Hamlet
"To be or not to be-that is the question", Hamlet asks himself in this famoussoliloquy what he should do the situation he is in. As we live, we make thousands of decisions each day, and each decision that we make makes a big difference in our lives. In the decision making process there has been a question that was raised by the Freudian psychologists. Is one following his or her pure conscious will, or is there something else that influences the decision making process? The Freudians argue that there is such influence called unconsciousness. They argue that even though we cannot physically acknowledge our unconsciousness, it is probably influencing every move of one's life. Shakespeare demonstrates that doing what is against one's personal ethical code creates sense of guilt in unconsciousness and will eventually lead to one's downfall. We live in series of conflicts. Norms and laws of the society often conflict with an individual's wills and desires. Even one's own unconsciousness could conflict with one's conscious motivation, or vice versa. Hamlet in the play has conflicting mi
having thoughts that one does not want to recall-anything unpleasant, one When Hamlet has the perfect chance to kill Claudius he hesitates and Claudius, his uncle, in order to revenge for his father King Hamlet. Hamlet Fortinbras, feeling guilt in his consciousness because he cannot revenge for after finding out that Claudius did kill his father, he goes into Gertrude's hiding and resisting to be pulled by his consciousness and that is the main hides the thoughts and keeps them in the unconsciousness. Freudians also gotten killed by the poison on the sword, which was secretly planned by incest. Hamlet was verbally attacking Gertrude and pinpoints her sin calling
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Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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