Category: Book Hamlet
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This above all: to thine own self Hamlet
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Quote Analysis Act 1, Scene 3, line 78-80. Said by Polonius to Laertes this advice may seem trivial and snobbish while taken out of the context, but these…
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King Lear Act 4 Analysis
Main events of the act 4: Goneril arrives at her castle, but her husband doesn’t come to greet her; Albany is unhappy about what happened to Lear and Goneril wants to have a love affair with Edmund; Duke of Cornwall dies and his widow Regan starts to plan a marriage with Edmund; Gloucester wants Edgar…
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Hamlet Act 5 Analysis
Main events of the act 5: Ophelia is buried despite the fact that she might have killed herself; Laertes and Hamlet fight on Ophelia grave; Claudius places a bet that Hamlet will lose to Laertes in a fencing tournament; Hamlet agrees to contest with Laertes and wins first 2 rounds; Queen drinks to Hamlet’s victory,…
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Hamlet Essays – Page 3 | Just Great DataBase
Characters in Hamlet and Sister Ophelia Hamlet is a play by William Shakespeare that displays multiple themes and motifs throughout the text. Some main themes are incest and violence. Incest is a key aspect in the play. Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, kills his father and then marries his mother to become King of Denmark. Hamlet shows…
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King Lear Act 2 Analysis
Main events of the act 2: Edmund persuades Edgar that his father wants to punish him for something so Edgar runs away; Gloucester disowns his son Edgar and gives all his heritage to Edmund; Regan knows that her father is coming to visit her but takes off to visit Gloucester castle; Lear complaints about Goneril,…
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King Lear Act 5 Analysis
Main events of the act 5: Regan wants to know whether Edmund loves Goneril; Edgar gives a letter to the Duke of Albany as proof of Goneril’s sins; Edmund doesn’t want to choose between Regan or Goneril and hopes that one of them will murder the other; Edmund is dreaming of becoming a kind after…
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King Lear Act 1 Analysis
Main events of the act 1: King Lear wants to retire and share his kingdom between three daughters; When asked about how much they love their father, two daughters, Goneril and Regan pay him lots of fake compliments; His youngest daughter, Cordelia, doesn’t want to demonstrate her feelings through this staged act; Lear is outraged…
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Hamlet Act 1 Analysis
Main events of the act 1: The ghost of the deceased king appears in front of the guards; Denmark is preparing for a war with Norway; Young prince Hamlet is unhappy with his mother hastily marrying Claudius; Ophelia is told by her father and brother not to fall in love with Hamlet; The ghost tells…
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Hamlet Act 4 Analysis
Main events of the act 4: Gertrude tells the king that Hamlet killed Polonius; Claudius sends Hamlet to England with a letter requesting the King of England to kill the young prince; Ophelia has gone mad and drowns in a river; Laertes is back to Denmark and wants revenge; Hamlet escaped and writes a letter…
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Hamlet Quotes – Page 3 | Just Great DataBase
There are more things in heaven and earth…than are dreamt of by your philosophy. Hamlet Hamlet 5 O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Hamlet Hamlet 4 Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. Hamlet Hamlet 3…