Title: The Inner and Outer Hamlet. The inherent nature of drama consists… | by J.G.R. Penton | Literary Analyses | Medium
Headings: The Inner and Outer Hamlet
The Inner and Outer Hamlet
INTERNAL CONFLICT
OUTWARD CONFLICT
CONCLUSION
Works Cited

Content: His uncle and mother’s incestuous relationship is despicable to him, as we have discussed previously and, yet, when it comes to his uncle and carrying out his revenge Hamlet cannot bring himself to act. The psychological conflict moves the forces of Hamlet and this play along and provides a vehicle for the plot to take shape inwardly but as we will see further also outwardly. OUTWARD CONFLICT
As we have seen up to now Shakespeare manages to generate inner conflict but he also masterfully creates outward conflict. Hamlet possess the necessary elements to establish the anguish within but also proves that Shakespeare comprehends the complexity of legal systems and the give and take of power and position. At the heart of the play the outer conflict revolves around the question of the crown and succession. Michael Taylor in “The Conflict in Hamlet” states, “The essential conflict in Hamlet, I believe, is that between man as a victim of fate and as controller of his own destiny” (150). The question of fate is intimately related to succession. Hamlet questions if he is required to take the crown on behalf of his murdered father and even attempts to escape this fate by accepting his uncle’s banishment. The following quotation establishes Hamlet’s reaction to the banishment: HAMLET For England?