Hamlet: Act 5 Scene 1

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Themes Discussed:
(For a more detailed discussion of THEMES in Hamlet, see Hamlet:  Theme Analysis (condensed))

-  T6 Existentialism: death, the passing of time, Sisyphus, absurdity of life's struggle  02:06, 08:49
-  T2 Parental Interference, meddling, "tricks in the world"  14:40
-  T9 Mind-body duality, inevitable corruption of the flesh   08:49
-  T5 Thought vs action  08:49
-  Narrative structure: signposting, foreshadowing  08:49

Characters Discussed:
(For a more detailed discussion of CHARACTER in Hamlet, see: Hamlet: Character Analysis ALL (conde...​​​​​​​)

-  C1 Hamlet: self-aware, spoiled, over-thinker, sensitive, ashamed, self-hating  04:04
-  C1 Hamlet: snob  06:45
-  C1 Hamlet: narcissist, appalled by democratic force of nature  08:49,
-  C1 Hamlet: narcissistic, histrionic, immature man-child, not thought of Ophelia 17:28
-  C1 Hamlet: naive, fair-thinking, honest  14:40
-  C8 Horatio: rational, ideal man  08:49
-  C4 Gertrude: stupid?  14:40  

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