Term Papers on THE MANY SIDES OF HAMLET

Term Paper Title	THE MANY SIDES OF HAMLET
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.46

THE MANY SIDES OF HAMLET

     Hamlet is a very complicated character with many sides and many faces, making him one of the most analyzed characters in all of literature.  His emotions shift about throughout the play, some emotions true to our own, and others, more far fetched and wild emotions.  Hamlet's complexity makes it hard to put a finger on the exact motive to many of his actions.  In the story of Hamlet, the question also comes up: What is the exact motive of his inaction?
     Shakespeare presents to Hamlet some very traumatic and unusual circumstances.  Hamlet's father, King Hamlet, is supposedly killed in his garden by a snake.  Not two months go by before Queen Gertrude has married the former king's brother, Claudius.  At this point Hamlet is not in a very healthy or happy state of mind, but just to add to his confusion, the ghost of his father appears.  The ghost tells Hamlet that he did not die of snake poisoning, but rather of the poisoning of Claudius.
     Upon hearing news of your father's murder, the natural instinct would be to want brutal revenge.  Hamlet, however, in spite of his rage and anger, knows that a fast and furious killing of Claudius would do no good.  He first had to have a plan devised to prove that this ghost was real and spoke the truth.  This delay in action shows Hamlet's strength in a controlled mind, and his ability to think rationally in an intense situation.  If Hamlet listens to the ghost, and it turns out to be a demon telling a lie, or a figment of his imagination, he will have committed a sin and gone to purgatory for no reason at all.
     Hamlet's main plan to trap the king comes when a group of players come to town.  He asks them if they would enact a play titled "The Mouse Trap," which, bottom-line, is a re-enactment of the murder of Hamlet's father.  Hamlet watches the King very closely for any signs of guilt or nervousness through the play.  When the King finally catches on to what's going on, Hamlet gets a little more than just a hint of the King's guilt.  Claudius actually stands up and throws a fit for fresh air.  Now Hamlet has the King caught, so Hamlet should be revenging his father's murder at the first chance he gets, but are there still morals about killing and other lingering circumstances that will keep Hamlet from acting on his discovery?
     Hamlet gets his chance to stab...

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