Hamlet Admirable Qualities

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In the early stages of the narrative, Hamlet's admirable qualities are clearly in focus - his loyalty, his moral integrity, his intellect, and his sense of self. At the same time, the circumstances within which he finds himself are equally clear, surrounded by morally corrupt and personally ambitious manipulators (Claudius, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern), self-deluders (Gertrude), weaklings (Ophelia), and the intellectually limited (Horatio and just about all the other characters - only Claudius comes close to being an intellectual match). Over the course of the narrative, Hamlet struggles with increasing intensity to hold on to his values while facing choices that directly challenge those values, eventually finding himself corrupted

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