Hamlet?s multi-dimensional character The play Hamlet is undoubtedly the most famous Shakespearean play in the world of Literature. It resembled the peak of Shakespeare?s career as a playwright and a poet. .<Tab/> The tragedy is a milestone in Shakespeare?s dramatic development; the playwright achieved artistic maturity in this work through his brilliant depiction of a hero?s struggle with two opposing forces: moral integrity and the need to …showed first 75 words of 1575 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1575 total…who sees his duty plain before him but who shirks it at every opportunity and suffers in consequence the most intense remorse (Hamlet Psychoanalysis pg 50) Lawrence Lerner here gives a short but powerful characterization of Hamlet, which fits in directly with what was proven in this essay. Hamlet is indeed a man who thwarts away every opportunity to take his revenge, mainly due to his indecisive manner, his over analytical nature and his Christian morality.