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A 3 page paper that answers 4 questions pertaining to Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The answers relate 3 examples of death and how Hamlet reacts; what the writer considers to be the turning point of the play; meaning of 2 soliloquies and meaning of 2 themes. No additional sources cited.
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While this technically occurs before the beginning of the play, it is this death on which the entirety of the plot hinges. At the beginning of the play, it is
clear that Hamlet is still trying to cope with his grief, which is complicated by the rapid remarriage of his mother and his uncles ascension to his fathers throne. Shakespeare
makes it clear that Hamlet is suffering mentally even before he meet the ghost. When Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius, thinking that he is Claudius, he barely pauses to acknowledge the
mistake, as he has become so intense on his own mission of berating his mother. However, when Ophelia dies, Hamlets emotions are truly touched. He leaps into the grave and
grapples wither her brother, professing the gravity of his loss. "I loved Ophelia; forty thousand brothers/ Could not, with all their quantity of love/ Make up my sum" (V.2.292-294).
2. The most pivotal scene in the play The scene in which Gertrude calls her son Hamlet to come speak with her in her closet is a pivotal
scene in Shakespeares great tragedy. Previously, Claudius has revealed his guilt as he attempts to pray, so naturally the question quickly arises as to how much Gertrude knew about the
true circumstances of her first husbands death, and the exact nature of her guilt. There does not appear to be much in the play that would connect her with the
murder of the late king; however, there has been considerable controversy concerning exactly when her relationship with Claudius began. The dialogue in the closet scene seems to substantiate the opinion
that Gertrudes great sin was infidelity, not murder. The fact that he has been on the brink of violence for quite some time is evident in the way he
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