... on any of the statements I have listed above. However, I will take a stand with Coleridge and speak about Hamlet's genius and cognitive activity. Hamlet's true dilemma is not one of sanity -Vs- insanity; but one pressing his intellectual capacity. Being a scholar, Hamlet is prone to thought rather than actions. "Cause of Hamlet's destiny. . . in intellectual terms . . . is a tragedy . . . of excessive thought." (Mack ... say to Polonius. But in the sense related above, it makes perfect sense. Besides making perfect sense, it could be thought to be the speech of the great Socrates or Ari...

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