Who Was Hamlet Written Today?

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If Hamlet was written today, Hamlet would be an early 2000 emo who dressed in all black and thought he was above other people, because he is always asking “deep questions” and bragging about how he detests everyone around him. Although if this was the case, King Hamlet’s death would be investigated by professionals and this play would have turned out like an episode of NCIS. So thankfully Hamlet was not written in 2016, but during 17th Century England, where Shakespeare’s Hamlet, deals with Hamlets conflict that is spawned from the contention between his Renaissance sensibilities and feudal value system. Shakespeare highlights this by dramatizing the tension between Hamlet’s vacillation and his resolution by the end of the play. It is my understanding

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