hamlet

             Hamlet is without any reservations, one of Shakespeare's most
             mystifying plays. Although the play has a concise story, it is filled with
             many uncertainties relating to different issues behind the plot. The
             reader is left with many uncertainties about the true feelings of prince
             Hamlet. One question in particular is, did Hamlet really love Ophelia?
             This dispute can be reinforced either way, however I believe Hamlet
             was truly in love with Ophelia. Support for my decision comes from
             Hamlet's treatment towards Ophelia is shown throughout the play, but
             especially in Act 3, Scene 2, and at Ophelia's grave in Scene 1 of Act
             This play is about the troubles encountered by young prince Hamlet
             as he tries to seek revenge for his father's murder. Hamlet discovers
             the murder of his father, as well as the adultery and incest committed
             by his mother and uncle. This results with Hamlet retaining a very
             embittered and cynical outlook on life. "Or that the Everlasting had
             not fixed His cannon 'gainst self-slaughter ... how weary, stale, flat,
             and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world."
             (1.2.131-134). Throughout the play, Hamlet teaches the audience the
             depths of his depression through soliloquies. Hamlet not only regards
             the world with pessimism, but he also has suicidal feelings. Hamlet
             displays thoughts of self that questions the worth of living. The
             foremost cause for his exasperation and aggravation is the fact that
             his mother and his uncle, Claudius immediately got married right after
             his father's death. Hi...

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