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What do you think hamlet means when he says conscience does make cowards?
The context demands that Hamlet is using conscience in the French sense of "consciousness" ,"awareness". It is the anticipation of death - or of its possible sequel in an afterlife that Christianity would have us believe highly unpleasant for those committing the sin of suicide - that makes us shy away from this "consummation devoutly to be wished".
What is the plot of Hamlet ?
Hamlet is about a young man (Hamlet) who is told by the ghost of his father that Hamlet's uncle and stepfather murdered him. Hamlet acts crazy while waiting for the right moment to kill his uncle, but his uncle is spying on him and guesses the truth. In the end the uncle's plot to kill Hamlet almost succeeds, but before he dies, Hamlet completes his revenge.
Did Fortinbras and Hamlet quarrel over Fortinbras's right to be in Denmark?
false
What character in the play Hamlet says break the ice?
Nobody. Horatio does say that the late King Hamlet "smote the sledded Polacks on the ice." but it is hardly the same thing.
Did King Hamlet die with out having an opportunity to confess and repent his sins?
Hamlet never got to be king. He died only minutes after Claudius who was king so there was no time for all the line of succession and coronation nonsense. But he did die without confessing and repenting of his sins. In fact he was right into the revenge thing at the time of his death.
Who is king Hamlet in the short story Hamlet?
There is no such thing as a short story called Hamlet. There is a play by this name, but plays are not the same thing as short stories.
What play of Shakespeare's has the line The play is the thing?
Hamlet
What is comic about the graveyard scene in Hamlet?
irony: the grave diggers are talkling about prince hamlet while he is right there
Who is the main rival to hamlet in the play hamlet?
Claudius is the antagonist, which is not the same thing as a rival. A rival is someone who wants the same thing as you want, when only one of you can have it. Hamlet does not want anything which only one person can have except perhaps the love of Ophelia, for which he has no competition.
What would be the first thing to considered by some to be a key question for understanding the theme in Hamlet?
Some people think that the most important question about Hamlet is "Is Hamlet mad or is he just faking it?"
In Hamlet what does Hamlet mean when he says 'The King is a thing'?
In Shakespeare's time, "thing" was slang for a penis. What women have, on the other hand, is "no thing" or "nothing". This puts a different slant on the title of the play "Much Ado about Nothing".Thus when Hamlet says to Horatio, "The King is a thing", Horatio is somewhat shocked by this lèse majesté and says "A thing, my Lord?". Hamlet pretends to have been using the more innocent meaning of the word by completing it with "of shreds and patches". But we know and Horatio knows what he really meant.
What is the plot of Hamlet ?
Hamlet is about a young man (Hamlet) who is told by the ghost of his father that Hamlet's uncle and stepfather murdered him. Hamlet acts crazy while waiting for the right moment to kill his uncle, but his uncle is spying on him and guesses the truth. In the end the uncle's plot to kill Hamlet almost succeeds, but before he dies, Hamlet completes his revenge.
What do you think hamlet means when he says conscience does make cowards?
The context demands that Hamlet is using conscience in the French sense of "consciousness" ,"awareness". It is the anticipation of death - or of its possible sequel in an afterlife that Christianity would have us believe highly unpleasant for those committing the sin of suicide - that makes us shy away from this "consummation devoutly to be wished".
What would Hamlet have gertrude do?
Though he berates Gertrude at length, the only thing Hamlet actually tells Gertrude to do is to stop sleeping with Claudius.
Did Fortinbras and Hamlet quarrel over Fortinbras's right to be in Denmark?
false
What character in the play Hamlet says break the ice?
Nobody. Horatio does say that the late King Hamlet "smote the sledded Polacks on the ice." but it is hardly the same thing.
Did King Hamlet die with out having an opportunity to confess and repent his sins?
Hamlet never got to be king. He died only minutes after Claudius who was king so there was no time for all the line of succession and coronation nonsense. But he did die without confessing and repenting of his sins. In fact he was right into the revenge thing at the time of his death.
