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Title: Hamlet
Words: 1045
Hamlet's character dominates the play, lending the tragedy its greatest
philosophical and metaphysical dimensions. Shakespeare has brilliantly
raised Hamlet above a stock figure of an avenger; as he answers the call of
revenge, he also proves he is an intellectual aristocrat. As a scholar and a
thinker, Hamlet often reveals the high quality of his mind, pondering many
weighty matters. He is also a perceptive student of drama and obviously
well read in the classics.
Hamlet is a noble and sensitive hero, an ideal Renaissance gentleman with a
fair "mould of form." His refinement of spirit is evident when he criticizes
Claudius for his drunkenness. His sensitivity is seen in his horror over his
mother's too rapid remarriage to the new king ...
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