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Published: 18.07.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'How all occassions do inform against me - Hamlet', 1.
  • Essays 'How all occassions do inform against me - Hamlet', 2.
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UNPACK MY HEART WITH WORDS
Words, words, words.
Saying something and then actually doing it is a rare event in today's society. Unfortunately, staying true to our word has been a problem for many years now. William Shakespeare's Hamlet perfectly illustrates this through the powerful protagonist of Hamlet whose passion is to think rather than act. After discovering that his father was murdered by the adulterate beast of Claudius, Hamlet feigns antic disposition in an attempt to hide his true intentions to kill the newly-crowned king (I.v.47,190).
Despite Claudius' earlier statement that…

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