Hamlet Revenge Quotes Analysis Shakespeare develops the theme of revenge through Hamlet's progressing urge and action put forward to kill Claudius. Hamlet regards his inability to avenge his father’s death as discomforting, for instance, “Excitements for my reason and my blood, And let all slee...
Nay, it is; I know not "seems." –William Shakespeare Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2. Hamlet gives this annoyed response when Gertrude asks him why his father’s death “seems” to be affecting him so much. Irritated by his mother’s use of the word, Hamlet is genuinely upset about his fat...
Hamlet's Mental and External Struggles. Hamlet faced intense mental grief due to his father's sudden death and his mother's quick remarriage to his uncle, Claudius. This led to conflicting emotions of grief, rage, and betrayal, which he expressed in his famous soliloquies, such as "To be,...
He is saying that he won't feel as upset about his father's death when he has the chance to tell Hamlet "you did this" What is the final part of Laertes' and Claudius' plan? "And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping, If...
Hamlet is overcome by guilt for Polonius's and Ophelia's deaths, and distraught over his own indecision throughout the play (whether to kill his uncle, for which he will hate himself, or to commit suicide because he cannot live with himself if he does not avenge his father). His death ...
For all his rage and despair at his father's death and mother's remarriage, Hamlet does not want to do what the ghost ordered him to do, and he is still uncertain about whether more death would make anything right. This indecision will bring about the downfall of everyone in Elsinore Cas...
The image of zombie-like apparitions with little to say is in sharp contrast to the depiction of the eloquent Ghost of Hamlet's father and, likely, consciously juxtaposed by Shakespeare to explain Hamlet's fears about the Ghosts' true intentions. In Shakespearean England, a spirit who had retu...
What does Hamlet suggest to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act 2, Scene 2 about his madness? 15 of 21 That it is not something he can control That it is an act and he is mad only on occasion That it is the result of his father's death That Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will never un...
Hamlet: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
betrayal, leading to harsh treatment. Hamlet's self-doubt reflects his lack of trust in his own ability to avenge his father. He also distrusts Polonius and Claudius, feigning madness to mislead them. Finally, Hamlet questions his mother's loyalty, unsure of her involvement in his father's ...