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    The Tragedy of Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, delves on life, love and tyranny. All the major protagonists and antagonists in the play die in the end. In the process, they all redeem themselves by dying because somehow their deaths advanced the cause each of them stands for which brings us deconstruction. By the use of the deconstructive lens it assists in emphasizing the significance of the death of Hamlet and contributes to the overall theme of madness and how death can take a toll. The

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    appear to be someone they are not to hide their true-self or hide behind the mask of lies to hide the truth. In the play, Hamlet, Shakespeare reveals a distinction between appearance and reality through manipulation of characters by each other to accomplish their goals. Characters in this play act and behave in one way, but in reality,

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    easily be recognizable as a re-telling of Hamlet. Major plot points within Shakespeare’s work are ignored or changed in order to tell a cohesive, and almost entirely new, story within the context of the culture. To begin, Prince Wu Luan serves as the character of Hamlet. The story begins with the death of the Emperor,

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    his uncle. Readers are so quick to say that Hamlet should not have killed Claudius and that he made the wrong call picking revenge over forgiveness. While earlier in the story it made clear that sons and daughters obeyed their parents; For example Ophelia listened to her father’s advise when it came to her relationship with Hamlet. So what makes it so bad that Hamlet simply listened to his father's advice and granted him his

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    hero? “In literature, a hero is courageous. A hero, or protagonist, is the principal character of a story, who may be known for special achievements.” (Lombardi 1) Based on the definition given by Esther Lombardi, a classic literature expert, Hamlet is not a hero, also based on some of the things Hamlet has said and done in the play up to now. Hamlet has not done anything that proves that he is a heroic character. What the reader has seen up to now makes him look like a coward. In his soliloquy he

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    on young and old readers alike because of the heavy themes of deception and death. All throughout the play, Shakespeare creates relatable feelings through deception of characters that readers have come to care about. Shakespeare also knows how to portray strong, relatable emotions through the wrongful deaths of beloved characters. In the world today, people may face deception from those closest to them, much like Prince Hamlet did throughout the play. Such

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    Tragic flaw. A secret weakness about someone that comes back to haunt them in a bad way. Not every tragic hero in every plays follows the playwrights’ rules. In Shakespeare’s Othello & Hamlet the two main characters fit the mold, but also break the mold of tragic heroes. There are many different traits of a tragic hero. Some of them include being an upper class, morally superior person, having a tragic flaw, having a reversal of fortune, having a self-discovery, and suffering a cruel fate that

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    Soon or later everybody has a fault that leads to something tragic or dramatic during a story or a play. The main protagonist/antagonist in this story is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is the main character. Hamlet goes through a series of very difficult events throughout his life, and throughout his life only negative and awful things happen to him. During the beginning of the play Hamlet loses his father the King of Denmark. This causes a great depression

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    I enjoyed The Shock of Survival. The premise of the book is simple enough: Three heroes – Ophelia Grey, Benedict Whitford and Dylan Hargrove – try to return to their lives after defeating The Oppressor. This book has a brilliant concept. From the very first page, this book had me enthralled. The story was captivating. This book had my attention right up until the end. Just like their mundane human counterparts, magicians looked down on those who were different. Magicians touched with the nature

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    The story of Hamlet is contrasted to the seven deadly sins for the behavior of the characters throughout the play such as Greed, Sloth and Envy. The belief in the seven deadly sins throughout religions is generally the same. Once one commits these said sins, they are to repent or go to Hell, in a sense. Within the play however play write William Shakespeare sticks to Catholicism as Hamlet (the main character) hints to several times throughout the play that his religion appears to be Catholic. However

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