Hamlet: Brutal Truth
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Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotions
churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his
father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. While Hamlet
tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he consciously
embarks on a ....
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.... have been
carefully developed. The entire royal Danish court is ensnared in a web of
espionage, betrayal, and lies. Not a single man speaks his mind, nor
addresses his purpose clearly. As Polonius puts it so perfectly: "And thus
do we of wisdom and of reach / By indirections find directions out" Act 2,
Scene 2, Lines 71-3 The many falsehoods and deceptions uttered in Hamlet
are expressed through eloquent, formal, poetic language (iambic
pentameter), tantamount to an art form. If decei ....
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