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Hamlet is excited by the players for 2 reasons. One, he is tired of the real world and the idea of having some sort of fantasy to occupy his time seems interesting. Also, he knows that he will use the play as a way to observe his uncle's behavior which will supply Hamlet with an answer to how his father died.
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∙ 12y agoHe's into theater, and the one who plays the king in particular is a great actor. He also is beginning to formulate a plan to catch Claudius. More speculatively, he likes it when outsiders come in to free him from the surreal incestuous nightmare of Elsinore, and of course the theater metaphor gives him opportunity for more angsty introspection on the duality of thought and appearance.
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∙ 13y agoAs old friends. He comments on how one player has grown, and how another has grown a beard. He gives them advice on how to act (I can't imagine the actors being particularly happy about that). He asks Polonius to treat them well, better than they deserve.
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∙ 14y agoHe wants to find out if Claudius really did kill his father so he told the players to act out what Claudius did to Hamlet's father.
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∙ 10y agoPrince Hamlet is so happy after the play because he avenges the death of his father. Much of the play is spent in him attempting to achieve this single goal.
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The total tragedy of a girl named hamlet?
Hamlet was the Prince of Denmark, so obviously was not a girl!
Who is Claudius and why does Hamlet dislike him so much?
Claudius was the brother of old King Hamlet (father of Prince Hamlet the hero of the play). When King Hamlet died, Claudius became king and married his widow Gertrude (Prince Hamlet's mother). Hamlet felt that it was too soon after his father's death for them to marry and also there used the idea that your husband or wife siblings were your siblings so to marry them was a kind of incest. So Hamlet wasn't very keen on his uncle to begin with - then he saw his father's ghost and found that Claudius had murdered his father. Read the play or at least see the film - the one with Mel Gibson isn't bad. Or read the prose version in Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. It is worth studying properly.
Who is the young girl in love with the prince of Denmark?
If you are talking about Prince Frederik the Crown Prince of Denmark, he's 42 and married and so any young girl who might be in love with him is out of luck. If you are talking about Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark in the Shakespeare play, Ophelia is the name of the girl that is interested in him.
What did Hamlet think killed his father before he found out that Claudius did?
The public story was that an adder (snake) stung (bit) King Hamlet while he was sleeping, but when Hamlet's Ghost tells Prince Hamlet it was Claudius, the Prince responds, "Oh, my prophetic soul," meaning he really thought so all the time.
Was Hamlet in position of power?
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark so that does come with its own power. But Claudius is the one with the most power. However Hamlet is loved by all the people so it essentially makes Hamlet unkillable because if Claudius kills him the people will turn against him. In the eyes of the people Hamlet can do no wrong, so in a way he is in a position of power.
Where is Shakespeare's Hamlet set?
Hamlet is a Danish prince, so he is in Denmark.
The total tragedy of a girl named hamlet?
Hamlet was the Prince of Denmark, so obviously was not a girl!
Who is Claudius and why does Hamlet dislike him so much?
Claudius was the brother of old King Hamlet (father of Prince Hamlet the hero of the play). When King Hamlet died, Claudius became king and married his widow Gertrude (Prince Hamlet's mother). Hamlet felt that it was too soon after his father's death for them to marry and also there used the idea that your husband or wife siblings were your siblings so to marry them was a kind of incest. So Hamlet wasn't very keen on his uncle to begin with - then he saw his father's ghost and found that Claudius had murdered his father. Read the play or at least see the film - the one with Mel Gibson isn't bad. Or read the prose version in Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. It is worth studying properly.
Who is the young girl in love with the prince of Denmark?
If you are talking about Prince Frederik the Crown Prince of Denmark, he's 42 and married and so any young girl who might be in love with him is out of luck. If you are talking about Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark in the Shakespeare play, Ophelia is the name of the girl that is interested in him.
In Hamlet Hamlet wondered how his so called friend thought that he could play Hamlet like a flute?
that isn't a question
What did Hamlet think killed his father before he found out that Claudius did?
The public story was that an adder (snake) stung (bit) King Hamlet while he was sleeping, but when Hamlet's Ghost tells Prince Hamlet it was Claudius, the Prince responds, "Oh, my prophetic soul," meaning he really thought so all the time.
Was Hamlet in position of power?
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark so that does come with its own power. But Claudius is the one with the most power. However Hamlet is loved by all the people so it essentially makes Hamlet unkillable because if Claudius kills him the people will turn against him. In the eyes of the people Hamlet can do no wrong, so in a way he is in a position of power.
Was Hamlet a play of romance?
Hamlet was not a romance play it was a tragdety maybe the was love between Ophelia and Hamlet but the is not the main point of the play so i wouldn't call it a romance
What is Claudius' relationship to Prince Hamlet in Shakespeare's play?
Gertrude's first husband was King Hamlet. King Hamlet was the brother of Claudius. This makes Claudius and Gertrude in-laws. After Claudius murders King Hamlet, he marries Gertrude, so they are then husband and wife.
In the play Hamlet who are gertrude and Claudius?
Hamlet was the main character; he was the son of Gertrude(the queen) and she married Claudius(the king) who killed Hamlets father so he could take the throne instead of Hamlet.Ophelia is Polonius's daughter; Polonius is Claudius's best friend and Hamlet and Ophelia are engaged. Polonius has a son named Laertes who was Hamlet's nemesis.
Who is Bernardo in Hamlet?
They are soldiers of the watch. Of course they know who Hamlet is, since he's the prince. Hamlet may not be so sure about them. When they come with Horatio in Act 1 Scene 2, he does not appear to know Bernardo at all. He greets him "Good even sir" when he calls Marcellus by name.
What is Hamlet classified as in literature?
William Shakespeare's plays are commonly categorised as Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Hamlet is a Tragedy.
