1. Hamlet - A Coming of Age Tale
... meets the main character, Hamlet, when he is a college student. Hamlet experiences multiple events that forever change his personality over the course of the play. True to the coming of age archetype, Hamlet experiences his father's death, falls in love, and is called to action, which causes Hamlet's transition into adulthood. But Hamlet resists this progression, and by prolonging his transition into ... adulthood actually speeds his own death. In the very beginning of the play, Hamlet's father mysteriously dies ... is an action essential to reaching maturity (Stahl). Laertes forgives ...
- Word Count: 1669
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: High School