Hamlet leaves a trail of bodies in his wake not because he is a monster like Macbeth, but because he is less of one, displaying hesitancy at the thought of killing his uncle for whatever reason as most of us probably would in a similar circumstance. If Hamlet were Macbeth, the tragedy never would have… Continue reading If Hamlet were Macbeth, the irony and the contradiction at the heart of Shakespearean morality
