Hamlet: Discussion of quotation

QUOTATION:
“I have of late but wherefore I know not – lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire – why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?” Hamlet, Act II, Scene II, lines 300-308.


ESSAY:
The character of Hamlet is indeed a very complex one that has brought many disagreements among critics. While some critics believe that Hamlet is mad, others believe that he is completely san...