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  1. Quick answer: Hamlet's downfall, and the downfall of others, results from his indecision and rash actions. His hesitation to kill Claudius while praying prevents him from...

  2. A Modern Perspective: Hamlet. By Michael Neill. The great Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold used to maintain that “if all the plays ever written suddenly disappeared and only Hamlet miraculously survived, all the theaters in the world would be saved.

  3. Get an answer for 'If Hamlet had killed Claudius in Act 3, how would it affect his self-perception and worldview? How does his character develop in Acts 4 and 5?' and find homework help for...

  4. When Hamlet kills Ophelia’s father, she goes mad. In her madness, she sings songs that seem to dwell on the causes of her grief. Some of her songs are about old men or fathers dying. The rest are about pre-marital sex: “Quoth she, ‘Before you tumbled me / You promised me to wed’” (IV.v.).

  5. Jul 25, 2020 · King Hamlet’s death has been avenged but at a cost of eight lives: Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencranz, Guildenstern, Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, and Prince Hamlet. Order is reestablished but only by Denmark’s sworn enemy.

  6. Throughout the scene, the men refer to the Ghost as it, a thing; although awestruck and terrified, they do not defer to the Ghost as if it actually were the old King. Horatio accuses the Ghost of usurping the fair and warlike form (line 47) of Old Hamlet.

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  8. The ghost of the former king, Hamlet, is seen, but refuses to speak to any of the soldiers on guard duty. At the royal court, Prince Hamlet (the dead king’s son) shows disgust at his uncle, Claudius, who is king, having taken the throne after Hamlet’s father, Claudius’ brother, died.

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