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Examples Of Apparition In Hamlet

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Act 2 Discussion The play begins with a ghostly apparition of King Hamlet, the deceased father of Prince Hamlet, appearing on the castle battlements at Elsinore. Marcellus, Bernardo, and Horatio are the first three witnesses. The ghost's apparition in this act creates an atmosphere of mystery and ominous, “something rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.90). This phrase is used to evoke that there is something deeply wrong or corrupt in Denmark; furthermore, creating an atmosphere full of mystery. As this act goes on, there is a pervasive feeling of loss and sorrow for King Hamlet's death, which is especially clear in Prince Hamlet's remarks about his mother and his uncle's marriage, “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (1.2.146). In his soliloquy, …show more content…

Ophelia subsequently enters the room to speak with her father and clarifies that Hamlet appeared unexpectedly and entered her room and grabbed her "by the wrist" (2.1.87). Ophelia has been refusing to talk to Hamlet and sending him letters under Polonius' orders, "but as you did command" (2.1.106). This passage demonstrates the dominance of men over women throughout this literary era. Additionally, Ophelia's revelation to her father that Hamlet actually loves her encourages Polonius to alert Claudius of Hamlet's actions, “. Come, go we to the king. This must be known...” (2.1.117). This sequence leaves the play with an overall tone of ambiguity about the love between these two characters. This in comparison to Act 1 is more lighter and filled with less tragic events. Furthermore, in the next scene, Polonius advises the king and queen to spy on him. In the beginning, Hamlet strikes up a light-hearted and friendly dialogue with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. However, as Hamlet questions them, “ Is it your own inclining? Is it a free visitation?” (2.2.266), he acknowledges that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were sent to spy on him when they finally confess by saying “My lord, we were sent for.” (2.2.282). Furthermore, Hamlet employs repetition and parallelism to give the passage's final few sentences a guilt-tripping tone. This also

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Discussion 4: Within the play Hamlet there are four acts in it therefore there is something unique about each so that it can help the plot or grasp the viewer’s attention. In the first, as previously mentioned, revolved around Hamlet’s father and what caused his demise, or more accurately who. However during the beginning of the second act Polonius, Claudius, and Gertrude are concerned as to what is wrong with the “mad” Hamlet, so much so that the King and Queen sent two of his old friends to investigate his odd behaviours further. One named Rosencrantz and the other named Guildenstern.

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Claudius and Gertrude invited two of Hamlet’s childhood friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in hopes of finding out why Hamlet has become so crazy and sad. The ambassadors Voltemand and Cornelius return from Norway and tell the king that Fortinbras will not attack Denmark. Polonius arrives and thinks he has figured out the source of Hamlet’s madness, which is his love for Ophelia, this is proven by the love letters Hamlet has sent to Ophelia. Claudius, Gertrude and Polonius come up with a plan to “spy” on Hamlet when they set up a meeting with Hamlet and Ophelia alone, and see what his reaction is. Hamlet barges in, just after Claudius and Gertrude have left, and talks to Polonius, not knowing that he is Ophelia’s father and thinks,

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further serves to highlight his grief (132). These lines all scan perfectly and have masculine endings, which confirms Hamlet’s grief. He is firm in his sorrow, truly shaken and disturbed by his father’s death. The alliterative structure combined with Hamlet’s cutting cries all add to his “weary” feeling, exhausted by “all the uses of this world” (133-134). Hamlet’s world is shaken, and his view on life has been altered as well.

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