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   ccairney Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

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   There are a number of ways one could go with this answer, for Hamlet is a complex commentary on life on a number of levels. Revenge seems sweet but is not really. That is one meaning, possibly, since revenge is the obsession of Hamlet in the play. On a psychological level, the level of the individual's psychological health, one might say that 'too much philosophy on and in one so young is not a good thing.' Does that drive him crazy? The charmed and precocious youth Hamlet is... is not ready really for a man's world. That is a tragedy always. On a social level, there is much of the sixteenth century in all of this, the complexity and the contradictions of the age are reflected in the play. Much to ruminate upon.

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   Posted by ccairney on Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 7:44 PM
   
   

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   bjordyn Student
   High School - 9th Grade

   It mean Widge might have stole the play Hamlet but he did not betray the group of players because he is genuine and loyal

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   Posted by bjordyn on Monday May 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM