Hamlet - A 1990's adolescent

Hamlet identifies with an adolescent of the 1990’s more than he does with the youth of his own time. Hamlet is immature, sarcastic, and takes action during the heat of passion which is very much like the behavior of the youth in the 1990’s. Love, control over action, and the ability to overcome depression are just a few ways to prove maturity. It is obvious Hamlet loves Ophelia in his own way “. . . the celestial and …

…s are compared to the youth of Hamlet’s time. The inability to love maturely, rudeness towards authority, and reacting to anger is what the youth of the 1990’s and Hamlet have in common. Hamlet would have a much easier time living during these times than his own. Hamlet’s immaturity, rudeness, and radical behavior is just like today’s youth and that is the insight that Hamlet has towards the youth of the 1990’s.