In the play, unlike for example in Othello, Hamlet stands without a rival such as Iago to challenge him. ... Hamlet, like modern characters in literature, is conscious of himself and his contradictions; he is not a pawn in a tragic irony, as Bloom points out: Unlike Oedipus or Lear, Hamlet never seems victimized by dramatic irony. ...

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