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Hamlet: Emotional States


Hamlet went through various emotional states because of different
unfortunate circumstances that confronted him. Yet Hamlet never went so far
over "the edge" so as to not come back from reality, yet for reasons
psychological, he procrastinated actions that he should have taken, until it was
too late. I will first discuss Hamlet, the origins for his queer behavior and
if it twas feigned or not.
In the first act we see that Hamlet is a sort of idealistic man coming back
to the world from university in Wittenburg. Coleridge described Hamlet in this
point of the play as a "Renaissance" man, who has never really come in contact
with the dark side of humanity. In the very beginning of Act 1 scene i the
guards dialog reflect that "there is something rotten in the state of Denmark".
It is full of corruption, deceit, passion, ruthlessness, and ambition that
Hamlet is not used to (Lidz, 71). His mind temporarily can not handle his
situation because,......

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