Hamlet
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During my essay, I have tried to establish the following issues: * Why Hamlet is able to kill in hot blood and not cold blood. * How Hamlet can be ruthless in contrast to his delay in seeking revenge * Hamlet's reaction with men of action (Laertes and Fortinbras) * Hamlet's treatment of Gertrude and Ophelia * How Hamlets madness was caused by revenge. The analysis I have formed is based on information from the following: * Cambridge School Shakespeare - Hamlet * Zeffirelli Film - Hamlet (starring Mel Gibson) * Kenneth Brannagh film - Hamlet In Act 1, we see Hamlet as a depressive and grieving for his Father. He is also full of anger against his Mother because of her marrying her late husband's brother within a couple of weeks of his Fathers death. I was under the conclusion that Hamlet could be suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder, and that Barnardo, Francisco, Marcellus, (the Sentries at the beginning of the play), and Horatio (fellow scholar and...

