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  In Hamlet, Shakespeare depicted Horatio as king Hamlet's son
He is close to the King who charges him to be with Ophelia after the madness manifestation, and 'wait on' Hamlet after the brawl with Laertes in Ophelia's grave.
Therefore, Horatio is a son to the King bearing in the inner drama the scenic name of Claudius.
Unlike prince Hamlet who was born to a king and was a son of the jointress thus being a legitimate claimant to the throne, Horatio had no chances to inherit the throne because he was born before his father Hamlet married Gertrude and became king.
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 Lambs' Tales From Shakespeare - Hamlet
Hamlet observed the king his uncle change colour at this expression, and that it was as bad as wormwood both to him and to the queen.
Hamlet, sorely indignant that she should give so dear and honoured a name as father seemed to him, to a wretch who was indeed no better than the murderer of his true father, with some sharpness replied: 'Mother, you have much offended my father.' The queen said that was but an idle answer.
Hamlet, suspecting some treachery, in the night-time secretly got at the letters, and skilfully erasing his own name, he in the stead of it put in the names of those two courtiers, who had the charge of him, to be put to death: then sealing up the letters, he put them into their place again.
shakespeare.palomar.edu /lambtales/LTHAMLET.HTM   (2435 words)

  
 Enjoying "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
Hamlet refers (V.ii) to "the election", i.e., the choosing of a new king by a vote of a small number of warlords (as in Macbeth).
Hamlet replies, "O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." The friends continue to play on the idea that Hamlet's ambitious are being thwarted, sharing some contemporary platitudes about the vanity of earthly ambitions.
Hamlet tells the queen not to dismiss what he has said about her as the result of madness, and says how ironic it is that virtue (his blunt talk to his mother) has to ask pardon for its bad manners.
www.pathguy.com /hamlet.htm   (18099 words)

  
 Hamlet Summary guide at Absolute Shakespeare
Hamlet Summary is divided by the five acts of the play and is an ideal introduction before reading the original text.
Hamlet learns from King Hamlet's Ghost that he was poisoned by King Claudius, the current ruler of Denmark.
Hamlet suspects Ophelia is spying on him and is increasingly hostile to her before leaving.
absoluteshakespeare.com /guides/hamlet/summary/hamlet_summary.htm   (1418 words)

  
 Shakespeare's Hamlet at Absolute Shakespeare
Hamlet meets the Ghost of his father, who reveals he was poisoned by King Claudius and who tells him to avenge his death but not to punish Queen Gertrude for remarrying since it is not his place.
Hamlet begins to suspect Ophelia is spying on him and is increasingly hostile to her.
Hamlet wishes he was courageous like Fortinbras, questioning how he cannot fight when his father has been murdered and his mother made a whore by marrying King Claudius.
absoluteshakespeare.com /plays/hamlet/hamlet.htm   (634 words)

  
 Title: "Hamlet" - Topics: Drama/England
Hamlet acts harshly towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern but (1) they were commoners who didn't really count in Hamlet's world and (2) even if they were imprisoned for a time in England, it is possible that if they were not killed they would somehow get word to the King about what Hamlet had done.
Hamlet doesn't appear to be concerned with ethics or morality except that through the course of the play he learns that revenge by itself is evil.
Hamlet loved her, but could not forgive her for her betrayal and was oblivious to the pain that he caused her that drove her out of her mind.
www.teachwithmovies.org /samples/hamlet.html   (7416 words)

  
 Hamlet Navigator: Summary of Act 1, Scene 2
The King tells the court he is sad, and everyone should be sad, at his brother's death, but it's best to think of the dead king with "wisest sorrow." That is, life goes on, and doesn't stop for a single person's death.
For instance, King Henry VIII of England thought his marriage to his dead brother's widow was OK until the moment when he wanted to get rid of his wife; then he decided that the marriage was incestuous and ought to be annulled.
Hamlet is again alone with his thoughts, and he already has an idea of what the ghost's business is, saying "I doubt [i.e., suspect] some foul play" (1.2.255) But now he doesn't seem depressed, as during his first soliloquy.
www.clicknotes.com /hamlet/One2.html   (2113 words)

  
 Hamlet
Plotting revenge, Hamlet pretends to be mad, in the process alienating his love Ophelia, accidentally killing her father Polonius, and causing Claudius to become suspicious.
Hamlet wounds Claudius with the poisoned sword and forces him to drink the remains of the wine.
In his desire for revenge and for the throne, Hamlet is not all that different from the villainous Claudius and is forced to descend to his own level: lying, scheming, and murdering in order to accomplish his ends.
fajardo-acosta.com /worldlit/shakespeare/hamlet.htm   (792 words)

  
 Hamlet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamlet and Horatio in the cemetery by Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix
Hamlet is unsure whether the ghost he has seen is really his father, and suspects that it might be the Devil taking his father's appearance in order to take his soul to hell.
Hamlet and Ophelia, a Symbolist interpretation by Mikhail Vrubel (1884).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamlet   (5745 words)

  
 Hamlet
Hamlet and Macbeth recount similar stories (the usurping of a throne) from differing perspectives -- those of perpetrator and avenger.
When the legendary Sarah Bernhardt played Hamlet, she was convinced that Hamlet was a woman; German romantics thought he was a German romantic.
Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy is in scene one.
www.studyguide.org /hamlet.htm   (1394 words)

  
 NovelGuide: Hamlet: Character Profiles
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet.
King Claudius: Brother of the late King Hamlet.
Hamlet shares with Horatio all of his experiences and misgivings in the situation involving his father.
www.novelguide.com /hamlet/characterprofiles.html   (514 words)

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