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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 [Essay on the Tragedy of ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Hamlet ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Essay About
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The Tragedy Of
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Hamlet
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In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, the death of a character becomes a
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frequent event. Although many people lose their lives as a result of their
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own self-centered wrong-doing, there are others whose deaths are a result
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of manipulation from the royalty. This is the case of Polonius' family.
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The real tragedy of Hamlet is not that of Hamlet or his family but of
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Polonius' family because their deaths were not the consequence of sinful
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actions of their own but rather by their innocent involvement in the
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schemes of Claudius and Hamlet.
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The first character to die in Hamlet is Polonius. Although Polonius
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often acts in a deceitful manner when dealing with Hamlet, it is only
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because he is carrying out plans devised by the king or queen to discover
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the nature of Hamlet's madness. Being the king's Lord Chamberlain, it is
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his duty to obey the king and queen's wishes and it is this loyalty that
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eventually proves to be fatal for him. An example of how Polonius'
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innocent involvement with the royalty results in his death can be found at
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the beginning of Act III, scene iv, when Hamlet stabs him while he is
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hiding behind the arras in Gertrude's room. This shows how Polonius, a man
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unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member
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of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes
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Polonius' death a tragedy.
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The next member of Polonius' family to die is his daughter Ophelia.
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Ophelia's death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the
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situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his
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deceitfulness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is
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entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish
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reasons. An example of how Ophelia is used by Hamlet takes place in Act
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II, scene i, when Hamlet uses her to convince his family he is mad. Ophelia
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explains to Polonius how Hamlet has scared her, causing Polonius to draw
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the conclusion that Hamlet has an "antic disposition". Although this is
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subject to interpretation and many believe that this is simply Hamlet
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taking one last look at Ophelia before he becomes engaged in his plan to
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kill Claudius, the fact that he scares her and does not try to alleviate
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these fears points to the conclusion that he is simply using her to help
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word of his madness spread throughout the kingdom via Polonius. In Act
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III, scene iv, Hamlet kills Polonius while he is hiding behind the arras in
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the Queen's room. This event causes Ophelia to become insane and leads to
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her eventual death in a river near the castle in Act IV, scene vii. It can
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be seen how the combined scheming of Hamlet and Claudius concludes in her
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death. Claudius' scheme brings about Hamlet's scheme which brings about
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the death of Polonius which leads to Ophelia's death. The passing of
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Ophelia is a tragedy because she does nothing deserving of death, she is
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merely used for other people's personal gain.
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The last member of Polonius' family to die is Laertes, Ophelia's
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brother and Polonius' son. Laertes' death is tragic because, although he
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kills Hamlet, he is avenging his father's death, an act, with reference to
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the moral climate of the 1600s, that would have been condoned by the people
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who saw the play. The difference between Hamlet and Laertes is that Laertes
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does not use others to attain his goals and his revenge is in part due to
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the pressure put on him by Claudius. This makes Laertes' murder of Hamlet
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excusable and his death a tragedy. An example of how Claudius uses Laertes
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to try and murder Hamlet is seen in Act IV, scene vii, lines 108 to 110.
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Claudius and Laertes are discussing Hamlet when Claudius says:
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Laertes, was your father dear to you? Or are you like the painting of
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a sorrow, A face without a heart?
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He is asking Laertes whether he is really sorry about his father's death or
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if he is just acting mournful without feeling mournful. Claudius uses
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these lines to lead Laertes into a plan to kill Hamlet, asking him what he
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will do to prove his love for his father in Act IV, scene vii, lines 124 to
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126.
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Hamlet comes back; what would you undertake To show yourself in deed
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your father's son More than in words?
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It can be easily seen how Laertes, influenced by Claudius in the heat of
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his anger, could conspire to murder Hamlet and it is in this attempt that
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Laertes loses his own life to the very poison he kills Hamlet with. Once
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again, a member of Polonius' family loses their life as a result of a
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conflict that they are oblivious to, making Laertes' death a tragedy as
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well.
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Contrary to popular belief, the tragedy associated with Hamlet is not
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about Hamlet or his family. It is, however, about the tragic fate of
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Polonius' family, whose deaths are not the result of any sins they commit
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but by their being manipulated by Hamlet and Claudius for reasons they are
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unaware of. Although the death of Polonius' family stands out as being the
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most tragic, many other characters in the story are killed as well. In
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fact, the death of a character in Hamlet almost becomes commonplace near
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the end of the play.
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