Hamlet
Hamlet identifies with an adolescent of the 1990's more thanhe does with the youth of his own time. Hamlet is immature,sarcastic, and takes action during the heat of passion whichis very much like the behavior of the youth in the 1990's.Love, control over action, and the ability to overcomedepression are just a few ways to prove maturity. It isobvious Hamlet loves Ophelia in his own way ". . . thecelestial and my soul's idol, the most beautified Ophelia . . ."(Hamlet. II, ii, 109- 110), but his way is not mature enoughto include trust toward his lover. The trust that Hamletshould have given her was the key of his madness. Thismadness that Hamlet cannot trust his love with is the samemadness that he loses total control over because of hisimmaturity; it then causes him to do things, such as killPolonius, that a person that was mature could stop. Themadness that Hamlet assumes is understandable but he cannever get over the actual death of his father by still wearingblack a year later, and the hasty marriage of his mother toClaudius. Compared to Horatio who is calm and cool
This is just like the youth of the 1990's in therespect that if something is wrong, such as the cutting of anold growth forest, then they usually act against it in dramaticways. TodayHamlet's age group is more immature than during his owntime so he relates to the youth of the 1990's better than hedoes with the adolescents of his own time. roughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected an armyto fight for his uncle's land and honor, Hamlet's maturitylevel for his time is low, especially for being a prince. The inability to love maturely, rudeness towards authority,and reacting to anger is what the youth of the 1990's andHamlet have in common. Ifthe prince was thinking right he would not have gone withthe ghost that resembled the old ". The way that Hamlet uses his anger to take action is verymuch like the youth today in the fact that if someone has aproblem with log cutting, for example, they hold protests andtake action against that problem. Hamlet often used the hasty marriage of his mother to offendClaudius.
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