Gravedigger

During the era of Queen Elizabeth, people thought highly of God due to his power to send people to heaven or hell in the afterlife. In Hamlet the characters’ actions are based on christian beliefs. Suicide, for example, should not send you to heaven. Another example is right before death the characters ask for forgiveness from God so they can try and go to heaven. These are pieces of evidence that provide cultural and religious focuses into Hamlet to develop a better understanding. In Denmark in

They argue briefly if she is deserving of the Christian burial they had been ordered to perform, for she had committed suicide by drowning. The first gravedigger argues she is not deserving, while the other claims she is. The second gravedigger defends, stating “If this had not been a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out o’ Christian burial” (5.1.24-26). In an instance of political corruption, Shakespeare outlines the statement that even

Hamlet The main plot point of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is for Hamlet to seek revenge for the murder of his father. His uncle, Claudius, is responsible for killing Hamlet’s father. All of the main characters in the play end up dying because of Hamlet’s decision to kill Claudius. Each death has its own purpose, and as most believe, each person brings it upon themselves. The first death that occurs as a result of the plot of Claudius’ death is the chief counselor of the King, Polonius. Hamlet

For many writers, the most important reason for writing is to evoke emotional responses from their readers or audiences. These responses allow reader and audience to personally connect with the text as they are able to explore their own personal experiences and emotions, extending the texts to their own lives. Regardless of whether or not the emotional response is intentional, the author is able to develop it throughout the novel by implementing a multitude of literary techniques. In the novel Atonement

Rudy, The mayor's wife, and Max helping her along. Symbolism in The Book Thief deepens the story by conveying many different ideas and emotions that supports the reader's understanding of the story. This is especially apparent with the use of the gravediggers to help the reader remember characters, the use of color to help the reader feel the proper emotions and remember the correct events, and the use of Liesel's changing feelings about Rudy to convey how Liesel grows and matures through the book.

mother. He believes it to be Claudius which is the killer of his father so he wants to kill him. Hamlet makes the decision to kill him. Finally, beginning with Act 5 we have the discussion of the gravedigger and Other. They quarrel with each other if Ophelia should get a Christian burial. The gravedigger

The first quote I have chosen to analyze is from act 4, scene 4, lines 32-38, spoken by Hamlet: How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus’d. (Shakespeare, IV, iv, 32-38) This passage, from Hamlet’s last soliloquy, occurs right after

To begin, Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century, it is set in the country of Denmark where a prince named Hamlet lives. Hamlets story begins at a time in his life where he faces hardships and depression from having to leave his school in Wittenberg to attend his father's funeral. Hamlet, whom is devastated by his father’s death is the shocked to find out that his mother, Gertrude, and his uncle, Claudius, are to be wed. His uncle Claudius is crowned as Denmark’s

Point of View: The novel is narrated by Mattie Cook in the first person. She is only able to speak for herself. The only thoughts and feelings she displays are her own and the story is set wherever she is. Setting: The story takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1973. The epidemic hits the city in the late summer months and lasts until December. Mattie lives with with her mother and grandfather above a coffeehouse her family owns. There is little medical knowledge at the time which leads

"No matter how many times she was told she was loved there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment" (Zusak 32). The novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl who struggles through WWII and faces the pain and suffering of abandonment. When one is faced with such an abandonment and is forced to cope on their own, they may feel lost and alone. These emotions force people to find comfort. As in Liesel 's case, some people find comfort in books