Hamlet

Horatio didn't die in Hamlet.

The following is from Wikipedia (search was for Hamlet with Horatio):

Horatio is present through most of the major scenes of the play, but Hamlet is usually the only person to acknowledge that he is present; when other characters address him, they are almost always telling him to leave. He is often in scenes that are usually remembered as soliloquies, such as Hamlet's famous scene with the skull of Yorick. Horatio is also present during the mousetrap play, the discovery of Ophelia's madness (though the role of an anonymous gentleman-courtier has been substituted in this scene), Hamlet's display at Ophelia's grave, and the all-important final scene. He is the only major main character to survive all the way to the end of the play.

In performance, the part of Horatio is the only major part that can't be doubled, i.e. that can't be played by an actor who also plays another character, since he is present in scenes involving nearly every character.

Hamlet's friend Horatio was most loyal to him. Furthermore, in Act 1, scene 5, Hamlet makes Horatio and Marcellus swear loyalty to him and to never reveal what they have witnessed in the woods and Hamlet's interaction with his father's ghost.

Hamlet is mad at Gertrude for happily marrying so soon and to he's Uncle of all people. And as for Claudius, to take the place of Hamlet's father was a villain of a decision. Most of the madness is shown after the Ghost appears and tells what has happened in the past. Revenge for what has happened---Father's brother poisoned me while sleeping in the orchard. Remember me. Act 1, scene 5.

There are loads of them everywhere. For example, when he is talking about Yorick's skull, he says to the skull: "Now get you to my lady's chamber and tell her--let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come." Talking to inanimate objects (or absent people or abstract concepts) is called apostrophe.

It means that those who have great power (whether politicians, religious people or similar) are extra dangerous if they become corrupt or insane, because their influence will have greater consequences for the people around them. Because of this, they need to be watched with extra care.

The tragedy of Hamlet has been around since what is believed to be about 1599. So exactly why has this play been around for so long? Perhaps the most famous quotation comes from the existential dilemma that causes Hamlet to question whether he should continue living or just quit? Put into Shakespeare's brilliant language, Hamlet says, "To be or not to be, that is the question."(Shakespeare). As Hamlet is having trouble in life, he is able to show the voice of a problem that still confronts a large amount of people today. Other than the ever so popular quote, Hamlet really grabs the audience into the play. With ghosts, betrayal, madness, murder, and the famous bloodbath that takes place in the end, Hamlet would even be a major hit in Hollywood today. Yet another reason Hamlet remains around today, is that it brings up so many questions that are still debated today. For example, "To be or not to be, that is the question."(Shakespeare). Well we know the question but what is the answer. Although the book can hint at what the answer is believed to be, it is truly up to the audience to decide for themselves. Furthermore, the tragic play brings about questions of religion, philosophical issues, political issues, psychoanalytical issues, and also feminist issues.

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 machination.

Addition: Act 5, Scene II:

"HAMLET

The point!--envenom'd too!

Then, venom, to thy work.

Stabs KING CLAUDIUS

All

Treason! treason!

KING CLAUDIUS

O, yet defend me, friends; I am but hurt.

HAMLET

Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane,

Drink off this potion. Is thy union here?

Follow my mother.

KING CLAUDIUS dies"

Hamlet is talking to the Ghost, which Gertrude can't see, which looks bizarre to her. For the first time, Gertrude sees Hamlet as seriously mentally ill, not just disturbed. Ironically, it's Gertrude whose perceptions are faulty in this scene.

No not at all. He had to figure out a way to prove his mother and uncle murdered his father, to not let them know he knew, and to show them for what they were. The fact he played insane was his method to do this. He lets on through the play he is planning his moves. When he has the play staged telling the story this is very brave of him because to some extent he is tipping his hand. Behind the scenes they are plotting his death and he knows this when he goes into the duel.

"This" ghost? What ghost?

It's called The Murder of Gonzago, but when asked, Hamlet calls it The Mousetrap.

Because he believes that because King Claudius is praying, he soul will be cleansed. Because of this, he would not be damned to hell or purgatory when he dies. Instead, Hamlet decides to wait until King Claudius has slept with the Queen later that night before killing him (theoretically his soul would be sullied because of this). The reason this is such a big deal is because the ghost of old King Hamlet wanders trapped in purgatory since he didn't have a chance to confess his sins.

Tragic flaw is a concept derived from Aristotle's poetics which was extremely popular in the 19th century and still has currency among schoolteachers who use older textbooks.

The idea is this: Tragedies have to have tragic heroes, main characters who have something bad happen to them. We have to sympathize with the tragic heroes, or otherwise we would conclude that they deserve what they get. But it is unfair to God to say that bad things happen to people because, well, they happen that way. We have to say that bad things happen to people because they have something wrong with them. This need to point a moralistic finger means that although we might think that the tragic hero is mostly good, there is something wrong with him. This "something wrong" is called a "tragic flaw".

The need to find these permanent flaws in people's characters has driven students to distraction trying to find some quality in the hero they can deplore and say "There! That's why the bad things happened to him."

In Act III, Scene 2, Lines 73-79, Juliet uses multiple oxymorons (contradictory statements) to describe her conflicting feelings toward Romeo. He murdered her cousin but is her husband and she loves him. I hope that helps =]

the person who said this was, I believe, in fact Hamlet himself at the beginning. If I am wrong forgive me, but to my educated knowledge I do believe dearly this is true. I hope this is at least some use to you - but yes, HAMLET SAID "To be, or not be - that is the question."

He was sleeping in his orchard when Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, poisoned him with hebenon.

Gertrude is quite shocked by Hamlet's confrontation. Not only did he kill Polonius in the room, but Hamlet also goes into a rage of criticism against his mother and sees the ghost, which Gertrude does not see.

Hamlet looks to make Claudius feel guilty in order to confirm his suspicions that Claudius killed his father. "The play's the thing, In which I'll catch the conscience of the king."

Additionally the play looks to show Gertrude her lack of loyalty to her dead husband (Hamlet's father).

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.

It was his job. He was a professional playwright. Hamlet was a story that had already been around for a while and (we think) had already been made into a play. Basically, the boys were sitting around and someone suggested a remake of the old Hamlet play. Shakespeare must have thought he could make something out of the story. Boy, was he right.

One of the overarching themes of Hamlet is the questioning of real verses feinted insanity. At the start of the play Hamlet is suicidal, restraining himself only because it woul be considered a sin in the eyes of the church. After the encounter with the ghost of his father, Hamlet goes through a visible transformation. This convinces all characters, save for Horatio, believe him to be mad. At the end of the play, Hamlet kills Claudius, but not before being mortally wounded and poisoned. All traces of madness are gone and Hamlet finds himself at peace at having avenged his father. He tells Horatio to tell the story to the world so that they may learn from them.

Before Hamlet sees the ghost it has already been seen by Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio - so it seems to be a real ghost. (This all happens in Act 1. Scene 1).

But what do we mean when we say a 'real ghost'? Shakespeare never answers that question.

The mouse trap is the play inside the play. Hamlet crates a play simulating his father's death in front of his uncle. Hamlet expects his uncle to react in order to show that he's the murderer.

Hamlet dies in Act 5, scene 2 when he is struck by Laertes with a poisoned sword. He and Laertes are dueling and Laertes is using a blade that Hamlet's Uncle Claudius has tainted with a strong poison.