Hamlet
In 5.2 of Hamlet, Hamlet tells Horatio what really happened on the way to England. (He stole the letters that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were taking to the King of England, which instructed the king to kill Hamlet. Hamlet, our hero, immediately wrote out several new letters and sealed them using his signet. The new letters ordered that the two men accompanying him should be put to death). This shows major growth and maturity. In the beginning, Hamlet was a man of pure thought, but this did not work. He then transformed into a man of pure action, which failed as well. But by the end Hamlet metamorphosed (or metamorphoses or will metamorphose… pick a tense… this book is one big circle) into a nice blend of action and thought. He is now a man of “thoaction”. The pure thought Hamlet is exemplified in the scenes when Hamlet is contemplating suicide and also when Claudius is praying, and Hamlet has the opportunity to kill him; but Hamlet thinks his way out of situations-- blaming religion, bad timing, etc., rather than himself. Then Hamlet mutates into pure action Hamlet. He rashly and recklessly murders Polonius. This was stupid because not only did he kill the wrong guy, but also managed make Laertes fumingly irate.
he clever incident with the arranged killing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is the point in which Hamlet melts pure thought Hamlet and pure action Hamlet into one superhero. Hamlet is growing up. Not only is he learning to take smart decisions and follow with smart actions, but he is also learning to accept the responsibilities of those actions. This is evident when he admits to his scheme of switching the letters to Horatio. As the duel continues, Laertes has poisoned the tip of his sword and in the next scuffle he manages to wound Hamlet. They continue fighting and Hamlet somehow exchanges swords with Laertes after which he wounds Laertes. Both have been poisoned. As Laertes is dying he tells Hamlet about the poison and blames Claudius. Hamlet is now aware of everything. Hamlet kills the Claudius, finally avenging his father’s death! Next Hamlet reconciles with Laertes. Then Hamlet stops Horatio from committing suicide and requests that Horatio tell his story. (Two quick notes: 1.Sorry, I know this is a lot of summarizing, but it has a point! 2.Shakespeare must have been running low on new material, because the protagonists in Romeo and Juliet basically die the same way). Hamlet can now die in peace. He has patched things up with Laertes, avenged his father’s death, and has made sure that he will be remembered- everything on his list of things to do has been checked off. Pure
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