Hamlet: Tragedy Of Failure
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Hamlet's tragedy is a tragedy of failure-the failure of a man
placed in critical circumstances to deal successfully with those
circumstances. In some ways, Hamlet reminds us of Brutus in Shakespeare's
"Julius Caesar." Hamlet and Brutus are both good men who live in trying
times; both are intellectu ....
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.... reported, but instead was murder. Hamlet swears
revenge. But rather than swoop instantly to that revenge, Hamlet pretends
to be insane in order to mask an investigation of the accusation brought by
his father's ghost. Why Hamlet puts on this "antic disposition" and delays
in killing Claudius is the central question of the play.
But Hamlet did not swear to his dead father that he, detective-like,
would investigate. Hamlet swore revenge. And he has more than enough
motivation to exact re ....
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