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Nick Coman March 03 C Block Mackey What Makes Humans Human What separates a human from a beast? While a beast is governed by instincts, impulses, and irrationality, a man is a creature of thought. Unfortunately, as developed as a species as we are, humans do uncontrollably revert to primitive ways. Understanding ideas such as justice, power, and revenge may guide us in our actions and be the propellant for which we use in our lives, but these values are not completely paramount over the fact that humans are descendants of beasts, and are not immune to their traits. In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, justice, vengeance, and power guide characters such as Hamlet, Laertes, and Claudius towards the goal of murder. In the end, all of these characters are left dead as a result of a lapse in rationality and thought. These miniscule glitches are exemplified in Claudius' response to the "Mouse Trap", Hamlet's impulsive...

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