Re:Hamlet as Shakespeare’s greatest villain
by disown on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:33PM
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> His treatment of Ophelia is dreadful. Laying her death at his feet is an overstatement, but "misogyny, gaslighting and open sexual harassment" isn't.
Virtue signaling a fictional character created a couple of hundred years ago. Nice! You are the hero we desperately need.
> "How now, a rat!" That's not madness or heat of the moment:
That's open for debate. But we are talking about a character who sees his dead father's ghost. Also most would chalk it up to the "heat of the moment" as the scene led to the murder. If he saw polonius walking down a corridor, he wouldn't have killed him. So, "madness and heat of the moment"?
> Hamlet's nowhere near the greatest villain
He isn't a villain at all. He's a tragic figure.
> but he's not a good person, either.
He's not a bad person either, virtue signaling aside. That's what makes him one of the greatest characters in literature.
Virtue signaling a fictional character created a couple of hundred years ago. Nice! You are the hero we desperately need.
> "How now, a rat!" That's not madness or heat of the moment:
That's open for debate. But we are talking about a character who sees his dead father's ghost. Also most would chalk it up to the "heat of the moment" as the scene led to the murder. If he saw polonius walking down a corridor, he wouldn't have killed him. So, "madness and heat of the moment"?
> Hamlet's nowhere near the greatest villain
He isn't a villain at all. He's a tragic figure.
> but he's not a good person, either.
He's not a bad person either, virtue signaling aside. That's what makes him one of the greatest characters in literature.