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Hamlet
One of the most tragic characters ever created by Shakespeare is Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. His tragic evolution relies on two important pillars: the inner conflict that devours him, correlated with the honourable necessity to revenge his father murder, and the frail nature of Hamlet as an individual evolving in a cruel world, a world often ruled by forces which we cannot control.
Hamlet's inner conflict, a constant throughout the play,...
It is here that Hamlet learns his father was murdered and where the spirit demands revenge: "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (Act I, Scene V). Further on, Hamlet learns not only of the nature of his father death, but, most important, of the person who has committed the crime: "but know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father's life/Now wears his crown" (Act I, Scene V). His very own uncle has killed his father in order to be able to gain the kingdom's crown and he has married his mother to sustain his act and new posture. Hamlet is not only facing the tragic death of his father, but…
Bibliography
1. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet - Price of Denmark. Murray's Sales and Service. Pages 846 to 883
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