Oxon Pseud
Published: 2013-09
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... of Hamlet's great task, viz. the avenging of his father's murder. It was his duty to sacrifice them, in order to do his duty. 2. It has been suggested--Hamlet should have sub stituted some harmless instructions. But--suppose the king of England had detained Hamlet pending further orders from Denmark. His fate would have been certain. 3. At least they knew that the journey was not for Hamlet's good. 4. When they lowered themselves to serve such a master, they must take the consequences. They may be good enough men, but they are in the same boat with a very bad man, and so they perish with him. "jev Tov a-vvaXXda-a-ovTO'S opviOoi fipOTofc Slkcllov avSpa Toto-i Swrcefttcrrtpoi's. Iv iravri wpctyet 8 iaff 6/xiAias KaKqi K/xkiov oiSiv, Kapiros ov Ko/uotcos.--Atsch.: Sc. I. 593-96. 5. As I have shown, they were ignorant of the nature of the genuine and of the forged letter. The King keeps them completely in the dark, and they are quite content to continue so, and obey his orders implicitly. It is really the King and their own servility that is the cause of their death. The following are various views of the Ruling Principle in Hamlet, and the Key to the play: The Key To The Play And To The Leading Character. 1, "A cruel, treacherous, -and unscrupulous murderer, who can only be excused on the plea of insanity."--Steevens. 2. "A morbidly imaginative man, living in a world of his o wn."--Coleridge. 3. "A man striving to do his duty, but failing through indecision and through circumstances."--Richardson. 4. "A man with many good qualities, but a speculator who wants backbone to make him act" 5. "Hamlet is a psychological exercise and study."--Maginn. 6. "A man of genius, mad in some points and not in others."--Strachey. 7. "Hamlet has too much...