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Never. He said he'd do it if it was the last thing he did, and as it happened it was the last thing he did. He did give up on trying to force an opportunity, deciding instead to wait for an opportunity to present itself.
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What three things does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?
1. Kill the king ("If thou didst ever thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder") 2. Lay off Mom. ("nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught") 3. "Remember me."
Was Hamlet ever mad or just acting?
Shakespeare leaves the madness of Hamlet to the mind of the audience; you can read it either way. If he is mad (as in "insane"), it is a madness with a purpose. At any rate, it would be a curious sort of madness that depended on the winds.
What is the name of the antagonist in Hamlet?
Claudius, the king is Hamlet's major antagonist. He is a shrewd, lustful, conniving king who contrasts sharply with the other male characters in the play. Whereas most of the other important men in Hamlet are preoccupied with ideas of justice, revenge, and moral balance, Claudius is bent upon maintaining his own power. The old King Hamlet was apparently a stern warrior, but Claudius is a corrupt politician whose main weapon is his ability to manipulate others through his skillful use of language. Claudius's speech is compared to poison being poured in the ear-the method he used to murder Hamlet's father. Claudius's love for Gertrude may be sincere, but it also seems likely that he married her as a strategic move, to help him win the throne away from Hamlet after the death of the king. As the play progresses, Claudius's mounting fear of Hamlet's insanity leads him to ever greater self-preoccupation; when Gertrude tells him that Hamlet has killed Polonius, Claudius does not remark that Gertrude might have been in danger, but only that he would have been in danger had he been in the room. He tells Laertes the same thing as he attempts to soothe the young man's anger after his father's death. Claudius is ultimately too crafty for his own good. In Act V, scene ii, rather than allowing Laertes only two methods of killing Hamlet, the sharpened sword and the poison on the blade, Claudius insists on a third, the poisoned goblet. When Gertrude inadvertently drinks the poison and dies, Hamlet is at last able to bring himself to kill Claudius, and the king is felled by his own cowardly
Why has Shakespeare made the choice for the Ghost to be seen and heard only by Hamlet?
He did not. The ghost is only heard by Hamlet but Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio see it. This is a clue to us that the ghost is not just a figment of Hamlet's imagination. Gertrude, however, cannot see or hear the ghost even when it is present in the same room. This suggests that the ghost can appear to anyone if that suits its purpose; it is important to be seen by the guards so they will bring it to Hamlet's attention, but also important that he not be seen to be involved by his widow. But the real reason, as ever in a Shakespeare play, is dramatic. The scenes where the ghost appears to the guards is a dramatic scene good for opening the play, and the fact that they have seen the ghost allows for a number of wonderful scenes: Horatio's description of the ghost in 1,2, the attempts by Horatio to hold Hamlet back in 1,3, and Hamlet's insistence that they swear an oath of secrecy. All of this would be lost if the Ghost was visible only to Hamlet. But in Act 3, the scene is between Hamlet and Gertrude, and the ghost is a minor distraction. Having him appear to Gertrude would necessitate some kind of confrontation between them, and the scene would become one between Gertrude and the Ghost and Hamlet would be superfluous. Since such a scene is not necessary to the plot (Hamlet will convince Gertrude of Claudius's guilt without the help of the ghost), Shakespeare wisely avoided it.
How does the name Hamlet relate to Shakespeare?
He wrote the play Hamlet. You might think that the name was developed from his son's name- Hamnet, who died about five years before he wrote the play. But you'd be wrong. Shakespeare's son was named after his neighbour Hamnet Sadler, and his daughter, Hamnet's twin, was named for Hamnet Sadler's wife Judith Sadler. The character in the play was called Hamlet (or some variation on that) for three hundred and fifty years before Shakespeare got hold of it.Thinking that Shakespeare named the character after his son is like thinking that he named the main character in King John after his father, or one of the main female characters in Henry VIII, Anne Bullen, after his wife.
William Shakespeare what did Hamlet mean by the undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns?
As the soliloquy at that point is indeed speaking about death (Hamlet is contemplating suicide) it suggests that he is talking about the afterlife - from which no one has ever returned - except of course Jesus Christ. (Allegedly mind you...)
Did hamlet ever lose all of its children?
no
Who is hamlet in hamlet?
Claudius; Hamlet's murderous uncle. Claudius killed Hamlet's father, then married Hamlet's mother Gertrude and tried to take the throne without anyone ever knowing the terrible things he had done.
Are fathers ever spanked by their sons?
No
What three things does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?
1. Kill the king ("If thou didst ever thy dear father love, revenge his foul and most unnatural murder") 2. Lay off Mom. ("nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught") 3. "Remember me."
Did Hamlet ever get to be king?
No, Claudius took the throne by marrying Gertrude.
Where there any famous people watching Hamlet?
Yes, ever since it's premier in 1600, Hamlet has been seen by millions of people, famous and not.
You like Hamlet?
Do I like 'Hamlet'? As in the play? In which case, yes, I love it. I think it possibly the greatest story or play written EVER. But if you mean to I like the character of Hamlet then I would have to say that most of the time he doesn't appeal to me - he is a coward.
Did Hamlet ever actually weep?
This may be open to interpretation. However, in many modern interpretations of Shakespeare's play, Hamlet is portrayed to be crying at least sometime in the play.
DID Clara Ever had a mom?
All people have mothers and fathers.
Is pine a ever green?
Yes they are it if known for a fact they are . in 1944 our fathers
How many pages does If Death Ever Slept have?
If Death Ever Slept has 186 pages.
