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Hamlets princely qualities are praised by Ophelia in Act 3 sc 1, but she expresses her despair because the hamlet that she once knew has changed 'the courtiers, soldiers, scholars eye, tongue sword, the expectancy and rose of the fair state, the glass of fashion, and the mould of form th' 'observ'd of all observers." With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet is thrown into a suicidal frame of mind and for much of the play; he is withdrawn from society and therefore does not willingly participate in courtly life. His skills as a soldier are also rarely witnessed and it is not until the end of the play that he finally gains his position as a warrior. His scholarly skills are never in any doubt, however, and it is because of his constant philosophizing that he delays taking action to avenge his fathers...

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