the soul represents the
actor's "visage," "tears," "distraction," and "voice."  Thus Hamlet equates "soul"

should tell Hamlet, the dead King's son.  Hamlet is also the nephew of the present King, Claudius, who not only assumed his dead brother's crown but also married his widow, Gertrude.  Claudius seems an able King, easily handling the threat of the Norwegian Prince Fortinbras.  But Hamlet is furious about Gertrude's marriage to Claudius.  Hamlet meets the ghost, which claims to be the spirit of his father, murdered by Claudius.  Hamlet quickly accepts the ghost's command to seek revenge.  Yet Hamlet is uncertain

Kristy Valdes
English 2111
April 14, 2015
The Revenge in Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often just called Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602.  Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play and delivers one of the most famous lines in history, “to be or not to be.”  The story is set in the Kingdom of Denmark and tells of the revenge Prince Hamlet has on his uncle Claudius.  Claudius murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father and took over the throne

Fate.  Is There a Method To This Madness? 
Fate has been a gear to our society’s motor for an eternity and will continue to be just that.  It’s truly what makes the world go ‘round and is what keeps people curious “Wait, what exactly is fate?”  you may already be asking.  Well, fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.  In short terms, it’s stuff happening without your control, and most often as a coincidence or for the better.  This thing

Emily Crosby
ENG 4UE
Ms. Parsons
May 3rd, 2015
Setting in Hamlet and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
In many situations, the way that people act and react to certain situations is the deciding factor towards the reasons that others judge them.  However, Christopher John Francis Boone, from the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, has no control over this certain aspect of his life.  He cannot control his feelings or his initial instinct on how to react to something

With every action, there is a consequence.  In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, a lot of the characters tried to avenge a family member’s death by killing another person, which resulted in terrible consequences.  There were many terrible sins committed, most of which were related to lies, betrayal and worst of all, murder.  These terrible sins eventually led to negative consequences which built up and led to death.  Everyone in the play Hamlet committed sins except for Horatio, who was the only survivor at

“Summary on the Plot of Hamlet.” 
William Shakespeare's Hamlet follows the young prince Hamlet home to Denmark to attend his father's funeral.  Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother.  And Hamlet is even more surprised when his father's ghost appears and declares that he was murdered.  Exact dates are unknown, but scholars agree that Shakespeare published Hamlet between 1601 and 1603.  Many believe that Hamlet is the best of Shakespeare's

Kenny Dort
Mr. Kalina
English 4 College Prep
12 March 2015
Avengers in Arms
Revenge is a common motivation for characters in a story.  In Hamlet by William Shakespeare it is a motivation for the characters Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras.  In the play all three characters lose their fathers in by acts of murder, which causes the characters to want get vengence on those responsible.  Having different personalities the audience gets to see different approaches and outcomes to the same situation

Elements of Drama: A Review of Hamlet
Elements of Drama: A Review of Hamlet The way an artist creates a sculpture is similar to the tactics of a drama writer.  While artist focus on the color and shape of their creations, writers of drama focus on specific elements.  In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses plot, character, setting, staging, and theme to create a well-rounded story.  One of the first elements of drama is plot.  Considered to be the foundation, plot is the

Fate, Mistakes or Something Else? 
Is there such a thing as a mistake?  We all talk about how everything happens for a reason.  I believe in the idea of timing.  I realize that our experiences shape us.  They make us who we are, and we would not be who we are without them.  In life, we learn to accept the decisions we make, and we call them decisions rather than mistakes because they are all part of the master plan that develop us into who we will eventually be when we die?  I do not know.  When do we become

viewed differently according to people’s opinion.  Hamlet pretends to be mad because he does not want the kingdom especially King Claudius and Queen Gertrude to know the truth about his father’s death/murder.  At the beginning of the play in Scene_____ he admits to Horatio and Marcellus that after his encounter with the ghost he will portray his character to be a mad man.  The ghost has come to tell Hamlet what he has to do to set things right. 
Hamlet does not realize he that this act that way playing

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Hamlet’s Insanity
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the theme of insanity is portrayed through Hamlet.  Hamlet’s mental state mirrors the play’s ambiguity.  Hamlet’s character elicits different hypotheses that include the following: First, Hamlet is sane throughout the play but opts to feign insanity.  Secondly, Hamlet’s insanity was latent but fully developed after the play produced by the hero.  Hamlet claims he will take on an “antic disposition” ( Bloom, 45). 
The first thing

