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
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Content: Mine uncle?” ( I.5.41). Hamlet suddenly hesitates to believe — and later act — when a few moments before he was eagerly stating: Haste, haste me to know it, that with wings as swift
As meditation or the thoughts of love
May weep to my revenge (I.5.29–31). The give and take happening within Hamlet’s psyche is palpable. 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.