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Hamlet berates himself for hesitating, of course, since
revenge is what a good son (like Laertes) should do. But
isn't it odd that we today find Hamlet weak or overthoughtful
because he refuses to just rashly kill in cold blood? It
seems to me that he has a wide range of very valid philosophical
concerns - as a student, a son, and a human - and that in
fact the ethics of vigilante justice are as difficult as
he takes them to be.Posted by Englebert Humperdink on March 22, 1997 at 13:52:06
In Reply to "Hamlet:justice, revenge?" posted by Katie on March 21, 1997 at 17:42:27
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