FEBRUARY 3, 2014 COMMENTS OFF ON COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY ON HAMLET AND DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Compare and Contrast Essay on Hamlet and Death of a Salesman
Different characters in fictional work serve to develop the plot in different ways.  this happens often, be it strengthening the protagonist, or working towards weakening and destroying the protagonist.  This is no exception in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, and in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller.  The female characters in the two works

which our valiant Hamlet--
For so this side of our known world esteem'd him--
Did slay this Fortinbras; who by a seal'd compact,
Well ratified by law and heraldry,
Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands
Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror:
Against the which, a moiety competent
Was gaged by our king; which had return'd
To the inheritance of Fortinbras,
Had he been vanquisher; as, by the same covenant,
And carriage of the article design'd,
His fell to Hamlet.  Now, sir, young

Hamlet's Delay
The question of why Hamlet does not immediately avenge his father's death is probably the best-known critical problem in Shakespeare studies.  The most obvious reply to this inquiry is that if the Danish prince moved at once upon the Ghost's report of foul "murther" and killed Claudius straightaway, then there would be no further story for Shakespeare to tell after the start of the play's second act.  From this simplistic (if valid) standpoint, Hamlet's delay is essential to the

Ghost of King Hamlet reveals to Hamlet that the King had been poisoned to death by Claudius.  Dramatic irony occurs because Hamlet, the Ghost and we know the truth that Claudius murdered Hamlet's father. Dramatic irony occurs because only the readers and his friends Marcellus and Horatio know that Hamlet is only pretending to be mad. Ophelia and Polonious thinks that Hamlet is mad in love with Ophelia but only we and his friends know that Hamlet is only pretending to be mad.  | Hamlet, Ghost and Claudius

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlᵻt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602.  Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet.  Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow.  Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and is ranked among the

The famous play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, is a very successful tragedy filled with love, conflict and dishonesty.  A tragedy is described to be a play that is serious, and has a very sad ending, usually involving the death of the main character.  This specific tragedy begins with the main character, Hamlet, feeling a great deal of sorrow from the loss of his father, and his mother’s re-marriage.  Soon after these events occur, the ghost of his father explains to Hamlet that Claudius killed

The Impression of Last Words
In the world famous play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Shakespeare includes many ideas and themes that specifically relate to the Elizabethan era.  Hamlet’s last soliloquy in the play, found in Act 4 Scene 4 lines 32-66, contains many fascinating references to the Elizabethan culture.  These references to Elizabethan life helped Shakespeare’s audience gain a better understanding of the theme and true meaning of the play.  Hamlet’s final soliloquy is a major turning point

presupposition in a modern context.  Tragedies such as Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Endgame by Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), though written in completely different eras hundreds of years apart, both serve as sources of boundless pessimism and situational comedy.  Though their themes are bleak and sometimes wholly depressing in nature, playwrights often capitalize on extreme negativity to yield more impacting comic relief.  Both Hamlet and Endgame have pessimistic themes in common; one of

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
The gravedigger scene in act V scene I in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet cleverly highlights upon the major themes throughout the play.  The following analysis of this scene will reveal how Shakespeare tied religion, mortality, love, and revenge into one critical scene that also revealed the plays only notable symbolic symbol, Yorik’s skull. 
In the beginning of act V scene I there are two clowns that are gravediggers digging the grave of Hamlets beloved Ophelia and

Common Themes in Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet
Shakespeare utilizes the supernatural and fate to pave the destiny of some of his characters in his tragedies.  Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet appear to have a common novel theme of fate, betrayal to supremacy, and the struggle to restore providential power.  Shakespeare uses rhetoric to effectively convey the idea of fate and the struggle against it.  In all three of these Shakespearian tragedies characters encounter the emotion of disbelief

The Story of Hamlet in Hamlet
Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet has one outstanding character, namely the protagonist Hamlet.  His character is so complex that this essay will scarcely present an adequate portrayal of his character. 
John Russell Brown in “Soliloquies and Other Wordplay Let the Audience Share Some of Hamlet’s Thoughts” explains the interplay of dialogue, soliloquies and narrative in Hamlet’s role:
By any reckoning Hamlet is one of the most complex of Shakespeare’s