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I had an essay for year twelve that was exactly like that.
He is a student of justice because:*he thinks too much
*he uses a play istead of actions to hurt his uncle
*he procrastinates like a student would do on a school project
*he taunts his mother instead of acting
*He ends up killing Polonius, R&G, and possibly Ophelia instead
of killing uncle.
*He pitys himself and makes everyone endure his agony in self-
loathing.
*He consults Horatio's guidance because he has a lack of confidence
in himself and his honorable virtues and ability to fufil
his father's request.Even though Claudius is a machevellian,
leacherous & incestuous villian.]
He procrastinates because he takes no action strait away
and thinks on it too long meanwhile calling himself"pigeon liver'd
and lack gall." He states somewhere to that he is "a coward".
He is only right for avenging him if you think Claudius killed
his father, in which he did as all evidence points out. It was the
honorable thing to do back then - an eye for an eye so to speak.
The revenge in my opinion satisfied justice because the
evil Claudius suffered an awful death. And the fact that Hamlet
name was cleared and his actions justified by not only
Horatio but more importantly by Laerties at the end when he dies.
About appearance and reality: Hamlet is confused about the
ghost's integity aswell as about whether Claudius did kill
his father. The APEARANCE of the ghost conflicts with Hamlet's
wavering REALITY. You would have to talk about his madness.
Because he APPEARS to be mad but in REALITY he is not. In
other words try and find out who is faking in the play in
relation to their motives for trying to convince other
characters why they are not who they seem to be.Does that makes sense?
I hope it does.CHOW FOR NOW,
Shell.Posted by Michelle on March 21, 1997 at 18:21:17
In Reply to "Hamlet:justice, revenge?" posted by Katie on March 21, 1997 at 17:42:27
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