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M. Boucher, your point is well taken but you mistook my idea. I
would have to agree with the "Hamlet" guy who responded as well.
In a sense my old theses was saying to say that Hamlet is
decaying, which is wrong and I will try to change my theses.
I agree with you that Hamlet does grow stronger throughout the
play, but what "Hamlet" said is that the real Hamlet struggles
because he feels he must set society right again. Which is what
I wanted to say in my theses. Take in mind though that Claudius
wanted to redeem himself before God (don't have where off hand).
It's the scene where he's kneeling and trying to pray, and
Hamlet cannot kill him because if he killed Claudius, Clauduis
would go to heaven. In this scene we see Claudius trying
to repent but since he sees what he has gained from killing
his brother he cannot. Thus the evils of the world have
firmly taken root at the core of his inner being and he cannot
repent (hence the end of my theses).
Gertrude also tries to free herself from her blackness
but I won't get into that. Hamlet sees the decaying state of
his world and his society and he feels that he is the only one
who can save it from it's state of turmoil.
So if that's the impression I gave, I am sorry, it's not what I
meant. I'm not sure entirely where I'm going with this essay,
so the thought and suggestions are apprecaited.
Also sorry to "Hamlet" I basically reinstated your idea's
completelyMr. Ed
Posted by Mr. Ed on March 26, 1997 at 17:01:48
In Reply to "Hamlet and decay" posted by M Boucher on March 25, 1997 at 10:41:29
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