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Hamlet identifies with an adolescent of the 1990’s more than
he does with the youth of his own time. Hamlet is immature,
sarcastic, and takes action during the heat of passion which
is very much like the behavior of the youth in the 1990’s.
Love, control over action, and the ability to overcome
depression are just a few ways to prove maturity. It is
obvious Hamlet loves Ophelia in his own way “. . . the
celestial and my soul’s idol, the most beautified Ophelia . . .”
(Hamlet. II, ii, 109- 110), but his way is not mature enough
to include trust toward his lover. The trust that Hamlet
should have given her was the key of his madness. This
madness that Hamlet cannot trust his love with is the same
madness that he loses total control over because of his
immaturity; it then causes him to do things, such as kill
Polonius, that a person that was mature could stop. The
madness that Hamlet assumes is understandable but he can
never get over the actual death of his father by......

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