Melancholy and Hamlet In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is greatly affected in his thoughts and his actions by his ever changing state of melancholy. Melancholia is a medical term categorized by extreme depression, apathy, and withdrawal. Hamlet gives in to this illness and throughout the play he shows several characteristics of it. Hamlet being so self-centered steers him away from performing the vigorous duties he has been chosen to do by …showed first 75 words of 1014 total…

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