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A Lacanian Reading Of Hamlet And Caligula: Death Drive
ISSN: 2617 - 0299
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A Lacanian Reading Of Hamlet And Caligula: Death Drive
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ICC-0902
Publisher: International Journal Of Linguistics, Literature And Trans..
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IAA.ZONE/261741100299
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Abstract
The following research rereads the concept of death drive in the chosen literary characters of Caligula and Hamlet, who possess differing positions to the crown yet share the tragic death forced by the outer environment. The chosen plays provide a well ground for practice of this subject since both plays are closed by the death of the heroes in which neither of them possess any part of direct actions. In Hamlet the mourning prince enters a shock by the supernatural visit he receives which leaves him in the search of the vengeance he stands responsible for. During the play Hamlet’s behavior and mental status leads him to eventual due to his inability to perform any act which may be a cause of distribution to his associates which creates a well formed psychological pattern for study. On the other hand, in Caligula no element of supernatural appears yet the young emperor is in great shock due to the loss of his sister, in a sadistic ma...
