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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Hamlet's Character ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Traits ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:927 School: ? State: ?
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HAMLET'S CHARACTER TRAITS
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AS SEEN IN
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET
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Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is the
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protagonist of the play and is portrayed as a very emotional soul, a
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daring, brave character who has a bad and violent temper.
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Hamlet is a very emotional young man. As we all know, his father's
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death was a shock for him and he could not get over it. Claudius mentions
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that Hamlet was taking the mourning of his father's death to extremes:
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To give these mourning duties to your father; But you must know,
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your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his, and the
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survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do
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obsequious sorrow. 1
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The King is telling Hamlet that death is only natural and that Hamlet's
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father lost his father too. He is informing Hamlet that he is mourning
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too much for his deceased father and he should try to get over it. Another
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example of Hamlet's emotions getting the better of him can be seen when he
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is reminiscing his father's death. Hamlet says, "...How stand I then,/That
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have father killed, a mother stained,...2". He is asking himself what kind
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of a person he is if he can allow his father to be murdered and his mother
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to be married so soon after his father's death to his uncle. This shows us
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that he is pitying himself and is putting himself down. Yet another example
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of his emotions running wild are seen in his first soliloquy:
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...She married. O, most wicked speed, to post with such
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dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to
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good. But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue! 3
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He is telling us that his mother has married right away and did not mourn
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for his father's death. He tells us that the marriage is not good and nor
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can this marriage between Claudius and Getrude come to any good. He wants
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to express his true feelings to his mother, but since it will hurt her, he
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must be silent for the time being. This shows us that he has a great and
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deep love for his mother. He will not say or do anything to hurt her, even
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though what she is doing is wrong.
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Hamlet is also a brave and daring character. There are several
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examples of his fearless attitude, but I will only discuss the two that I
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feel are the most important. The first example occurs when the ghost
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visits Hamlet, Horatio and Marcellus. Here Hamlet is determined to meet
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the ghost:
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If it assume my noble father's person, I'll speak to it, though
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hell itself should gape And bid me hold my peace. 4
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Hamlet wants to speak to the ghost, even though it might be a demon instead
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of his father's spirit. Another example of his bravery is portrayed when
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he actually sees the ghost:
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HAM. It will not speak. Then I will follow it.
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HOR. Do not, my lord!
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HAM. Why, what should be the fear? 5
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Hamlet is not afraid to follow the ghost and speak with it, despite the
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fact that Horatio is telling him not to go. He asks Horatio why he is
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stopping him and what is there to be afraid of. Another significant
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incident that brings out Hamlet's daring character is when he arranges for
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the players to perform "The Murder of Gonzago" to find out whether or not
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the King is guilty of his father's murder. Hamlet's plan is, "...The
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paly's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. 6" He
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decides to use the play to test the King's conscience and if the King seems
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nervous or behaves strangely he will know his course from there.(To do what
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the apparition told him. Get revenge.)
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Hamlet also has a bad and violent temper. This is expressed when the
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meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia goes sour:
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...You jig, you amble, and you lisp; you nickname God's creatures and
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make your wantonness your ignorance.
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Go to, I'll no more on't! it hath made me mad. 7
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Here he is upset with Ophelia and insults her and tells her that she names
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things according to her own fancy and then acts as if her own wilfulness is
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ignorance. He says that he has had enough of it and this has made him mad.
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Another scene where he expresses his anger is immediately after killing
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Polonius and shouts at his mother:
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Here is your husband, like a mildewed ear Blasting his wholesome
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brother. Have you eyes? Could you on this fair mountain leave to
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feed, And batten on this moor? Ha! have you eyes? 8
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He is telling Gertrude that her new husband is nothing like Hamlet's
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biological father. How could she leave him after his death and marry
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Claudius. Can't she see what she is doing?
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These are three of Hamlet's character traits as seen in Shakespeare's
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Hamlet. I feel that all these character traits are important, but the most
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significant one is the portrayal of his brave and daring character. I feel
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that this character trait is the most significant because if Hamlet had not
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met with the ghost or set up "The Mousetrap", the play would not have been
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where it is now since he wouldn't know what happened to his father.
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REFERENCES
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Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, 1958.
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NOTES
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1William Shakespeare, Hamlet (U.S.A.: Washington Square
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Press, 1958), I.ii.94-98.
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2Ibid., IV.iv.58-59.
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3Ibid., I.ii.162-165.
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4Ibid., I.ii.267-269.
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5Ibid., I.iv.69-71.
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6Ibid., II.ii.612-613.
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7Ibid., III.i.154-156.
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8Ibid., III.iv.74-77.
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