1. Hamlet, Sons & Lovers and A Streetcar Named Desire
... up on this as Freud's theory was only developed three years prior to Sons and Lovers. This presentation of incestuous love is slightly different in Hamlet, he does not have the hatred for his father that Paul does. In Act Three, Scene Four, Hamlet repeatedly urges his mother to "repent " from Claudius' bed, this arguably suggests that Hamlet did not want Claudius ... Claudius who killed him. This creates the revenge element of the tragedy as Hamlet wants to avenge his father. Throughout the play, Hamlet faces internal conflict about having to kill Claudius which is conveyed by Shakespea...
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