Part one of term paper
It is commonly said that if you play too close with the fire, you are going to get burned. This generally means that if you live a dangerous lifestyle, then you will eventually falter and suffer the consequences. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, there are many cases where characters are killed because they lived a murderous lifestyle. Claudius mu ...

Part two of term paper
... to separate the life and death of each separate character would be impossible because their destinies are so closely tied together. Each one's destiny is determined by the actions of not only their life but also the reactions of others. Claudius, King Hamlet's brother, desires to have more power than he currently has. He devises and executes a plan to murder his brother, the king by placing poison in the sleeping man's ear. The king dies from the poisoning, and Claudius exclaims that the king m ...