Growing Pains

GROWING PAINS         In the epic tragedy Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Prince Hamlet is entrapped in a world of evil that is not of his own creation. He must oppose this evil, which permeates his seemingly star-struck life from many angles. His dealings with his father's eerie death cause Hamlet to grow up fast. His family, his sweetheart, and his school friends all appear to turn against him and to ally themselves with the evil predicament …

…to him. He also must control the human passions within him which are always threatening his plans. There are no more sobering issues than these which would catalyze growth in any human.         Hamlet's widely recognized hamartia, or tragic flaw, is his inability to make decisions on subjects with consequences of any weight. That he is aware of his stagnation in such situations does prove to be helpful in defeating this flaw. After passing up thre