Hamlet: Finding Courage To Die
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In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" we see a young man paralyzed with
grief over his father. So much so that he is believed to have gone mad. Hamlet
is such a complex character that one must look deeply to find what drives him.
Did he really have the courage to kill the king or was it madness? H ....
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.... he cannot see any
goodness or take his own life. Hamlet has a very intense, philosophical
personality. For this reason, he cannot take his life because he does not know
what happens after one dies. He is not positive of an afterlife, therefore he
doesn't have the courage to end his life.
"Now might I do it prat," (Beaty, 1363) is a soliloquy in which we see a
shift in Hamlet's rationalization. Hamlet, as his fathers only son, is seeking
revenge for his fathers death, but is afraid that a ....
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