The character of Hamlet is elevated above countless other similar tragic heroes because of Hamlet's awareness of the moral complexities and theological issues involved in the revenge plot. Hamlet's display of distraction is curious because his actions alone are not that of a madman, yet his private thoughts and musings suggest that he is insane. The source of this distraction may lie in his aboriginal addiction to thought and his inability to act decisively. (A …
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…the modern dramatization of Hamlet or Othello can be seen as one of the finest works with hindered essences of sorrow and tragedy that has ever been written in literary history. The character of Hamlet still is one of the most vulnerable and intelligent of Shakespeare's characters portraying an aura around him of unknown wisdom, apart from the fact that he is not a literary man, and words spoken through him have almost become immortal.