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HAMLET
William Shakespeare
Act I
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2. Revenge:
3. Appearance and reality of discovering and exposing the truth in a corrupt society:
4. Morality and mistery of death:
Act I scene 5: Hamlet promises his father to revenge his murder but laments the responsibility he now bears.
Act 1 scene 3: Polonius instructcs Ophelia to leave Hamlet who he insists does not love her whatever he says.
Act I scene 4: Hamlet is unsure whether the ghost is truly his father or an evil spirit, but insists that either way it cannot harm his inmortal soul.
1. Moral corruption and the consequent dysfunction of family and state:
Act I: Scene 5- The ghost of Hamlet Senior tells his son how he was murdered by his brother.
MYSTERIOUS
The Tone:
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