Machiavellianism

Mrs. Lebo

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Oct 28, 2008, 11:00:37 AM10/28/08

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Discuss how this term relates to the play.

Ashley

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Oct 28, 2008, 2:01:20 PM10/28/08

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Claudius wanted power so he killed his brother king Hamlet, which King
Hamlet didn't get to have prayer, so he killed King Hamlet married his
widow and became the king. He commited crime (did anything) to
achieve power.

morgan jo

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Oct 28, 2008, 2:03:33 PM10/28/08

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Hamlet's uncle killed his brother, the King, to marry the queen, to
achieve power.

bpaterni

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Oct 28, 2008, 5:39:37 PM10/28/08

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Yes, Claudius is certainly a Machiavelli for killing King Hamlet and
marrying his wife to become the king.

And couldn't Prince Hamlet be considered one also? Doesn't he want to
kill Claudius partly because he stole the throne away from him? Or is
it just revenge that drives him?

Brittanee Deeringer

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Oct 28, 2008, 10:09:00 PM10/28/08

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Claudius is machiavelli because in order to gain power he had to kill
the king.

day

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:23:24 AM10/29/08

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hamlets uncle killed hamlet the king to become king and get all the
powers and marrie hams mom

Ryan

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:28:36 AM10/29/08

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It relates because Claudius killed his own brother in order to become
king. Machiavellianism is when it's okay to do anything in order gain
power.

nathan

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:28:36 AM10/29/08

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Claudius did anything he could to be the king. He even killed his own
brother, Hamlet, who was the previous king.

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jordan n.

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:25:51 AM10/29/08

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yes i think claudius is machiavellian because he killed king hamlet ti
be able to be the king and also he married hamlets wife who would have
been his sister in-law

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racheal

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:24:39 AM10/29/08

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King Claudius wanted to be the most powerful in the kingdom,
so he killed his brother so he would become the new King.

Ed

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:32:00 AM10/29/08

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Because Claudius kills his brother to become the King. and this shows
it because he did whatever it took to become the most powerful person
and he didn't care about the other people that he had to take out on
the way to power.

Trevor

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:35:41 AM10/29/08

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Claudius is a machiavelian prince because he killed the king in order
to gain the power to become the king.

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taylor

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:35:41 AM10/29/08

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Hamlet is showing machiavellianism by the fact that Hamlet is killing
people like Claudius to get revenge for the killing of his father,
King Hamlet, and trying to gain power and is doing whatever it takes
to get to the top.

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Freese

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Oct 29, 2008, 10:43:46 AM10/29/08

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Claudius killed king hamlet to get the kings roll. he then married the
queen. he did whatever it took to get the power.

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alicia

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Oct 30, 2008, 10:36:02 AM10/30/08

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Claudius killed the king to marry hamlets mom (the queen) and to
achieve overall power

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Mr. Slave

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Oct 30, 2008, 10:50:10 AM10/30/08

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King Hamlet is killed by Claudius his brother. Because Caudious wants
power and to marry Hamlets mom, the queen.

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Joc

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Oct 31, 2008, 11:46:42 AM10/31/08

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Claudius killed his brother so he could marry the queen to get power.

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Jenn

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Oct 31, 2008, 11:54:03 AM10/31/08

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Claudius kills Hamlet's father that way he could get with the Queen so
he could have a lot of power.

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Chris

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Oct 31, 2008, 11:58:31 AM10/31/08

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Claudius is machiavelli in the fact that in order to gain power he
must first kill his brother. He ends up killing his brother and taking
over as the new king.

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mallory

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Nov 4, 2008, 11:51:29 AM11/4/08

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Claudius wanted to rule and wanted control and power so he killed his
brother to achive that and then married hamlets mom, his sister in law

Jess

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Nov 5, 2008, 9:07:31 PM11/5/08

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I don't know if I have to post this to take the test, but I will just
in case.

Claudius shows this because he killed his own brother just to get the
thrown and then he wouldn't even apologize for what he did. Also
Laertes because he didn't care if he had to kill Hamlet in a church,
he wanted revenge no matter what, unlike Hamlet who wouldn't kill
Claudius while he was in prayer.

Amanda Dunnick

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Nov 5, 2008, 10:00:21 PM11/5/08

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Claudius is definitely a machiavelli because he had to kill King
Hamlet in order to receive power.

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jacy

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Nov 6, 2008, 10:15:12 AM11/6/08

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Cladius is an example of this because he betrayed his own family to
get ahead. He killed his brother so he could regain power over the
thrown. He doesn't show much remorse and he did it so he could be more
powerful.

Treye

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Nov 6, 2008, 10:20:01 AM11/6/08

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The biggest charater with this trait would have to be claudius because
he wouldnt just settle with being king after killing hamlets father he
married his mom and tried to have him kill without caring what
happened to others.

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