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Hamlet: Spying - College Essay

Hamlet: Spying

Spying is a way of deceiving one another. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark and Claudius do not trust each other. Polonious begins to spy on Hamlet to fulfill the wishes of the King of Denmark, Claudius. The timing of the spying is ironic. The two characters begin to scout each other at the same time. How will spying change the story in Hamlet?
Hamlet finds out that Claudius was the murderer of his father, King Hamlet. He finds this information through a controversial source. The Ghost of Hamlet's father finds Hamlet and tells him of the secret. Then the Ghost asks Hamlet to seek revenge upon Claudius by killing him. The Ghost is controversial because the people, who ...

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Hamlet: Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou be a
breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but
yet I could accuse me of such things that it were
better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud,
revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck
that I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give
them shape, or time to act time in. What should such
fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven?
We are arrant knaves all; believe none of us. Go they
ways to a nunnery. Where's you father?

Ophelia: At home, my lord.
Ophelia told a lie when he asked where Polonius is. She is trying to cover for Hamlet and her father. This was hard for Ophelia to tell Hamlet who she cares for dearly.

Claudius has good reasons for keeping an eye out on his nephew Hamlet. First, Claudius killed his father. Claudius wants to know if Hamlet does indeed have his suspicions. The King feels his life is threatened if Hamlet finds out the truth. Second, the ...

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