Read the summary of a theme that is developed in hamlet, particularly in the beginning of act v of hamlet. it’s obvious that everyone is going to die someday, so people should just get over themselves and realize we’re all the same in the end. what is the best way to revise the summary accurately and objectively? people all die at some point. embracing death is a good idea. death is the great equalizer. equality only happens in death

Death is a theme of great importance in the tragedy of Hamlet. Considering the idea that death takes place in everyoune's last chapter of life, it is possible to say poetically that "Death is the great equalizer". Even the powerful king of Denmark, Hamlet's father, was victim of death. The correct option is the third one.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

at hatfield elementary school, there are 504 students in 7 classes. each class has the same number of students. what is a good estimate of the number of students in each class?