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Hamlet - College Essay

Hamlet

Shakespeare's Ned Kraemer Nov.1, 1998 Brit. Lit. In Shakespeare’s , discloses his true feelings, in Act 4, scene 4. In this soliloquy, illustrates his mental instability by contrasting himself and Fortinbras. He illustrates himself as being a coward who does not has the will to initiate plans to revenge his father’s death. finds himself grasping for an answer as whether to kill his uncle who has done his family and great injustice by killing his father and sleeping with the mother. This outrages and creates an inner struggle and it is in this stage where idealizes Fortinbras in his words and actions. In ’s soliloquy, He contrasts the differences between Fortinbras and himself, and ...

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dream. “ The imminent death of twenty thousand men that for fantasy and trick of fame.” In this statement is declaring that he thinks Fortinbras quest is meaningless and therefore deems it foolish. He is also compromising Fortinbras basic ability to reason. Throughout the play, s wishes that he could take actions and avenge his father’s death, but in this soliloquy he also states that he believes Fortinbras reasoning to be skewed. He believes that the actions of Fortinbras are incredibly simplistic and thus feels superior in this manner. admires those who ca use their intelligence to its capacity and then act upon it, yet he sees those actions of Fortinbras as primal urges to survive. While he ridicules Fortinbras for the lack of judgement he also realizes that by his power to reason stems his suffering. is tormented by the fact that he completely takes into account all aspects of the situation before acting upon his urge to avenge his father’s death. This is why he believes ...

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