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What does hamlet tell his mother that causes her to say he has cut her heart in two?
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What he says immediately before she utters this line is "Forgive me this my virtue for in the fatness of these pursy times virtue itself of vice must pardon beg." but surely Hamlet's smug belief in his own virtue or his cynical view of the world cannot have cleft her heart in twain. However, Hamlet has just completed an extended rant, interrupted by the appearance of the ghost, in which he is urging his mother to break off marital relations with her husband the king. Has he persuaded her that being a good wife to Claudius is a bad thing by comparing Claudius's picture to that of Hamlet's father? Surely not. What does Hamlet tell Gertrude that she didn't know before? "Almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother." says Hamlet, and Gertrude immediately seizes upon the new information. "As kill a king?" she says. It takes a while for this to sink in and for the truth of the accusation to dawn on her, and all the while Hamlet is ranting away. She wants him to stop so she can think about this, and to evaluate her position: she has unwittingly married her husband's murderer. This is what has cleft her heart in twain
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What are some questions to ask Hamlet?
Some unanswered questions in Hamlet are: Does Hamlet truly go "mad" or is it all an act? Does it matter? Why doesn't anybody dislike Claudius even though he's a murderer? Did Gertrude play a part in Hamlet's father's death? Does the ghost of Hamlet's father tell him not to blame Gertrude, Hamlet's mother? Does Hamlet love Ophelia? Is Hamlet in love with his mother? If he is in love with his mother is he also still in love with Ophelia?
Who does Polonius plan to tell of Hamlet's behavior and his suspected cause?
Polonius plans to tell Claudius. Polonius believes that it is love that is driving Hamlet insane.
Who does Hamlet appoint to tell his story to the world?
He tells Horatio to "draw his breath in pain," to tell Hamlet's story.
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King Claudius needed a way to dispose of Hamlet without Denmark, or Hamlet's mother (his wife) knowing that he had committed the murder. Cluadius' letter to the English court was meant to tell the Englisht that when Hamlet arrived in England, they should kill him.
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if you are asking this for, say, a homework assignment, then I recommend you figure it out on your own, as your teacher could find this easily.The ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet is Hamlet's father, who is dead. In Hamlet, Hamlet's father is killed by Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet's father's ghost (the ghost) comes back to basically tell Hamlet what happened, and to tell him (more or less) to have revenge on Hamlet's uncle.
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The soldiers want to tell about the ghost to scare you.
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