son. The King and Queen exit after telling Hamlet that they want him to stay in Denmark and not return to school in Wittenberg; Hamlet is left alone on stage to begin his first soliloquy. The purpose of Hamlet’s first soliloquy in Act I, Scene II is to show how deep rooted his mourning for his late father truly goes, how betrayed he feels by his mother and uncle, and how he now sees the world around him. He’s unable to
Dracula is a novel of adventure, fantasy, horror and gothic fiction all in one book considering all the events that take place within the book and also may even be considered an early science fiction with the introduction of blood transfusion and what not within the storyline. The original novel tells the story of Dracula’s scheme
To Ophelia, warning of her relationship with Hamlet, he says, "The canker galls the infants of spring, too oft before their buttons be closed" (I.3.39-40). The "canker" is a worm, while "gall" is to break the skin, "Infants of spring" is a metaphor for the young spring flowers, with their unopened "buttons", or buds. To Laertes, Ophelia is a young and innocent flower and the canker is her love of Hamlet, since he cannot marry her, he could only break her heart and leave her like the flower
He attempts to persuade them to agree based on what their intentions are and why they’re doing it. “If these be motives weak, break off betimes, And every man hence to his idle bed” (2.1.116-117). Brutus says this to show that if their motives of completing the crime isn’t for the sake of Rome then they should just leave it alone. “If he do break the smallest particle of any promise that hath passed from him” (2.1.139-140). Brutus is showing what a good man he is, and that he does it for the love