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A 5 page essay that argues that Hamlet, the tortured Prince, should be admired. The writer argues that an examination of the play shows that although Hamlet creates his own downfall through his murderous actions, he is basically a good man caught in a mind-boggling situation. His story is tragic precisely because Hamlet is an admirable man who is caught within a web of forces from which he cannot escape. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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this play, Hamlet has to confront the intellectual equivalent of a chess game, as there are innumerable moves and possibilities from which he must choose (Lamb 13). For the majority
of the play, Hamlet is so overcome by the divergent forces acting on his mind that he is lost in a quagmire of indecision, powerless to act because he is
not certain of anything. Furthermore, the circumstances of the play have robbed Hamlet of any sense of having a moral compass as his mothers remarriage has caused Hamlet to
feel that the world is degenerative place. Therefore, the question arises: how is the audience meant to react to Hamlet? Is he to be admired or despised? An examination
of the play shows that although Hamlet creates his own downfall through his murderous actions, he is basically a good man caught in a mind-boggling situation. His story is tragic
precisely because Hamlet is an admirable man who is caught within a web of forces from which he cannot escape. The admirable qualities of his character are shown through a
number of devices, but principally through his hesitation to carry out the injunctions of his fathers ghost. What appears to be the ghost of Hamlets father is seen by
Hamlet on the castles parapet. The ghost implores Hamlet to enact revenge for his "most unnatural murder" (Act I, scene V, line 25). A less intelligent man would have accepted
the entire spectacle of seeing a ghost at face value. However, Hamlet does not readily accept that the specter he saw was actually his father. He speculates that the
ghost could be a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into committing a sinful act. Would a loving father expect Hamlet to
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