Hamlet - A 1990's adolescent
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 throughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected an army to fight for his uncle's land and honor, Hamlet's mat
hold protests and take action against that problem. is what the youth of the 1990's and Hamlet have in common. calling him ". . . a fishmonger." (Hamlet. II, ii, 174) This is not the only way that Hamlet offended Polonius. Hamlet offended kind." (Hamlet. I, ii, 65) is just as rude during Hamlet's time as Hamlet also needed to be on his own deathbed in order to finally Hamlet had to use in order to get his work finished. Hamlet,
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Approximate Word count = 825
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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