... . I know not "seems". Tis not alone my inky cloak, {good} mother, Nor customary suits if solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, shapes' of grief, That can {denote} me truly. These indeed "seem," For they are actions that a man might play; ... and life is "a special feature in the characterization of the malcontent [...], a dichotomy between the role played by a person and the inner self of the individual."20 Although Hamlet was unaware of it at the time, seeing as ...

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