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You can find this out by reading Act 1 Scene 1 of the play, which tells you exactly how Shakespeare chose to start the play.

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Why do you think Shakespeare wrote the gravediggers?

Shakespeare wrote the scene with the gravediggers into Hamlet to make a comic break and to give a part to the company's clown.


Which shakespeare play has a grave robber in it?

There isn't one. There are two gravediggers in Hamlet, but their job is to make graves, not take dead bodies out of them.


What kind of literature did William shakespeare make?

No, he did not. Shakespeare was a playwright and a poet, famed for his sonnets.


What are the 5 tragedies of Shakespeare?

Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies are Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth. Those five plays are used in countless English classes throughout the world and are also highly translated.


Why does Shakespeare include cyclops in Hamlet?

Cyclops is not actually a character in Hamlet but is referenced by the First Player in Act 2, Scene 2.The reference could have many meanings. The story of Pyrrhus and Priam is one of revenge, as is Hamlet. And, as is the struggle Hamlet has, Pyrrhus has difficulty striking at Priam. But, as is Hamlet's hope, he does eventual exact revenge.The reference below, when coupled with Hamlet's own speech at the end may be Shakespeare's way of juxtaposing Hamlet's plight with those of other historic literary figures. Hamlet has a reason for revenge, as did Priam and reason to be upset as does Hecuba, and more reason to act those feelings than the First Player, and, yet, he is unable to do any of this."And never did the Cyclops' hammers fallOn Mars's armour forged for proof eterneWith less remorse than Pyrrhus' bleeding swordNow falls on Priam."

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Which play William shakespeare quote the choices you make dictate the life you live?

Hamlet


Why do you think Shakespeare wrote the gravediggers?

Shakespeare wrote the scene with the gravediggers into Hamlet to make a comic break and to give a part to the company's clown.


What did William leave to his son Hamlet when he died?

William Shakespeare's son was called Hamnet, not Hamlet, and as he died aged 11 in 1596, 20 years before William Shakespeare's own death he wasn't left anything in his father's will.


Which shakespeare play has a grave robber in it?

There isn't one. There are two gravediggers in Hamlet, but their job is to make graves, not take dead bodies out of them.


What kind of literature did William shakespeare make?

No, he did not. Shakespeare was a playwright and a poet, famed for his sonnets.


What are William Shakespeare's two most famous plays?

Probably the most famous are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet; those are the two everybody seems to have heard of. Hamlet is also considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest plays along with King Lear, Macbeth and Othello. Romeo and Juliet does not usually make this list. There is a prejudice in favour of Shakespeare's tragedies; for some reason a lot of people seem to think that sad plays are "greater" than happy ones.


What is the history of the word majestic?

the history is when Shakespeare decided to make the poem hamlet and almost called everything majestic and came around the time of the 1400s ......


How old was Hamlet when Shakespeare married?

If you mean, "How old was Hamlet, the character in the play, at the time Shakespeare was married?" then your question makes no sense. It's like asking "How old was Donald Duck when Shakespeare was born?" Well, you cannot answer not only because Donald Duck is a fictional character who never ages but also because he was not invented at the time Shakespeare was born. Likewise, if you mean "How old was Shakespeare's play Hamlet at the time Shakespeare was married?", it doesn't make sense because Shakespeare wrote that play after he and Anne were married. The same if by "Hamlet" you mean "Hamnet Shakespeare, William's son" because Hamnet was born in 1585 and his parents were married in 1582. The only way this question could possibly make sense is if you mean "How old was the story of Hamlet when Shakespeare got married in 1582?" Well, the story of Amleth appears in a book called Gesta Danorum (The Acts of the Danes), a kind of Danish history book, written around the year 1200, 382 years before Shakespeare's marriage, give or take a dozen years. Another similar but shorter work called the Chronicon Lethrense was written about thirty years earlier. These books put the events in the Amleth story some time in the 600s AD.


How was shakespeare sexiest in hamlet?

Shakespeare was not a particularly sexy actor; those parts all went to the leading man Richard Burbage. (Mind you there was that anecdote about the fan who wanted to sleep with Burbage after seeing him play Richard III, but Shakespeare got there first. This is a real story from Shakespeare's time, but is likely a joke and not a rumour. Nevertheless, it proves that someone thought Shakespeare was sexy). In Hamlet, Shakespeare was supposed to have played the ghost which was not a sexy part at all, not even when he shows up in his widow's bedroom. Or did you mean "sexist" as opposed to "sexiest"? If so, it is true that the character of Ophelia is mistreated and marginalized by all the men in her life: her father, her brother and her boyfriend. Her brother gives her a pile of advice about not going too far with Hamlet who is not in control of who he marries, being a prince. She snaps back that he should follow his own freaking advice. Her father tells her she should lay off Hamlet because young men do all their thinking with their pants. More obnoxiously, he uses her as bait to get Hamlet to reveal his secrets where he can be overheard. Hamlet catches on (maybe Ophelia intended that he should) and he gets violently angry and unbelievably rude and demeaning to her as a result. The other woman in the play, Hamlet's mother Gertrude, is portrayed as a strong silent type who is totally adored by her husband. (By both of them, actually) But Hamlet for some reason is really angry with her from the start for marrying Uncle Claudius, and he does some pretty rude and mean things to her as well. But here's the thing: just because Shakespeare has Hamlet say "Now could I drink hot blood" does not make Shakespeare a vampire. Hamlet is quite mean and rude to the women in his life, and is actually quite a misogynist, but that does not mean that Shakespeare was that way. In fact, Hamlet's misogynistic attitude contrasts with what we see of the women Hamlet is dealing with, so we know that we cannot take Hamlet's assessment of Ophelia's or Gertrude's character (or much else, actually) as gospel. Hamlet may be sexist, but that does not mean that Shakespeare was.


What are examples of garden imagery in Hamlet?

Act 1 Scene 2 Hamlet: "'tis an unweeded garden" Act 3 Scene 4 Hamlet: And do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker Act 1 Scene 5 Ghost: And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed That roots itself in ease on Lethe Wharf


Do any of the Danes want to make laertes king in hamlet?

In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," there is no widespread desire among the Danes to make Laertes king. Although Laertes is respected and has the support of the people after the death of his father, Polonius, the political scene is dominated by the power struggle between Hamlet and Claudius. While Laertes seeks revenge for his father's murder, his potential as a ruler is not a central theme in the play. Ultimately, the focus remains on Hamlet's quest for justice and the consequences of the existing power dynamics.


What are the 5 tragedies of Shakespeare?

Shakespeare's five greatest tragedies are Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Macbeth. Those five plays are used in countless English classes throughout the world and are also highly translated.