"I will be brief. Your noble son is mad," states Polonius (II, ii, 91) . Ophelia exclaims, "O what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!" (III, i, 153). "Alas, he's mad," concludes Gertrude (III, iv, 106). Claudius even instructs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to escort Hamlet to England because "it...

Person's thoughts will differ from their actions, be it the fear of being the same or different from others, the consequences of their actions, or the opinions that others may form about them. People live their lives like drones, always conforming to the rules, afraid to brake away from the n...

FAMOUS QUOTES FROM HAMLET "...SICK AT HEART" Francisco is happy to do this, thanking Bernardo and saying "'tis [it is] bitter cold, And I am sick at heart" (it is very cold and I am sick at heart), a line which symbolizes the mood of this play and the state of tension in Denmark....

In William Shakespeare's two most popular works of art, Macbeth and Hamlet, several parts of the plays are similar. These two plays can be compared easily because Shakespeare used the same formula for each of his tragedies. The tragedies use supernatural incidents to intrigue the reader&apo...

In William Shakespeare's two most popular works of art, Macbeth and Hamlet, several parts of the plays are similar. These two plays can be compared easily because Shakespeare used the same formula for each of his tragedies. The tragedies use supernatural incidents to intrigue the reader's ...

Brendan Murray English 4A Period 2 William Shakespeare-Hamlet 12-04-00 William Shakespeare painted an ambiguous picture of a character with qualities of psychological disorder, unluckiness and an indecisive nature in the play Hamlet. The young prince Hamlet suffered from severe emotional distres...