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Discuss the central themes and techniques of the dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia in ACT III scene I
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Discuss the central themes and techniques of the dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia in ACT III scene I Before the conversation, in Hamlets famous soliloquy, Hamlet considers suicide as an option to relieve his problems, but he worries about what would happen after death so is too cowardly to kill himself: "But that the dread of something after death....puzzles the will" This also reflects the fear of death generally in everyone as well as Hamlet. Hamlet shows possible cowardice in many of his actions in the play; later in the closet scene, he attempted to kill the king behind the arras and not perform it directly, when he had a chance. However this is probably due to the reason that he wanted Claudius to die while committing a sin so that he goes to hell, so some could say that he is an intelligent revenger. Others could say that is just Hamlet's...
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