... overpower will and in the end the characters would surrender to their destinies. These philosophies can be seen in tragedies such as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex where it would be the hero's destiny to be overcome and brought down by his own internal flaws. Shakespeare was a prolific ... traditionally expected of a Greek tragic dramas. There are many sub-plots and complex supporting characters that gives one a sense that the story is constantly meandering in different directions. Even Hamlet himself is constantly zigzagging back and forth in his mind with his oftentimes contradictory and .....

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... pursuit of 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 ... ...

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