... true Hamlet. And the qualities, which make this masterpiece of Shakespeare -Hamlet - a heroic character, have certainly laid him vulnerable to sufferings and destructions in his life. The character of Hamlet is cursed with the characteristics that create a tragic hero. These characteristics ... might be excused in delicacy from carrying on his regular courtship. When "his father's spirit was in arms," it was not a time for the son to be with his love. He could neither marry Ophelia, nor wound her mind by explaining the cause ... to Ophelia on throwing flowers into the grave. "Sweets to ...

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