The Role Of Duty In William Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Killing a person is not something that anyone can take lightly. In the
story of Hamlet, the uncle of the play's focus character, Prince Hamlet of
Denmark, has murdered the prince's father, stolen the crown, and weds his
mother. The ghost of king Hamlet comes to the prince and tells him that he
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.... thy commandment all alone shall live.
(A1, S5,L99-103)
This statement makes it perfectly clear that Hamlet views what he has to do
as a job that he has to do for his father.
In act 2, scene 2 Hamlet meets an actor who easily displays intense emotion
and passion on matters that have just come to his head. Hamlet asks
himself in the soliloquy that followed if he was a coward for not
completing his task yet. This makes it obvious that killing Claudius isn't
something that Hamlet wants ....
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