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... often seized upon this latter thought: perhaps Hamlet thinks too much or, at least, too much for a revenger. He is a man of reflection, a student, who is suddenly expected to behave like a man of action. If Hamlet rushed to judgement,
... often seized upon this latter thought: perhaps Hamlet thinks too much or, at least, too much for a revenger. He is a man of reflection, a student, who is suddenly expected to behave like a man of action. If Hamlet rushed to judgement,
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William Shakespeare. like a man of action. If Hamlet rushed to judgement, as Othello does, there would have been no tragedy. Conversely, if Othello had investigated and considered as carefully as Hamlet does, he would not have murdered ...
William Shakespeare. like a man of action. If Hamlet rushed to judgement, as Othello does, there would have been no tragedy. Conversely, if Othello had investigated and considered as carefully as Hamlet does, he would not have murdered ...
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... judgements, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fallen on th'inventors' heads. (V.2.374–9) If all this is divinely sanctioned, it is by the violent and punitive ...
... judgements, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fallen on th'inventors' heads. (V.2.374–9) If all this is divinely sanctioned, it is by the violent and punitive ...
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