... a negative force present in both "Hamlet" and "Sons & Lovers"; not just between Gertrude and Hamlet (mother and son), but it also is present in Act One, Scene Three. Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue ... and Lovers. This presentation of incestuous love is slightly different in Hamlet, he does not have the hatred for his father that Paul does. In Act Three, Scene Four, Hamlet repeatedly urges his mother to "repent " from Claudius' bed, this arguably suggests that...

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