The study of the question of why Shakespeare's Hamlet delays killing
Claudius in revenge for his father's murder is examined in light of the major
critical theories from neo-classical to modern scholarship. An expanded
treatment of the works of Fredson Bowers, Eleanor Prosser, Bertram Joseph,
and Roland Frye, is provided to examine the Elizabethan background of social,
political, and religious values. The experience of passionate revenge on the
human psyche of the revenger is addressed through an ancillary approach
provided through the works of the Freudian analyst Ernest Jones and the
psychoanalytic theory of Avi Erlich. The purpose of this study is to review the
relevant theories of Hamlet's delay, and to apply the wisdom gleaned from such
an examination so as to create a synthesis that may best answer the question
of why Hamlet delays. / Graduation date: 1996
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34984 |
| Date | 28 November 1995 |
| Creators | Cohen, Martin, 1943- |
| Contributors | Schwartz, Robert B. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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