Hamlet: Fate

Term Paper Title	Hamlet: Fate
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Hamlet: Fate

     In our world today psychics try to predict what will happen in our
futures. What may happen in the future is controlled by a power far higher than
what can be seen by someone at the other end of a "1-900�" telephone number. The
play Hamlet, by Shakespeare, presents a view of the world in which man's
intellect is powerless to understand and predict the whims of Fate. Man is
governed by an uncaring and perhaps deranged power.
     The characters of the play are in no way able to comprehend what may lie
in the future. Hamlet knows that there is something wrong with the marriage
between his mother (the queen) and Claudius (King Hamlet's brother). The
marriage takes place just months after the slaying of King Hamlet. "Something is
rotten in the state of Denmark." The characters of the play know that there are
powers at work in the kingdom.
     A power that could be considered supernatural is in control of the
actions of the play. Hamlet is visited on several occasions by a ghost that
offers thought provoking information. Hamlet knows not whether to trust the
spirit or disregard what he has been told. "� the devil hath power T'assume a
pleasing shape" Hamlet thought that t...

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