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Gertrude is, more so than any other character in the play, the antithesis of her son, Hamlet. Hamlet is a scholar and a philosopher, searching for life's most elusive answers. He cares nothing for this "mortal coil" and the vices to which man has become slave.
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As a matter of fact, it is quite evident that the King's question is framed by the poet for the express purpose of making apropos, by the antithesis of clouds and sun, Hamlet's equally dark answer, for the young man denies that there are any clouds hanging on him, but affirms that his trouble is the contrary.
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www.sirbacon.org/links/hamlet.htm
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Synoeciosis and Antithesis II ... In what looks more like a use of oxymoron than synoeciosis, Hamlet says, "They have a plentiful lack of wit (2.2.201)." That is, a "plentiful lack" is a "sharp/dull," which is characteristic of oxymoron.
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www.drbilllong.com/EvenMoreWords/Antithesis.html
www.drbilllong.com/EvenMoreWords/Antithesis.html
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Without such detail, much of what Hamlet says and does would lose import. contextually the passage is crucial to a dramatization of the Prince’s consciousness. The passage has a tripart structure. setting a characteristic pattern for Hamlet’s thinking: thesis, antithesis and synthesis (if possible).
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67.104.146.36/english/hamlet-new/chaptertwodone/chapter...
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This essay interprets the question of subjectivity in Hamlet by reappraising Renaissance skepticism and by reexamining the medieval debate concerning the misery of man's existence, and the Renaissance celebration of man. ... is turned into the antithesis of optimism and pessimism, humanism and skepticism.
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www.thefreelibrary.com/Hamlet+and+Counter-Humanism-a059...
www.thefreelibrary.com/Hamlet+and+Counter-Humanism-a059494628
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I don't know if you're familiar with Othello, who was the antithesis of Hamlet. Hamlet spent a great deal of time thinking, and consequently, created further tragedy by his lack of action. Othello spent NO time thinking;
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en.allexperts.com/q/Poetry-678/Hamlet-Act-V.htm
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You could say I'm the very antithesis of Hamlet (Though if you say that you'll be wrong, for Hamlet is the antithesis of himself). Who am I fooling? I am not an unabashed optimist or an unabashed anything. I'm every bit as fragmented as Shakespeare's hero, every bit a Nowhere Man-- if anything more so.
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www.shakespearemag.com/winter02/bhatnagar.asp
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2 articles on Antithesis in Shakespeare: Playing with opposites ... All 2 Articles ... Antithesis in Shakespeare: Playing with opposites 2 Articles...
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Two opposing ideas in a line can show a the scope of thought in a characters mind. Hamlet in the above quotation is contemplating two very serious ideas. Antithesis also very clearly and precisely illustrates though words the character's meaning.
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