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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Corruption is rife in the state of Denmark. The savvy and eloquent Claudius is able to murder King Hamlet and obtain his kingship. He also manages to marry her widow and make the crown prince his step child. He and Polonius are able to plot the decline of prince Hamlet and drive a wedge between himRead more

    Corruption is rife in the state of Denmark. The savvy and eloquent Claudius is able to murder King Hamlet and obtain his kingship. He also manages to marry her widow and make the crown prince his step child.

    He and Polonius are able to plot the decline of prince Hamlet and drive a wedge between him and Ophelia. Even Hamlet, in pursuit of revenge, shows contempt for the true love of Ophelia and nurture of Gertrude.

    There is moral corruption in characters like Reosencrantz and Gildenstern who only pretends to be Hamlet’s to curry favour with Claudius. Only characters that are absolved of corruption are Ophelia and Horatio.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Betrayal in Hamlet is widespread. Claudius is able to betray his brother King Hamlet and obtain his kingship.  He and Polonius are betray Prince Hamlet and Ophelia.  Hamlet publicly betrays and humiliates the emotions of Ophelia and  Gertrude. Hamlets mates Reosencrantz and Gildenstern betray HamletRead more

    Betrayal in Hamlet is widespread. Claudius is able to betray his brother King Hamlet and obtain his kingship.  He and Polonius are betray Prince Hamlet and Ophelia.  Hamlet publicly betrays and humiliates the emotions of Ophelia and  Gertrude.

    Hamlets mates Reosencrantz and Gildenstern betray Hamlet to earn patronage from King Claudius. Polonius betrays his daughter by using her to lull Hamlet and trap him in his words, even though Hamlet is too intelligent to fall for the honey trap.

    Even Queen Gertrude can be judged to have betrayed her dead husband by marrying his murdered and brother, though she may not have had many other alternatives.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Flowers are handed by Ophelia as symbols of specific meaning after she loses her mind and goes insane. Different flowers symbolize different sentiment. Fennel stands for strength and resolve, Rue is for remorse, violets symbolize faithfulness and innocence, Daisies stand for purity and Rosemary forRead more

    Flowers are handed by Ophelia as symbols of specific meaning after she loses her mind and goes insane.

    Different flowers symbolize different sentiment. Fennel stands for strength and resolve, Rue is for remorse, violets symbolize faithfulness and innocence, Daisies stand for purity and Rosemary for memory and commemoration.

    Even though she may not have been the right frame of mind, every flower points to particular character and their actions leading up to the scene in the play.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Shakespeare develops the character of Hamlet through its various shades from Act 1 to the last. In Act I he is painted as dejected and forlorn and passive. In Act II, he shows determination to find the truth and prove Claudius complicity in his father’s murder. He becomes more intense in his responsRead more

    Shakespeare develops the character of Hamlet through its various shades from Act 1 to the last. In Act I he is painted as dejected and forlorn and passive. In Act II, he shows determination to find the truth and prove Claudius complicity in his father’s murder.

    He becomes more intense in his responses, so much so that other characters start to consider him insane like Polonius He also shows a level of ambiguity as to the details of his plan.

    However, in Act III, he starts potting the details of how he plans to take down Claudius. However, he stills resists in executing his revenge. The action finally comes in Act IV. In the final act, Act V Hamlet reveals his friable and emotional side.

    He confesses his love for Ophelia, forgives Laertes, avenges his father and finds peaceful sleep of death. He also cements his legacy by asking Horatio to disseminate his legend through his words.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The tragic flaw of Hamlet in his indecisiveness and inaction. He learns about his father’s murder and resolves to seek revenge. However, he desists killing Claudius on multiple occasions like when he is praying unguarded after the theatre etc. He ends up killing Polonius and Laertes before he ends CRead more

    The tragic flaw of Hamlet in his indecisiveness and inaction. He learns about his father’s murder and resolves to seek revenge. However, he desists killing Claudius on multiple occasions like when he is praying unguarded after the theatre etc.

