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May 22, 2024 · He asserts that the match has been set and that Claudius has bet on Hamlet. He disrespects him and makes fun of him, much as he did earlier with Polonius. Horatio worries that Claudius might find out too soon what happened in England.
"Claudius" was at least the name of a ruler in Roman history, which perhaps explains the use of the name for a reigning monarch in "Hamlet", but the Hamlet "Claudius" is a usurper, a murderer, a practitioner of incest and generally speaking a villain.
May 15, 2024 · Hamlet is shocked to find his mother already remarried to his Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother. And Hamlet is even more surprised when his father's ghost appears and declares that he was murdered.
May 16, 2024 · Salome (flourished 1st century ce) was, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, tetrarch (ruler appointed by Rome) of Galilee, a region in Palestine.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Salome is known in the Christian Gospels for her role in the execution of John the Baptist. When Herod Antipas offered to fulfill a request after s...
- Salome was the daughter of Herod Philip (son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem) and of Herodias. She was the stepdaughter of Herod Anti...
- Salome became a popular figure in art, especially during the Renaissance (such as in the work of Masolino da Panicale). She is also featured in the...
May 10, 2024 · Subverting Salomé's character into a drag performer, Chandler authentically explores the depths of Salomé's impulsive and unrelenting behaviour. Problems of self-identification and perception add narrative complexity, justifying Salomé's desperation to seek salvation and the distortion of this desire into obsession.
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6 days ago · Hamlet’s is unhappy because his father’s death is fading away fast. His mother remarries Hamlet’s uncle, King Claudius, immediately after his father’s death. Therefore, instead of exclusively mourning his departed father, he mourns his mother and uncle’s betrayal to his father.
