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This paper is an attempt at understanding the 'psychoanalytical' approach to literature and its application in Shakespeare's "Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark".

A Close Focus into the Inner World and Mind of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, 2019

William Shakespeare's longest play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, has been a point of focus of critics for centuries. What makes Hamlet so popular and perennial is its intricate structure and oblivion message in terms of what the real doctrine behind the work is. Hamlet's inner world has still remained unsolved though a number of interpretation studies have been conducted. The murder of the former king triggers Hamlet to change his character. It is seen that this change is actually what makes the work a deep pit. His plans and actions are formed by the sentiments that he gets as a result of discovering his father's murder and his mother's affair with his uncle, the murderer at the same time. The more he discovers, the deeper he gets into both emotionally and mentally. In order to shed more light on Hamlet and the work, his emotional progression and state of mind were analyzed and interpreted in depth in this study.

2012

The Psychosis and Ambiguity of Hamlet's Character Presently, they fill gossip magazines, blogs and television shows, consuming the imaginations, hearts and thoughts of many children and adults alike. Celebrities all over the world capture the attention and fascination of many due to their unique personalities and crazy antics. These antics are documented, filmed, and stalked because of their appeal to the fantasies and desires of the "common" people who are not celebrities. These fantasies are enthralled with the "larger-than-life" characters such gossip outlets portray the individuals as. Even today, the general public is fascinated with individual characters because they believe they can somehow relate to that person's character. The pull of one's character goes beyond modern-day celebrities and extends into television characters, movie stars and literary figures. One such notable character comes from playwright William Shakespeare in the seventeenth century --a character with as many personas and as much dramatic flair as any modern-day celebrity: Hamlet.

2016

Journal of Romanian Literary Studies, 2024

Over the centuries, "Hamlet" has been the subject of countless critical approaches from brilliant scholarly thinkers, from Samuel Johnson to Harold Bloom. The present article strives to investigate from an interdisciplinary critical perspective how Hamlet's psyche is affected by the appearance of his father's ghost. Drawing on sources as diverse as neo-classical, romantic, and psychoanalytical criticism, the article explores the inner changes that shift Hamlet's perception of the nature of his Self, resulting in the instability of his relationship with other characters. The second section investigates the particularities of Hamlet's desire concerning the women of the play to show how his malignant desire destroys familial and romantic bonds, finally leading to his traumatic influence on other characters such as Ophelia and Gertrude.

Having discussed two of the basic approaches to literary understanding, the traditional and the formalistic, we now examine a third interpretive perspective, the psychological. Of all the critical approaches to literature, this has been one of the most controversial, the most abused, and-for many readers-the least appreciated. Yet, for all the difficulties involved in its proper application to interpretive analysis, the psychological approach can be fascinating and rewarding. Our purpose in this chapter is threefold: (1) to account briefly for the misunderstanding of psychological criticism; (2) to outline the psychological theory most commonly used as an interpretive tool by modern critics; and (3) to show by examples how readers may apply this mode of interpretation to enhance their understanding and appreciation of literature.

International Journal of English and Literature, 2020

This paper concentrated on hesitancy as a character's flaw from the Freudian psychoanalysis focal point. Hamlet's uncertainty is especially identified with his natural complex which frames his oblivious love for his mom and his lethal abhor for his dad. Freud's ideas of man's concealed want for annihilation and eradication may shape the reason for understanding Hamlet's craving for death and suicide as demonstrated by his popular monologs. Ridiculousness and agnosticism in Hamlet's activities mirror the intrinsic human conduct and flaw. The paper suggests that Hamlet's play ought to be remembered for cutting edge writing courses for its lavishness in examples of general human conduct, for example, the recurrence that is natural to human activities on different events. Educators should expand under study's attention to the nearness of hesitancy and uncertainty as a flaw that can prompt pulverization as Hamlet does.

Melancholy and Depression. Hamlet's Contribution to XXth Centuries Studies in Psycology, 2021

Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1600-1601) inspired innovative psychological and psychoanalytic studies during the 20th century, related to the Oedipus Complex and the theme of desire (Freud, Lacan). Hamlet, with his unique ability to speculate and incapacity to make decisions, became the emblem of existential restlessness and inner conflict that precedes choice; as a dark and gloomy soul, his melancholy had a very strong appeal in studies of the formation of identity and melancholy-depression seen as the outcome of expulsion from a symbolic order. Hamlet was also read as the tragedy that foreshadows the notion of moral conscience (Act III) widely investigated and theorized in the twentieth century in the context of studies between consciousness and societies developed in the fields of neurobiology and ethics. The themes of negative emotions (sadness, hatred, melancholy) present in Hamlet’s tragedy ‒ the aspects of desire and psychoanalytic change to which Hamlet’s melancholy personality made a considerable contribution ‒ are first introduced, and then analysed in more depth through some works of Freud (Mourning and Melancholy, 1917) and Lacan (Seminary VI, Desire and its Interpretation, 1958-59).