The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-11-13
HAMLET A Psychologist STUDY.


his place " is FOR the critic to determine
aaralet 10 heir to the throne of Denmark.
A man OF noble birth is intuitiyely Judged |
noble, and wela endowed in person, manners,
and mind unless warned otherwise, We
naturally believe him SUPERIOR Our pre-
possessions, then, ere all in Hamlet's favor. |
Would not Horatlo have informed some 9TH
CT person concerning tLeappArlation, had he
doubted Prince Hamiet's ability to bear Tho
shock OF such knowledge? But no, his first
impulse was e
ITO impart what we have seen tonight
To young Hamlet"
He did not fear his friend would fall in
resolution to come aud see the dread spirit,
st once divining that the father would open
his soul to the son, tor he saws,
l "'a upon my life,
This spirit, dumb to US. will speak to him."
Horatlo's companions agree. on the mo-
nent. to inform Ha@let concerning the |
ghost there is no discussion whether any
roundabout speaking or preparation is nee
essery to prevent fatal shock they did
not consider that since his position naturally
shielded him from contact with disagreeable.
dlAtas eiul. and painful circumstances, such
circumstances would be more keenly felt
than by others less Gelicately nurtured
they know him strong. well-poised. resoluGe
and when, without circumlocution. the Won
derful tale Is told with all minute particulars,
At once, without prompting, he dec des ,at
he will watch tonight :" and more, vows
aim ost presumptiously that ho "will speak To
1t, though hell itself should cape, and bid me
hold my peace"
He showed no fear, no irresolution, no lack
OF pl udence, inasmuch as he desired his COM
panions to speak OF it to none else and with
night and the houri is ready, and sinoo no one
says otherwise. probably calm and tranquil,
even pholOsophizing with Horatio upon the
custom Of 'heaVy-aeaded revel,' in which
the court was engaged.
Suddenly Horstio whispers, Look, my
Lord it comes ~ The first word OF the young
prince IL an invocation to higher powers
he exclaims, "Angels and ministers Of grace J
defend US !" thea, seeing the appAritioa is
IN appearance his fathers he adures it to say
why it has burst the cerements of the grave.
why revisited the glimpses of the uoon,"
troubling men with Thought beyond the
reaches OF their souls" yet! he evidently
feels no tear, tell his friends. as they beg |
him not to follow The beckonng figure,
Il do not set my lite at pin's fec
Aud, tor my soul, what can it do TO that,
Being thing immortal as itself ~
And when they would restrain him, throw
ing them off, he still follows the retreating
kingiy shadow. When the ghost has reused
his Indignation and horror by calling upon
him ITO avenge his foul and almost unnatura
murder" hs is eager TO sweep to revenge !"
but when the whole dreadful tale is told. i'm
pIicating both uncle and mother, under the
three-fod agony, the loss as 'twere OF all his
family at one stroke the high heart yields,
the young intellect there and then totters.
Is il unnatural that it should be SO? Hamlet
is grieved almost 10 broken -heartedness by
the sudden death of a dearlv-loved fathe r,
stricken with shame and isolated, by the i'm
mediate marriage Of his mother to hated
uncle. Then comes the excitement Of learn
ing that his fathers ghost walks; the meet
ing with it F., AID. finally. the fatal truth--it
would have been mos. unnatural had he
borne the shock without change.
Horatio observes immediately the alteration
in tbs friend. Hamlet, as yet has had no time
TO fix upon course Of action under such
fearful circum stances ofconcealment be is
forbidden ITO sweep TO revenge Tor sne
,he must be left ito heaven" But when a
Horatio, in reply to Hamlet's proposition {
'to shake hands and part" says. "tnese are +
but Wild and whrling words,' the prince
knew instantly the whole difficulty Vi his !
position. With this terrible hecret burning a
n his heart, and feeling his mind shattered
distracted seeking time to think, lIoralio's
words suggested the future course and d
coAaes the resolution 60 put an c
lntic disposition on as cover and |
shield-but still the clear. uudimmed, boyish :
mind Is gone forever.
Not that Hamlet's mind Is utterly wreck.
I'd not that b" has become insane f; but he is {
ppalled, crushed and te~ls constant need {
II mask when In the presence of any but s
doratio, and apparent alteration of mind Is c
most secure one for time. In some respects
Hamlet becomes "himseIf again :" in others,
Is natural characteristics never return. His d
involuntary trust in mankind is gone. never a
to be recalled. 1
Atter he great stroke Of maternal false
ness. he determines to thurst love for women
out OF his heart hence he buries his love for J
Opheia 1t is very evident. in the converse e
ton hetMnen them thai LIE hna d.ridnd 10 :.