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Date Submitted: 11/15/2001 05:01:29
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 4 pages (1216 words)
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The Unbelievable Yet Predictable Tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare illustrates foreshadowing through its characters to keep the reader interested throughout the play. Several examples of this foreshadowing are Hamlet's depressed state of mind which foreshadows his motivation to find out the truth about his father's death, when Hamlet's father comes to him as a ghost and informs him about his murder, this causes rage within Hamlet that foreshadows his revenge and when Hamlet asks the …

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…the story. So Laertes gets revenge on Hamlet for killing Polonius and Hamlet finally gets revenge on Claudius for killing King Hamlet. In conclusion, these five examples of foreshadowing keep the reader interested in wanting to find out the ending of this tragedy. Hamlet is forced to seek revenge not only for himself but for his father as well. Laertes, Ophelia, and Polonius were innocent victims of Hamlets' procrastination to get revenge throughout the play.

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