He labels Hamlet as a sick, cynical, and inhumane prince (Jump, 124) who vitiated a Denmark which was one of healthy and robust life, good-nature, humor, romantic strength, and welfare. ... However, his mother mourned for a little month and then she married a man who was no more like [his] father/ Than [he] to Hercules (I, ii, 153-152). ... Hamlet is not the sick, cynical, and inhumane prince which Knight describes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Depression, melancholy, disillusionment, and disconnectedness are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet's soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father's death and his mother's incestuous, illicit marriage. While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism, he conscio...

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Sarcastic, cynical and often irritated, he tries desperately to understand the world around him, with little success. ... The Player cares little for honesty or straight-forwardness. ... Hamlet - A Friend of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and Prince of Denmark. ... Claudius may be one, since he seems to care little about them, wanting only to use them for his own purposes. ...

• Word Count: 3860
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School