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Hamlet: Antiheroism

Antiheroism has always been an interesting aspect of a character that authors
have chosen to illustrate. In literature, there has been countless antiheroic
characters, from Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Allie
Fox in The Mosquito Coast, to others as famous as Robin Hood and ... By literary
definition, an antihero is the "hero" of the play or novel, but has negative
attributes which separate him or her from the classic hero such as Superman.
Such negative aspects may include a violent nature, use of coarse language, or
self serving interests which may inadvertently depict the protagonist as a hero
since the result of serving those interests may be the betterment of society or
an environment. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist, Hamlet, is
depicted as an antihero. One main factor which gives Hamlet such a label is that
he draws sympathy, as well as admiration, from the reader since Hamlet feels the
pain of losing his father......

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