    He ends up killing Polonius and Laertes before he ends Claudius’s life. By the time he decides to take action, he has lost his lover Ophelia, his mother Gertrude and completely isolated himself from his loved ones.

    In the end, he confides in Horatio and asks him to carry forward his story. Hamlet’s thoughts and clouded with ambiguity and emotions that vacillate continuously. He struggles to get an understanding of death and mortality and ends up delaying his plan and purpose.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Redemption occurs in King Lear as the King realises his mistake and owns up to it. The maltreatment of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly loved him started a terrible chain of events which completely breaks Lear’s trust in people and he goes insane. In the climax he realises his mistake and accepRead more

    Redemption occurs in King Lear as the King realises his mistake and owns up to it. The maltreatment of Cordelia, the only daughter who truly loved him started a terrible chain of events which completely breaks Lear’s trust in people and he goes insane.

    In the climax he realises his mistake and accepts that Cordelia deserved her legacy. Similarly, Gloucester disowns Edgar and has to accept in the end that Edgar was his true heir and not Edmund.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Nothing is a pervasive in King Lear. ‘Nothing will come of nothing’ is Lear’s advise to Cordelia, asking her to plead her case for inheritance by waxing lyrical about him. She does nothing of the sorts and gets nothing in return. On the other hand the praise of Goneril and Regan for their father, inRead more

    Nothing is a pervasive in King Lear. ‘Nothing will come of nothing’ is Lear’s advise to Cordelia, asking her to plead her case for inheritance by waxing lyrical about him. She does nothing of the sorts and gets nothing in return.

    On the other hand the praise of Goneril and Regan for their father, in reality, is nothing. Their plan to usurp power ends in nothing. Lear is told by his fool that he is nothing without his crown.

    After Cordelia’s death, Lear realises the nothingness of existence. Gloucester’s blindness exposes him to a dark world of nothingness. Therefore, even after schemes of greed and acts of goodness, the entire sum comes out to be nothing or a whole lot of empty.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The fool in King Lear is the guardian of Lear in the absence of Cordelia. He acts as his conscience and judges his intentions and actions. He also provides protection to the King and offers him advice. His fate is linked directly with Lear’s and he fills the void left by Cordelia in Lear’s life.

    The fool in King Lear is the guardian of Lear in the absence of Cordelia. He acts as his conscience and judges his intentions and actions. He also provides protection to the King and offers him advice. His fate is linked directly with Lear’s and he fills the void left by Cordelia in Lear’s life.

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    The fool fills the void left by Cordelia in King Lear’s life as his guardian and well wisher.He is able to criticise the King and get away with it. Bu there is no mention of the fool after Act III apart form Lear informing the audience that his fool was hanged. Since, Cordelia is hanged just beforeRead more

    The fool fills the void left by Cordelia in King Lear’s life as his guardian and well wisher.He is able to criticise the King and get away with it. Bu there is no mention of the fool after Act III apart form Lear informing the audience that his fool was hanged.

    Since, Cordelia is hanged just before the comments, he could have meant it for her as well. However, most believe this suggest that either Edmund was able to kill him or he committed suicide.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    King Lear is a text full of moments of true pathos. The dismissal of Cordelia is described by the fool in words full of pathos. The downfall of once mighty King to a homeless wanderer in the shape of Lear is also full of pathos. The scene where blind Gloucester is helped to an astounding and cathartRead more

    King Lear is a text full of moments of true pathos. The dismissal of Cordelia is described by the fool in words full of pathos. The downfall of once mighty King to a homeless wanderer in the shape of Lear is also full of pathos.

    The scene where blind Gloucester is helped to an astounding and cathartic deception is another powerful and emotionally moving piece of pathos. Also, the loyalty of the fool for his master even in challenging conditions of rain and exclusion invites a flood f emotions in the fixated audiences.

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