Throughout the play, Shakespeare demonstrates the many qualities that Hamlet has. He demonstrates Hamlet as an intellectual character that uses words to fight his enemies. The fact that Hamlet uses a senile act, "To put an antic disposition on", to fool his enemies proves that he is in fact an intellectual character. This would be a way that Shakespeare has thought to create suspense; the unpredictability of Hamlets behaviour is full of suspense. It leaves us thinking what will he do next, and where will this act get him later on in the play. He is different from the stereotypical view of a heroin. This presentation makes us as an audience conform to Hamlet. This is how Shakespeare has moulded our perception of Hamlet.

The ghost of Hamlets father appears to Horatio, Barnardo, and Marcellus twice during the night, it says nothing to them despite their valiant efforts to question it. This would be one of Shakespeare's devices of creating suspense on the

Now on stage there is now an enormous amount of tension, the poisoned sword ends up in Hamlets hands as him and Laertes are scuffling and it is ironic how the king is killed by his own treacherous scheme. This is extremely ironic on Leartes' case as well. Laertes was out to wound and kill Hamlet with the very same sword and it is the same sword that Hamlet used to kill Laertes. " I am justly killed with mine own treachery."

The ghost revealed to Hamlet, and to the audience that it was Claudius who killed him. This comes as a surprise to the audience, because they never knew what happened to Hamlets father therefore this revelation is most surprising to the audience.

"I lov'd Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum" This is a very profound line from Hamlet, which proves that when he said he never loved Ophelia the first time he never really meant it literally.

With rage Hamlet kills the king because he has now killed his only parent, the queen. Hamlet, not realising that he was hit with poised sword does this rightfully and fulfilled his task. "The point envenom'd too! Then envenom'd to thy work."

"So art thou to revenge when thou shalt here." These are the first words he says to Hamlet.

Hamlet is quick to reply "Haste me to know't ... sweep to my revenge.

Later on in the play another revelation is made and given to the audience,

In Act V Scene I, Hamlet walks into the scene of a burial and its dramatically ironic that he doesn't know whose grave it is. The grave, which is Ophelia's, arouses tension. The main reason being the fact that the audience is aware that Hamlet's denial of his love for Ophelia is actually the cause of her death. Hamlet was in fact staying true to his deceitful act in convincing people that he was mad when he confessed to having no feelings for Ophelia. "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum." His anger builds up after the realisation of the consequences of this incident that he ends up in a fight with the Laertes in Ophelia's resting place.

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