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    protagonists of Hamlet and The Great Gatsby just by looking at the titles of the novels! Hamlet and Jay Gatsby are two characters, who can easily be overanalyzed without truly researching into their own stories and unveiling just who these two gentlemen are, for they are enigmas, and can be scrutinized into being more similar than one may think. Hamlet and The Great Gatsby each have stories within stories within stories. Characters in both synopses are somehow related to one another. In Hamlet, when King

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    a play’s meaning until you comprehend its works” (Ball 3). William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is an excellently written dramatic tragedy, that when analyzed well, is a dynamically diverse piece of literature. Hamlet is an ideal play for analyzing, with much exposition, clear stasis and intrusion, good use of theatrical elements, suspenseful forwards, and multiple cause and effect triggers and heaps. The exposition in Hamlet is in constant development throughout act I, scenes i and ii, as the characters

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    tragic play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is a teenager and the son of the murdered King Hamlet. In light of King Hamlet’s death, Claudius, the brother of King Hamlet, takes the throne as well as his wife, Gertrude. In multiple scenes of the play King Hamlet’s ghost appears and  asks Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius, who had murdered him. Hamlet’s thoughts of suicide due to the murder of his father cause him to begin to go insane, however the idea of killing Claudius causes Hamlet to begin

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    expectation of morality and justice. His narrative shows that The Inconvenient Indian is definitely not fictitious, but indeed a tragic history of the Natives. In this essay, I will accompany my reading of The Inconvenient Indian with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The play touches on many aspects of memory that relate to King’s representation of history. I will first talk about how King defines and utilizes the subjective nature of history, then discuss matters about memory and finally the significance of

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    While Hamlet and Laertes are at conflicting ends of the scale, nonetheless, Prince Fortinbras is in the median. When King Hamlet executes Young Fortinbras' father, his response was neither slowed nor thoughtless. In comparison to Hamlet's reluctance and Laertes' urgency, Fortinbras behaves wisely. Rather than excessively pondering his situations or acting on desire, he evenly and determinedly fashions a functional plan to have that army journey to Denmark. The Prince deceits the King by clarifying

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    Hamlet: A National Hero?

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    awash with the aftermath of a fateful battle. A lifeless king rests amid the corpses of his family and followers, slain for his sins. His nephew, Hamlet, has just taken the life of the man who stole King Hamlet’s crown and passes on with the confidence that he has just liberated his nation, Denmark, from an oppressive ruler. Unfortunately, what Hamlet fails to grasp is the amount of incalculable sacrifices that guided him to be able to tear away Claudius’ crown. In actuality, the lack of animosity

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    Hamlet’s thoughts, emotions, and morals. Hamlet faces countless moral challenges that he must mostly take on alone. The only person that helps him is Horatio, whom he trusts dearly. It is through these challenges that shows a different type of thinking compared to other characters in the play. The way Hamlet responds, handles, and reacts to his moral issues tells the reader about his type of thinking and suggests that it is a newer age of reasoning. Hamlet represents a new type of thinking where he

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    there is corruption. Anything that seems pure is most likely to be corrupt in reality, infected with the disease of sin. It is with this regard that Shakespeare presents the plot of his infamous play Hamlet, in which many characters recognize the ubiquitous corruption of their surroundings. In Hamlet, Shakespeare ties his characters together around the concept of a poisoned kingdom through imagery and diction to reveal the inherent corruption in man. Shakespeare communicates to his audience

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    Hamlet: Revenge and Justice Prompt 1 At times, we allow our better judgment to be clouded by the emotions we conceal deep within. These moments, usually occur after brutalization caused by something or someone, making the line between vendetta and righteousness, nearly non-existent .Like a wilted white rose dipped in blood, the anguish from our lacerations distorts and sullies the purity of the soul creating a desolate void of hatred. Justice and revenge is there a difference, is one more virtuous

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    Revenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger, rather than through reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, but this principle is not always an intelligent theory to live by. Young Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers. They all acted on emotion, and this led to the downfall of two, and the rise to power of one. Since the Heads of the three major families were each murdered, the eldest

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