Gertrude Baniszewski

Furthermore, Sterling points out how it is illogical for hamlet to assume that Claudius is the one behind the curtain as right before Hamlet goes to talk to Gertrude “he passes the kneeling Claudius and mistakenly believes that the king is praying” (Sterling par. 2). This indicates that it would not make sense that Claudius would arrive in Gertrude's Room and hide before Hamlets arrival. In addition Polonius's

Hamlet Essay “Don’t tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to the ear.”- Samuel Johnson. These words could not be any more perfect to describe Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The deception showcased in Hamlet destroyed families, and crumbled kingdoms. Three characters that illustrated this are Hamlet, Claudius, and Laertes. One of the ways Hamlet illustrated deception is, how he acted crazy to uncover the truth of his father’s death. Everyone thought he was mad

express her sadness through song. She has not been permitted to sing in front of the king and queen. Going along with the previous quote, Ophelia has an unusual conversation with the queen in front of the king, “Ophelia: ...Nay, pray you, mark [Sings] Gertrude: Nay, but Ophelia- Ophelia: Pray you, mark. King: How do you, pretty lady? Ophelia: Well. They say the owl was a baker’s daughter,” (4.5.207). When she completely loses her mind, she also completely ignores her previously perfect etiquette. She also

Interpretations of Macbeth’s character’s and their natures When Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet says, “We know what we are, but not what we may be,” what Ophelia means by this is that as humans, we do know our personality, but we do not know what we will become or how we will change. This can be seen in the Shakespearian play Macbeth, where the main character, Macbeth, starts the play as a soldier and keeps that instinct throughout the whole play as his character commits numerous murders and

inter-conflict that Hamlet himself has to deal with. The evil acts of King Claudius, along with his great desire to acquire the wealth of his brother, drastically affected Gertrude, Polonius, and Hamlet. Queen Gertrude’s heartache, pain, and eventually death were the results of King Claudius’s evil acts. Throughout the entire story line, Queen Gertrude is plagued by an ailment she isn’t able to decipher. Near the end of the play it became more apparent that she and her evil husband

The word love is used many times throughout Hamlet. It is used to show respect to one one person to another. It was used to express feelings from one character to another. But, the word “love” adds emphasis to the theme of loyalty vs. betrayal in the play. Using the word “love” was to show your loyalty to one another. Horatio questions, “As needful in our love, fitting our duty(1.1.172)?” Horatio and the guards just saw the ghost of old King Hamlet and to remain their loyalty and Horatio’s friendship

Ophelia to reluct to visually perceive the prince or receive any of his letters. Polonius draws a conclusion that the refusals had caused his madness. Though Polonius is right that there's a reason for it is because Hamlet is putting a facade to illude Gertrude and Claudius. Claudius does cerebrate of his actions. After one point when Laertes and Hamlet, he try’s to get Hamlet to imbibe the poison. Not a keenly intellective move on his component. “Stay, give me drink. Hamlet, this pearl is thine; Here's

ichael Faughnan English 300w A03 Ophelia’s Death was real Throughout Pan’s labyrinth the main character Ophelia, shows no fear in her decision-making. When put in situations in which most young girls would conform to their superiors, Ophelia is able to stick her gut and do what she thinks is right. A happy ending to this story is to think that Ophelia finally escapes her sad life and makes it her fantasy world. But the realistic, yet sadder ending to the story is that though Ophelia perform many

When first comparing the story of Hamlet to Vertigo there doesn’t seem to be many plot points that tie the two together. However the way the leading men treat the women in their lives is one aspect that is evident similarly in both stories. Both Hamlet and Scottie are harsh to the women they seem to love or have loved. In the story of Hamlet it is never evident of whether he had truly ever loved Ophelia. At the beginning of the play Ophelia clearly seems in love with Hamlet and maybe even hopeful

my dear sister,” her inability to express her own thoughts is shown when she responds, “ Tis in my memory locked, And you yourself shall keep the key of it.” As Hamlet experiences this loss of control within his life, and his hatred for Gertrude, he is easily able to project these feelings onto Ophelia, only seeing her as a weak woman, and a convenient outlet to exploit and manipulate with his troubles. Throughout their relationship, both, Ophelia and Hamlet use each other in such a way