Thursday, 3 June 2010

What are some examples of Hamlet's bravery?

displays his bravery
when he goes onto the castle ramparts at night to meet withhis friend, , and the castle guards
have seen there.It could be that the ghost is the restless spirit of his father but it could
also be that it is some evil spirit that will "tempt [him] toward the flood," as
Horatio fears (1.4.77).When the ghost beckons to him,readily agrees to follow the spirit,
saying, "And for my soul, what can it do to that, / Being a thing immortal as itself?"
(1.4.74-75).He does not fear that the spirit can endanger his soul, the most important part of
himself, because his soul is as immortal as the spirit is.Despite Horatio's concern that the
spirit could "draw [Hamlet] into madness," or otherwise endanger his life when he's
been separated from his friends, Hamlet feels as though "each petty arture in [his] body
[is] / As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve" (1.4.82, 92-93).The Nemean lion is a creature
from Greek mythology that could not be...

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