Hamlet: Act V-Scene 2 - The Climax
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In Act V-Scene 2, as the play begins with Hamlet fill in the detail of what
happened to him since he left Denmark, Hamlet concedes that there was a kind of
fighting in his heart. But clearly his inner struggle has been manifested from
the time of his first appearance in this play. Now it is to h ....
Middle of paper
.... the play, after we have itemized Claudius' major crimes, the
Prince does not receive an answer to his question, one which is basic to his
status as a moral symbol in the play:
- is't not perfect conscience,
To quit him with this arm? And is't not to be damn'd,
To let this canker of out nature come
In further evil?
It has been seen here a Hamlet who is still in doubt, still troubled by his
conscience; and his view should not be ignored, if only because it illustrates
once more the diff ....
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