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... Gertrude, to the new king, his uncle, Claudius. They try to discover what's bothering him. 'How is it that the clouds still hang on you?' Claudius asks (I.2.66). 'Why seems it so particular with thee?' his mother questions (I.2.75) ...
... Gertrude, to the new king, his uncle, Claudius. They try to discover what's bothering him. 'How is it that the clouds still hang on you?' Claudius asks (I.2.66). 'Why seems it so particular with thee?' his mother questions (I.2.75) ...
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... Gertrude and poisoned King Hamlet, in a particularly gruesome way. The command is: 'Revenge his foul and most ... Gertrude's chamber Hamlet kills him without hesitation, believing it to be the King. So we might say that the Prince is ...
... Gertrude and poisoned King Hamlet, in a particularly gruesome way. The command is: 'Revenge his foul and most ... Gertrude's chamber Hamlet kills him without hesitation, believing it to be the King. So we might say that the Prince is ...
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... Gertrude. (IV.7.191) In pursuit of these tragic themes I have offered some interpretation of Hamlet's motives – even while casting doubt upon the legitimacy of speculations about his personality. I began with the sense that he is a ...
... Gertrude. (IV.7.191) In pursuit of these tragic themes I have offered some interpretation of Hamlet's motives – even while casting doubt upon the legitimacy of speculations about his personality. I began with the sense that he is a ...
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... Gertrude were played by boy actors – Hamlet draws attention to this by remarking how the boy who is to play the Player Queen has grown; he hopes his voice has not broken (II.2.423–7). In this kind of theatre the immediate movement of a ...
... Gertrude were played by boy actors – Hamlet draws attention to this by remarking how the boy who is to play the Player Queen has grown; he hopes his voice has not broken (II.2.423–7). In this kind of theatre the immediate movement of a ...
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... Gertrude doesn't reveal to the King what Hamlet has said to her, but does she allow Claudius to make love to her? He appeals to her in the ensuing scenes, in which the death of Polonius is investigated and Hamlet ordered to England:
... Gertrude doesn't reveal to the King what Hamlet has said to her, but does she allow Claudius to make love to her? He appeals to her in the ensuing scenes, in which the death of Polonius is investigated and Hamlet ordered to England:
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