Hamlet18

A detailed Summary of Hamlet18

Hamlet identifies with an adolescent of the 1990's more than

he does with the youth of his own time. Hamlet is immature,

sarcastic, and takes action during the heat of passion which

is very much like the behavior of the youth in the 1990's.

Love, control over action, and the ability to overcome

depression are just a few ways to prove maturity. It is

obvious Hamlet loves Ophelia in his own way ". . . the

celestial and my soul's idol, the most beautified Ophelia . . ."

(Hamlet. II, ii, 109- 110), but his way is not mature enough

to include trust toward his lover. The trust that Hamlet

should have given her was the key of his madness. This

madness that Hamlet cannot trust his love with is the same

madness that he loses total control over because of his

immaturity; it then causes him to do things, such as kill

Polonius, that a person that was mature could stop. The

madness that Hamlet assumes is understandable but he can

never get over the actual death of his father by still wearing

black a year later, and the hasty marriage of his mother to

Claudius. Compared to Horatio who is calm and cool

Hamlet's age group is more immature than during his own

not just prove that he is immature but also proves that he

rude to is Polonius. Hamlet, in front of Claudius and

(Hamlet. II, ii, 174) This is not the only way that Hamlet

daughter. Hamlet is crude in his own day by asking Ophelia

immaturity, rudeness, and radical behavior is just like

The inability to love maturely, rudeness towards authority,

Approximate Word count = 752
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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