Hamlet and Freud Case

Hamlet Essay: Freud and Hamlet

Freud believed that Hamlet did not kill Claudius the first time

he saw him because Hamlet saw himself as the enemy. This sounds like a

solid reason to me. Who am I to say that it is not? However, I also

find Samuel Taylor Coleridge's reasoning very interesting. He

believed that Hamlet did not kill Claudius the first time because he

was praying. This sounds almost too easy, although very legitimate.

Now, I am not one to say which interpretation is right, or even ponder if

either is right; however, they both come credible critics. So, who is

right and who is wrong--that is the question? No? Maybe both are right

to an extent. We do not actually know what Shakespeare was feeling when

writing Hamlet.

This brings me to the point Chris Early made previously. I, like

Chris, do not believe that works should only be investigated on the

surface, but it is difficult to uncover every meaning of every aspect of

every work. Is there always something bigger and more meaningful than

the original words? Sometimes I would say yes, and sometimes no. So,

this leads me to my next question: how does one know if the words mean

something bigger or not? I believe that there is no actual