In the play Hamlet acts mad. He is not crazy however but is merely pretending to be. Before he begins this act he tells Horatio and Marcellus what he is about to do. Polonius notices that there is too much sense in Hamlets charade for him to be truly crazy. Hamlet makes sure his uncle is guilty of murder before enacting his revenge.
And yet, Hamlet is similar to Claudius in some situations. The first similar situation is that they both question about why someone grieves so much upon one’s death. Claudius is asking Hamlet why he cares so much about his father`s death at the beginning of the play, ”How is it that the coulds still hand you up`` (I, ii, 67). Almost at the end of the play, hamlet has a similar situation as Claudius’. He asks Laertes a similar question, ``Make up my sum.
17.After falling in love, Romeo and Juliet kiss and part. What surprising discovery does each then make about the other? 18.Describe the general atmosphere as the scene opens. How is the atmosphere affected by Tybalt’s behavior? 19.You have known the fate of Romeo and Juliet since line 8 of the Prologue.
What ultimately ends the feud between the Capulets and Montagues? The deaths of Romeo and Juliet. 7. In Act 1, Prologue, the chorus asks the audience to be what? Patient.
When Juliet responds with a yes, the Nurse says “Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence’s cell” (II.iiiii.67). Meaning, hurry to Friar Lawrence’s cell so you can marry Romeo. Juliet knows she cares for Romeo and that he cares for her. Juliet meets Romeo at the cell, forgetting about her arranged marriage. Juliet there weds her loving Romeo.
For example in act two scene 3 Romeo and Juliet get married against their parents’ wishes. The quote 2,3,94 “to turn your households’ rancour to pure love” this hyperbole is exaggerating how the marriage might turn the hatred between the Capulet’s and Montague’s into love. Another example of disobeying authority is act four scene one where Friar Lawrence gives Juliet the potion to make her seem dead even though God is the only one who can decide life and death. The quote 2,1,77 “O bid me leap, rather than marry Paris” is an extreme metaphor is showing how Juliet would rather kill herself then marry Paris as her parents wish for her to do. In
He states ‘tis an unweeded garden’ alluding to the fact that a false king leads to corruption which finally leads to the collapse of the hierarchy. Initially Hamlet has no internal conflict when it comes to avenging his father’s murder, but he is very quickly drawn into contemplation about the world and mortality. Hamlet as a character is enigmatic and it is these aspects of his personality that allow for his pondering of the world. In his Act 3 Scene 3 soliloquy, Hamlet finally reveals to the audience that he is going to honour his fallen father and avenge his death. However, his reasoning behind hesitation is that Claudius will go to heaven with a forgiven soul ‘and so he goes to heaven’.
Friar Lawrence has a cowardly streak that doesn't suit his character; he means no harm but may end up doing some. The part of the play that makes me think of Friar Lawrence as a good person is when the Friar marries Romeo and Juliet while knowing it could end very badly resulting in his own death. I see this as a very courageous act, trying to join the houses of the Capuletes and the Montagues. I think that the name Friar Lawrence gives a good indication that his vocation is that of a Friar.
Hamlet is a moral and intelligent man, he is aware of what is right and wrong and it is due to this morality that he delays the murder of Claudius and ended the cycle of revenge. After conversing with the ghost of his own father, Hamlet already devises a plan to kill Claudius in order to fulfill the ghost’s wishes to get revenge. However, much time passes throughout the play when Hamlet could have taken his revenge but he has yet to complete the deed. He admits he may have been deceived by the ghost when he says, "The spirit that I have seen / May be a devil, and the devil hath power / T' assume a pleasing shape (II:ii, 627-629). Hamlet delays the murder of his uncle due to the doubt he has in the validity of the information provided by the ghost.
By saying these words to her he is crassly calling her a harlot, and making to appear that he never really loved her. Ophelia made one decision and that was to love Hamlet, and now he is using her actions to make her feel inferior and sinful. Up to this point in the play, Shakespeare depicted Hamlet as a mad man hell-bent on avenging his fathers suspect death, however: his cruel outburst at Ophelia is not a turning point in the story in which he goes from being a hero to being a cold-hearted oppressor. Hamlet tells Ophelia that she will have to ‘marry a fool’ because ‘wise men’ would know better than to marry her; he yells at her ‘get thee to a nunnery’, and yet the way it fits into the plot makes it seem almost expected. As the plot progresses Ophelia begins to lose her mind, resulting in her eventually suicide, but at no point his Hamlet called out for his harsh words against her in a significant way.