It's unfortunate if your teacher talked you out of the truth. That wouldn't be intelligent by a teacher, or even competent. It would be irresponsible and foolish behavior by a teacher to mislead a...
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It's unfortunate if your teacher talked you out of the truth. That wouldn't be intelligent by a teacher, or even competent. It would be irresponsible and foolish behavior by a teacher to mislead a...
What actually happens in the Closet Scene is a bad misunderstanding between Hamlet and Gertrude.
When Hamlet says "by the rood" he's holding his sword up to Gertrude. "Rood" is a word for the...
Gertrude's right, of course, and it isn't that big a mystery. Gertrude reports the fact of how Ophelia died. That's why Gertrude's speech is in the play, to inform the audience of the fact. The...
I understood your question perfectly well. There was no real problem in how you phrased it.
"Look thou character" -- means both "be sure to remember (the following)," and also "look like what you...
The play is mixed, as to the time it's set. For one specific thing, the rapier is very much an Elizabethan type of sword. When rapiers are mentioned, that's straight from Shakespeare's own time. ...
That depends on how much a person thinks actual history was used in the play. Historically, Denmark was the first nation in Europe to adopt Lutheranism as the official state religion. That was...
The earlier scene where Fortinbras appears is Act 4, Scene IV, and it's included in the version here, so that should work for you.
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I offer the entire playtext, modernized. That is: modernized spelling, and other improvements to make it easier to read.
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No, you're not missing anything. There isn't any real Oedipus Complex in Hamlet. It's an idea that some people have gotten, but it isn't really there. Of course the Freudian people like to think...
I don't either, just from the word "imagery." It's a vague term that could mean various things. Did your teacher, or the lesson assignment, narrow it down any?
There's a Mirror/Image motif, or...
I sympathize. Hamlet is difficult to read, even for a native speaker of English who's quite fluent. You've got lots of company in the U.S., and around the world. I'll give you a few hints to help...
Hamlet has noticed Ophelia at a distance when he says "the fair Ophelia." To himself, he asks her to pray for him. He then approaches Ophelia, and she speaks first.
Hamlet knows he's being...