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Hamlet's Depression In Hamlet
As Hamlet feels that God has forbidden him to take his life away by himself, he instead continues to unload his burden through his homily. In his words “How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable/ Seem to me all the uses of this world!” shows his disinterest in the world, this tells us Hamlet’s depression and he feels that he is alone and isolated in his grief.
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