The Complicated Character of Hamlet
“Hamlet is the solitary, unknowing to all the places he will afflict. He walks about, ...he denies others by looking at them, and even without willing it spreads death about him. ‘The black presence of the doubter causes this poison’ “ (Edwards P. on Mallarme’s essay Crayonne au Theatre (1886) in Coyle 1992,page 21) Shakespeare, with his character of Hamlet has provided one of the most complex, though intriguing characters in the history of literature. The most striking aspect of his character is the question of whether he was really mad or just acting to his advantage, and the dilemma he faces. This dilemma is the heart and soul of the play, to choose between avenging the death of his father or to think about the consequences on the ones he so dearly loves if he follows through. This has been subject to analysis from the day many different people of different attitudes and from different times first performed it. Elizabethans would see any result of Hamlet’s actions as a moral lesson whilst a modern person would see it a violent play but also as Shakespeare’s most philosophical work. In the 17th Century when the play was first performed, it was popular for the reason that belonged to the category, or genre of
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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