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Points out that the reason for the eventual downfall for the characters in the play "Hamlet" are caused by character flaws such as: obsession, cleverness, manipulation and bitterness.
... throughout the play. One of which involves Laertes. After losing his father, Polonius, and his sister, Ophelia, Laertes is infuriated ... the new King is introduced to the reader as a charming, powerful gentleman. Eventually his clever, manipulative murderous ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
The Message of Hamlet.
... a father, for let the world take note you are the most immediate to our throne." (I; ii, 106-109) All of this has been a ... the ghost claiming to be his father's spirit is nothing more than evil. Hamlet is beginning to lose full control. Although he feels ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Love in Hamlet
... ; at his head a grass-green turf, at his heels a stone." (IV.V.29-32) The sorrow Ophelia felt for losing her father, led to ... for losing her father, led to the end of her life, she drowned in a brook. Even though Polonius wasn't always the best father to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
The problem of gender in three fairy tales by Angela Carter.
... s Bride, a father loses her daughter (Beauty) to the Beast in a game of card. And then the Beast offers her freedom for a glimpse ... in the winter, it is almost impossible for a father who would use his daughter as a chip when he gambles with the other people ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Eulogy - Hamlet
... , perhaps best portrayed Hamlet's elegant swordsmanship, a victory without losing a single point. A cheap shot from behind was the only ... uncle Claudius could have murdered his father. His deep attraction to Ophelia, who was a symbol of beauty and innocence, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
King Lear
... sending a definite shudder through the theatre. We see a man driven mad by his sufferings in a night of storm and terror, a father thrown ... of the love she owes him as a daughter's duty to her father. Consequently, she loses her share of the kingdom, and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte - notes and imagery of each chapter, how they compare and Bronte's use of laguage.
... had a father, a loving aunt, and older sisters to care for her. We don't know very much about Charlotte's relationship with her father ... to try to trick her into a bigamous marriage. He is no longer bitter about losing his sight, and his sufferings have ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"They horrify us, and yet, oddly, we never lose sympathy with them."Is this how you responded to the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
... have children of their own, as they will never become a mother and father. How can you not feel sympathy for two people who ... even thinkable in times like our own, we still, oddly, never lose sympathy with them, cause we still feel sorry for them, for ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Comparison of Lucy in "I Am Sam" to Elie Wiesel of "Night".
... evacuated, except those in the infirmary. Elie did not want to lose his father, who would be evacuated. "We had suffered so much, ... who leaves as soon as Lucy is born. After a fateful incident at a surprise birthday party for Lucy, the court takes away Lucy ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Hamlet a critical analysis
... fathers' death, an act, with reference to the moral climate of the 1600's. Therefore it is condoned. Laertes in his attempt to kill, loses ... Without these subplots, of revenge we are left with a lugubrious play where the ending although necessary is pointless ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet