Hamlet Act 1 -- Hamlet Term Paper

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Polonius' concerns are different -- he warns her that Hamlet is "out of her star" and that she should not give too much weight to Hamlet's "tenders" of affection.

What does the Ghost tell Hamlet to do and not to do? Why does Hamlet believe he needs independent proof about the validity of the Ghost?

The Ghost tells Hamlet to take vengeance upon his uncle for his death, but not to harm Hamlet's mother. Hamlet knows that his mind is slightly unbalanced from his grief, though, so he devises a test. He believes that devilish beings often prey upon people who are slightly unhinged because of a loss.

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Who is Polonius? What is his analysis of Hamlet's "madness"? What do his speeches show us about him?

Polonius is the king's advisor and counselor. He believes that Hamlet is mad for love of Ophelia. He speaks in long winded cliches, showing that he is extremely arrogant and sure of himself, although not especially quick to catch on when he is the object of someone else's fun, in contrast to Hamlet.

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Describe Hamlet's self-accusation in the "O what a Rogue" soliloquy." To what degree is his accusation justified?

Hamlet has spent most of the act thinking about acting and talking about acting and taking revenge, without doing anything about it. He is pretending to be mad, but this decision does not really seem to advance his plot to take revenge on Claudius. The idea of using a play to 'out' the king seems questionable, and a stalling action rather than a real test. Hamlet is upset that the Player King seems more upset about a fictional dead person than a real dead person, but Hamlet is only creating another fiction in the form of….....

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