Hamlet's Act I Soliloquy
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A 5 page paper discussing the use of language and purpose in the scene 5 soliloquy of the ghost of Hamlet's father. Shakespeare leaves no doubt as to the ghost's and Hamlet's perception of the circumstances surrounding the king's death. The king asks for and receives a commitment from Hamlet to avenge the king's death in a manner that will be the most horrifying to those responsible, placing no limitations on Hamlet's actions against his uncle. He wants his wife to suffer longer, however, and he gives Hamlet reprieve from the sin of murdering his own mother. No other sources.
Filename: KSHamletSol.wps

Hamlet's Hesitation: A Theatrical Rendition of One Scene
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A 9 page paper which examines the speech/scene in Hamlet where he has the opportunity to kill King Claudius yet hesitates. The paper offers various approaches, concerning stage, setting, speech, that would offer an alternative rendition of this famous scene. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAhmlet2.rtf

Hamlet's Indecisiveness
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A five-page paper analyzing the many instances in which the title character of Shakespeare's classic play postpones decisive action. The paper asserts that in the long run, this procrastination causes more injustice and hurts more people than an early decisive action would have done. No additional sources.
Filename: KBhamlt2.rtf

Hamlet's Madness
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A 6 page essay on Hamlet's madness describing how his spirit undergoes a tragic development from the self - destructive negation of life and of heaven's purposes to a new affirmation of the advantageous sanctity of life. No Bibliography.
Filename: Hamletma.wps

Hamlet's Madness: Real or Feigned?
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This 10 page paper discusses whether or not Hamlet is really mad or just pretending. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: HVHamlMd.rtf

Hamlet's Ophelia
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This 5 page paper argues that Ophelia, in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark, is brought to a crisis of identity as a direct result of the intervention of the men in her life, including her father, her brother, Hamlet and Claudius. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTophlia.wps

Hamlet's Resentment of Father
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A 5 page paper which discusses how Hamlet may well have been very resentful of his father, and also how he was unable to transfer his love of his mother to Ophelia because of this resentment. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhamletdad.wps

Hamlet's Revenge
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A 5 page paper which asks why it took Hamlet so long to kill Claudius. The argument presented is that Hamlet, bound by honor and a code of righteousness, could not merely kill Claudius as Claudius had done to Hamlet's father. Hamlet was obliged by personal, honorable, Biblical, and righteous standards to hesitate till the right moment. And even then he somehow seems to have believed he failed, thus taking his own life as well. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAhmrevng.wps

Hamlet's Revenge / Caught Between Action & Conscience
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An 11 page paper showing that Hamlet was constitutionally unable to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle, and suggesting that the necessity of having to do so ultimately destroyed him. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Actcons.wps

Hamlet's Sanity
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A 5 page paper which argues that while he seemed, under the surface, to be completely rational and methodical about his plans, Hamlet had lost some of his sanity, or perhaps never really had a grip on sanity. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAhamsane.wps