THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET HAMLET, GENERALLY REGUARDED AS ONE OF SHAKESPEARE’S GREATEST TRAGEDIES, REPRESENTS A PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF A TORTURED AND COMPLEX PERSONALITY, ONE THAT IS THROWN IN TO A NETWORK OF CORRUPTION AND DECEIT FOUND IN THE MIDST OF HIS OWN FAMILY. TORTURED BY THE REALIZATION OF HIS UNCLE’S MURDEROUS NATURE, HAMLET SETS OUT TO AVENGE HIS FATHER’S DEATH ONLY TO DISCOVER THE TRAGEDY AND DEVISTATION BROUGHT ABOUT BY ATTEMPTING …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…STRUGGLES SUGGESTS THAT HE HAS BECOME SO DISENCHANTED WITH LIFE SINCE HIS FATHER’S DEATH THAT HE HAS NEITHER THE DESIRE NOR THE WILL TO EXACT REVENGE. THIS POSTPONEMENT AT ALL, THOUGH, ALLOWS HAMLET TO BECOME THE HUNTED AS WELL AS THE HUNTER. IT IS THIS PERPLEXING PLOT, ALONG! WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF ANY SHAKESPEAREAN WORK, THAT HAS EARNED HAMLET THE REPUTATION FOR BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST REVENGE TRAGEDIES OF ALL TIME. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**