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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the ending of Hamlet. The use of symbols such as ghosts and poison are tied to the main theme. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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acts as the brooding hero of Shakespeares tragedy of the same name. Hamlet is a strong character from a humanistic perspective because, while he has deeply seated ideals about what
is the proper and moral course of action, he delays this course of action because it is difficult, and because he faces an existential confusion not unlike that faced by
any individual torn between the desire to behave one way and the obligation to behave another way. Hamlets characterization is central to the conclusion of the play, in which a
variety of plot threads reach their climax, and the theme of the play is resolved. Through the doubting and brooding voice of Hamlet, Shakespeare presents a strong narrative theme about
the multifaceted nature of justice, and how the justice of a leader affects the state entire; this theme is exemplified in the use of supernatural symbols, the symbolic use of
power, and the character of Fortinbras. This paragraph helps the student begin to explore the role of supernatural symbols in the play. The theme of justice in Hamlet is strongly
presented through describing Denmark as a physical entity, infected with some kind of supernatural malady; as the characters discuss the poor state of the realm, it is suggested that some
deep essential cause rather than mere circumstance is to blame for the decay of the state. As the ghost appears, it is remarked that "something is rotten in the state
of Denmark" (I.iv.67). Elsewhere, supernatural omens are again associated thematically with the relative health of the state; it is said that after Julius Caesar was murdered in Rome, the "graves
stood tenantless and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets" (I.i.114-116). In the final scene of the play, however, Hamlet is once against confronted with a
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