Since Ophelia is not married‚ she must rely on the men in her life: Polonius‚ Laertes and the King. Due to this‚ she lacks free will in this patriarchal society and ends up mad. Ophelia asserts allegiance to the men in her life through various ways: she follows Polonius’s orders to stay away from Hamlet and his false promises and‚ she agrees to serve as bait which allows Polonius to spy on Hamlet. Ophelia seems to seek Hamlet’s love as a means of liberating herself from
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Laertes sister‚ Ophelia‚ was Hamlet’s lover. She commits suicide when Hamlet becomes consumed by his madness for revenge. Laertes father‚ Polonius‚ was also killed by Hamlet’s quest for revenge. While everyone believed Hamlet to have gone mad‚ Polonius was spying on Hamlet. He was eventually caught and stabbed. Although Hamlet believed he was killing his uncle‚ Polonius was dead all the same. Laertes‚ stricken with sadness and anger‚ conspires with King Claudius to end Hamlet’s life‚ for revenge and for
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degraded and taught they were inferior to men. Ophelia‚ is portrayed as weak‚ submissive and is manipulated continuously by the male figures in her life. Throughout the play‚ Ophelia is continuously taken advantage of and used as an object by her father Polonius and her love interest Hamlet. In modern day society‚ women have become more independent and generally have more freedom in regards to social expectations. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚
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King claudius death illuminates the meaning of the theme revenge for these reasons: The ghost‚ hamlets father‚ comes into the kingdom telling Hamlet to get revenge and kill King Claudius‚ Polonius swears revenge upon Hamlets death for the reasoning of Hamlet killing laertes‚ and finally‚ fortinbras seeks revenge on the death of his father. The ghost is Hamlet’s father king Hamlet. The ghost showing up at the doors to the castle illuminates a kind of fear to the guards. The guards notice that this
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similar to the henbane poison that had coursed through the former King’s veins‚ Hamlet proceeds to swear his fellow sentinels into a secrecy of utmost loyalty— equivalent to the devotion of a most pious ecclesiastic to their own religious piety. With Polonius’ platitude that Hamlet’s lunacy had stemmed from his affection for Ophelia‚ the vindictive son had successfully deterred His Majesty and
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meets Ophelia to say his farewells before returning to France. He warns her to beware of Hamlet’s trifling with her‚ and urges her to remain chaste. Ophelia agrees to heed his advice‚ while urging him to obey it as well. Polonius enters and counsels Laertes‚ who departs. Polonius also warns Ophelia of Hamlet’s amorous intentions‚ and finally instructs her to avoid him altogether. She assents. For he himself is subject to his birth He may not‚ as unvalued persons do‚ Carve for himself‚ for on his
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Generally speaking‚ anyone who’s asked what the most important thing in their life is will say their family. It’s the most common trend among cultures‚ that family holds the most value. But what about the relationships inside families‚ the siblings‚ the cousins‚ even the in-laws? Some inner family relationships are bound to be more important or more valued than others. Of course the stereotype relationships‚ the father-daughter and mother-son relationships usually take on a more important role than
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While Ophelia demonstrates a kind and sweet character‚ Queen Gertrude is depicted in a much different light. Shakespeare had made a developed character that has far more than one-dimensional. Aside from her role attached to the male characters in Hamlet‚ Queen Gertrude is an intelligent‚ respectable woman. Unfortunately‚ Gertrude is not always painted in the best light as her lack of awareness of her husband’s murder. Gertrude “doesn’t seem to know what’s going on around her and doesn’t know why
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The first instance of a man with power keeping a secret affecting others is when Claudius and Polonius keep secrets from their sons. Hamlet’s madness and want for revenge is evidence to Claudius great secrets. In Act one scene five‚ Hamlets learns of his father death and promises his father revenge for what has been done to him. He also learns that Claudius is the one that killed Hamlet Senior in his sleep and Claudius has been keeping this secret for some time now. Ghost says “The Serpent that did
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Polonius is much like that of Simon. Just like Simon‚ who finds out what the beast really is‚ Polonius listens in on Hamlet talking to his mother and figures out the truth about why Hamlet is really upset. Because he discovered this very much needed piece of information he is tragically killed by Hamlet. Just like Simon is killed by the group of boys before he even gets the chance to tell anyone about what he had discovered. Between the books of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet and Golding’s novel Lord
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