Whether Hamlet is mad or not is a largely debated topic. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet demonstrates numerous acts of feigned insanity and at the same time develops ingenious plans in order to prove the ghost’s word and kill Claudius. Hamlet’s craziness is just an act as everywhere throughout the play he reveals elaborate plans of revenge. In the first three acts‚ Hamlet shows signs of intelligence by forming logical plans to test the ghost’s words. He said he would “put an antic disposition on” so
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extensive and often dramatized‚ without addressing the potential underlying processes such as mental health and/or intoxicating influences that may contribute to such antisocial behaviour. To understand and determine whether or not murderers are mad or just bad‚ the defining terms of “mental illness” and “evil” are imperative. The psychological definition of mental illness is “any of various disorders in which a person ’s thoughts‚ emotions‚ or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to
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WHY DO FILIPINOS GO ABROAD? With an area of only about 300‚000 km2 and a population of more than 98 million to date‚ the Philippines could be likened to a huge can of sardines which could only allot around 3 square meters of individual space per person. That is‚ if all of us are actually inhabiting the country. However‚ ask a young Filipino what he or she plans to do in the future are and chances are‚ one of them is to go abroad. You can look in the most remote of barrios in the Philippines
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The film is set in the near future of a bleak‚ dystopian and impoverished Australia that is facing a breakdown of civil order primarily due to widespread oil shortages. (This is not explained in this film but in the sequel‚ Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.) Central to the plot is a poorly-funded national police unit called the Main Force Patrol (MFP‚ derogatorily called "The Bronze" by their enemies)‚ which struggles to protect the Outback’s few remaining townspeople from violent motorcycle gangs. The
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Ophelia: Better Off in a Nunnery Hana Travers-Smith Various characters in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet exhibit aspects of an “outsider”. The obvious choices being Claudius and Hamlet. Claudius appears to be freed from moral restrictions‚ while Hamlet represents the stereotypical isolated intellectual. However‚ both of them pale in comparison to the true outsider in the play: Ophelia. Both Claudius and Hamlet are too respected and entangled in the lives of others to be considered the ultimate estranged
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Puckett 1 Glenda Puckett Tina Shelby English 1302 7 November 2012 Hamlet – Mad Man? From Shakespeare’s description of Hamlet‚ one can envision him as an intense brooding character. After all he is dressed in all black because he is mourning the death of his father. Some may think that he has pale skin‚ messy hair with deep‚ brooding eyes. Hamlet is clearly intense. At times‚ Hamlet is consumed with outrage about his father’s murder. He exhibits recklessness and various moods from intense
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Mad Men‚ liked equally by critics and viewers‚ is one of the most popular TV series of the past few years. A fictional story set in the 1960s‚ it revolves around six men and women working for an ad agency: Don Draper‚ Pete Campbell‚ Peggy Olson‚ Joan Harris‚ Roger Sterling‚ and Bertram Cooper. The agency produces advertising campaigns for various products. The plot begins with Draper joining the ad company Sterling and Cooper. A few years after Draper joins‚ a British company tries to acquire
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Ophelia has been known as "the good daughter." She does whatever is asked of her by any male figure in her life. In the list of characters found in the lay she is simply listed the "daughter of Polonius." This implies that she is a minor character who still "belongs" to her father. Amanda Mabillard believes that it is out of love that Ophelia obeys her father’s and brother’s every desire (Mabillard‚ "Ophelia"). However‚ many believe that it is not out of "love" that prompts her obedience‚ but fear
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Mad City” arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs--last year’s news. It’s about the media feeding frenzy that erupts when a museum guard takes hostages. A TV newsman is one of them‚ the news channels carry the story around the clock‚ the museum is ringed with cops and cameras‚ and we get lots of scenes showing the vanity and hypocrisy of anchormen. This is not news. It’s time to admit the obvious: The public enjoys sensational journalism‚ and the media are only giving them what
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Ophelia came to America the only way that she could: illegally. The risks and the sinfulness of it stayed fresh in her mind‚ but the hardships she faced while living in Mexico were much more prominent. America was good to Ophelia; it gave her a job‚ it gave her a sense of security‚ and‚ above all else‚ it gave her Ramon. Ramon was a legal citizen of the United States‚ and according to the U.S. immigration policy‚ Ophelia was now a legal citizen as well as a result of their marriage (“How the United
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