... factors, Hamlet loses all faith in mankind: "And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, {no}, nor woman neither [...]" (II. ii. 331- 3). Drawing on Biblical allusions, Hamlet redefines the position of man as simply he who came from dust and regards humans as no more important than that which they came from. "As a malcontent, Hamlet [...] passes ... ...

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