Hamlet

             Show in a comprehensive essay illustrated by relevant quotes, how the original Spanish revenge play is complicated by the protagonist.
             Revenge, one of the most complex and strong feelings we as humans have. It is defined as the giving of an equal injury as the damaged received, or in few words it is the action of vengeance itself. In Hamlet it is the main theme and the feeling responsible for all the actions in the play. If we analyze Hamlet in a deeper way, something interesting steps out from the dark. We find that indeed, Hamlet it is just a much more complicated way of seeing the traditional Spanish Tragedy. In the Spanish Tragedy, if someone commits homicide to one of your relatives you just go and kill the responsible. This is always remarkably simple. Someone kills your father, you kill him,bum?, the play is over. It is always very brief, first the character finds out, then he thinks what he is going to do and finally he does it. Nothing too complicated, three acts at most. This extremeness of the Spanish tragedy In Hamlet is what makes it so complex and unique, but at the same time, amazingly frustrating; frustrating that the responsible for this is in fact, Hamlet himself.
             Hamlet is an astounding character which obtains his complexity just in being a human character. He is a philosophy student who likes to think before acting, which is one of his mayor problems. Like John Collins once said,
             ?Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.?
             and it is basically Hamlet's problem. He always thinks too much when he has to follow his heart and do what normal people would do. Coactively when he starts to follow his heart he totally forgets to think. Hamlet is definitely not an impulsive character. Is thisimpulsivelessness? what frustrates us all. He doesn't act when he ought to act; he just keeps thinking and analyzing the situation. When Shakespeare was creating ...

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