What was the state of the emotional maturity in Shakespeare’s Hamlet ? How is the emotional maturity relevant to Hamlet’s actions and emotions in the play? Throughout this report we shall examine the elements of Youth, Emotional Maturity, Coping, and Emotion in relation to Shakespeare’s Hamlet , as presented in Kelly J. Hays’ novel The Norton Introduction to Literature .
In Matthew Harkins article, Making ‘Young Hamlet’ , He examines the principle of youth, defining it through the character of Hamlet. Harkins defines the idea of a youth as “vigorous, eloquent, inventive, but [they are] also dependent, without judgment, wisdom, and self-[control] .” In accordance with this statement, I find that I agree, to a point. “The young were to …show more content…
Leon J. Saul states that. “the path to emotional maturity provides the basis (1) in the Individual’s personal life for healthy emotional attitudes, inner peace, and effectiveness of proper child rearing and for understanding oneself and others; (2) in education, for its true goal to help children to learn to live better; (3) in national and international affairs for understand motives and goals, the personalities of leaders, the ways groups react and the ideologies they embrace;” (Page xi. Emotional Maturity. Saul, Leon J.) “[e]motional problem; that this usually arises from defects in his emotional development; and that, if these defects can be partially resolved, his development is reopened, and adaption is improved. He comes to see the nature of his defects, the course of his development as it would have been if it had not been obstructed and also been unimpeded. The result of full, unimpaired development must be full maturity.” (Page 6. Saul, Leon J.) “In clinical practice, the only secure and lasting therapeutic result in the treatment of any type of emotional or personality problem, reactive or internal, depends on reaching and correcting the causes. If only the external stresses are relieved but the infantile reactions remain, the patient, left to himself, will soon be in another predicament. Only if he matures emotionally can we expect a secure adjustment.” (Page 21. Saul, Leon
In Matthew Harkins article, Making ‘Young Hamlet’ , He examines the principle of youth, defining it through the character of Hamlet. Harkins defines the idea of a youth as “vigorous, eloquent, inventive, but [they are] also dependent, without judgment, wisdom, and self-[control] .” In accordance with this statement, I find that I agree, to a point. “The young were to …show more content…
Leon J. Saul states that. “the path to emotional maturity provides the basis (1) in the Individual’s personal life for healthy emotional attitudes, inner peace, and effectiveness of proper child rearing and for understanding oneself and others; (2) in education, for its true goal to help children to learn to live better; (3) in national and international affairs for understand motives and goals, the personalities of leaders, the ways groups react and the ideologies they embrace;” (Page xi. Emotional Maturity. Saul, Leon J.) “[e]motional problem; that this usually arises from defects in his emotional development; and that, if these defects can be partially resolved, his development is reopened, and adaption is improved. He comes to see the nature of his defects, the course of his development as it would have been if it had not been obstructed and also been unimpeded. The result of full, unimpaired development must be full maturity.” (Page 6. Saul, Leon J.) “In clinical practice, the only secure and lasting therapeutic result in the treatment of any type of emotional or personality problem, reactive or internal, depends on reaching and correcting the causes. If only the external stresses are relieved but the infantile reactions remain, the patient, left to himself, will soon be in another predicament. Only if he matures emotionally can we expect a secure adjustment.” (Page 21. Saul, Leon