... revenge still resonate. Shakespeare's masterpiece not only represents the pinnacle of English literature. As Sigmund Freud has stated, its greatness rivals that of Oedipus Rex and The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky as it is a moral story about patricide, while also acting as a psychological understanding of humanity. The characterisation of Hamlet provides audiences with moral lessons, while also delving in to the ... ...

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