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Prince Hamlet To be, or no to be - Coggle Diagram
Prince Hamlet To be, or no to be
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Character development
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revenge, mortality, and existential questions. confusion and doubt to decisive action, ultimately leading to tragedy
Issues
terrorises his mother, verbally abuses ophelia.
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theres a notable contrast - he's easily wounded, sensitive and emotional but towards his mother and ophelia, he appears to be cruel, tyrannical and unforgiving.
unhealthy obsession with Gertude's sexuality - Hamlet says he can hardly stand to "remember" the way his mother couldn't get enough of his father when he was alive —"she would hang on him" with a major sexual "appetite" that she seems to have simply transferred over to her new husband.
Hamlet suffers from an Oedipus Complex
Some people believe Hamlet is, in some ways, a re-telling of Oedipus the King by Sophocles. - Sigmund Freud
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Wrong man for the job - King Hamlet demanded too much, never saw hamlet's flaws- is hamlet just a poor victim?
Overwhemlingly emotional - mad, madness
cannot balance between action v thoughts - he struggles a lot. that's probably why he was caught sus a lot of times. his thoughts and actions do not parallel
Absolutist/moralist - black or white, all-or-nothing thinker
criticism, deep analysis
Gertrude's marriage provided a violent shock to [Hamlet's] moral being which caused him to sink into melancholy". A C Bradley.
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Hamlet's disgust at the feminine passivity in himself is translated into violent revulsion against women". David Leverenz.
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