Hamlet: Truth Of His Father's Death And Hypocrisy Surrounding Him
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In Hamlet, the young prince of Denmark uncovers not only the truth behind his father's death, but also the hypocrisy of those surrounding him. Claudius, Polonius, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in particular, go out of their way to appear true and honorable when in fact, they are being comple ....
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.... his advise is nothing but hollow words without feeling. As he says:
borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry. This above all, to thine own
self be true,/ And it must follow, as the night the day,/ Thou canst
not then be false to any man,"(I iii,ln 80)
It is clear that his first priority, in talking to his son, is to teach him to act proper, to keep up his own appearance, and not to wish him well. From his later actions, one can see that Laetres honor is what concerens him the most, not ....
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