Hamlet And Scholarly Mind Essay
Hamlet: A Man of Scholarly and Philosophical Mind:
He is the man of refined and noble mind, his scholarly wisdom is seen throughout the play; he is a good critic of the drama as well as of human beings. His philosophical and scholarly mind can best be observed on many occasions especially through his soliloquies. The philosophy to be used there has attracted many or most critics in the world and each soliloquy shows the development of mind from philosophical point of view. Whatever thoughts and notions that he reveals in his soliloquies are all generalizations but authentic about the human nature and life in the world. About him Ophelia says; “The courtier’s court, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,
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He contemplates over the suicide and sin. Before any action he thinks deeply about pros and cons of that action. Being a student of philosophy, he is a keen observer of man and manners. He looks at the world not as any layman would look at it, but as a deep thinker who is not content with mere surface appearances.
Thus one cannot deny the comment of Stopford Brooke (1913; 92-93) that, “Hamlet is supposed to be entirely different, both in intellectual power and in strangeness of phantasy and feelings.”
Hamlet as the Man of Refined Morals and Religious Ethics:
Another aspect of Hamlet is that he is the man of refined morals and religious ethics. On so many occasions he stops himself from taking actions to kill his uncle, Claudius. Though Hamlet has been informed by his father’s ghost that Claudius had murdered him, yet he was a bit doubtful that his father’s ghost could be an evil spirit, that’s why he just wanted to confirm it by his ‘Mousetrap’ play. The best chance Hamlet had to avenge his uncle, Claudius, when he was in prayer, but his religious teachings and morals prevented him. As, he thought that;
“And now I’ll do it,
And so a goes to
He is the man of refined and noble mind, his scholarly wisdom is seen throughout the play; he is a good critic of the drama as well as of human beings. His philosophical and scholarly mind can best be observed on many occasions especially through his soliloquies. The philosophy to be used there has attracted many or most critics in the world and each soliloquy shows the development of mind from philosophical point of view. Whatever thoughts and notions that he reveals in his soliloquies are all generalizations but authentic about the human nature and life in the world. About him Ophelia says; “The courtier’s court, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,
The expectancy and rose of the fair state …show more content…
He contemplates over the suicide and sin. Before any action he thinks deeply about pros and cons of that action. Being a student of philosophy, he is a keen observer of man and manners. He looks at the world not as any layman would look at it, but as a deep thinker who is not content with mere surface appearances.
Thus one cannot deny the comment of Stopford Brooke (1913; 92-93) that, “Hamlet is supposed to be entirely different, both in intellectual power and in strangeness of phantasy and feelings.”
Hamlet as the Man of Refined Morals and Religious Ethics:
Another aspect of Hamlet is that he is the man of refined morals and religious ethics. On so many occasions he stops himself from taking actions to kill his uncle, Claudius. Though Hamlet has been informed by his father’s ghost that Claudius had murdered him, yet he was a bit doubtful that his father’s ghost could be an evil spirit, that’s why he just wanted to confirm it by his ‘Mousetrap’ play. The best chance Hamlet had to avenge his uncle, Claudius, when he was in prayer, but his religious teachings and morals prevented him. As, he thought that;
“And now I’ll do it,
And so a goes to