When
the subject Hamlet checked into our facility I could tell that there
was some definite inner struggles going on within this persons self
conscious. Hamlet who had recently lost his father was struggling with
his fathers death and on top of that with how his father had died. Then
to make things worse his mother remarried his Uncle Claudius. This
infuriated Hamlet and in return caused him to resent his mother too. Now
I believe that Hamlet could have overcome these feelings of resentment
and hatred but he started to see his father in the form of a ghost. And
the ghost of his father was telling him how Claudius had murdered
murdered him. This caused him to forget trying to mend things with his
uncle and mother and turn to finding ways to take out his uncle. He was
torn into two pieces one being the person who wanted to kill and the
other ego was talking him out of killing. He was becoming very harsh and
would have random acts of violence.
So
when I look at Hamlet I see someone that could have avoided all of this
violence that he was throwing on to other people instead of the one
person whom he wanted to kill. If it wasn't for his indecisiveness and
this ego that he had that was trying to stop him, he could have
saved his sanity. I’m not saying that the act of murder in any way,
shape, or form is right but in this case I think it would have been the
thing to do. Only because the real person who murdered his father was
not being brought to justice so Hamlet could have taken it into his own
hands and then his killing of Claudius could have been justified. I believe the justification for Hamlet killing Claudius would have been if he killed my father than he deserves to die too. And since the penalty for murder is death there would be no need for a trial. The
killing of Claudius might have saved Hamlet from going crazy but that
did not happen. He was torn and once that happened he had no chance in
turning back.
Hamlet
is going through some very intense questioning to diagnose what might
be wrong with him but until then he will be held in solitary
confinement. We don’t want him to take his violence out on the other
patients, so when he gets that under control we can let him start to
interact with them to maybe get back into a normal way of living life.
(Note: This is my version of Hamlet so the story ends different in the original story)
I have to disagree with your opinions on your patient. Condoning violence for a patient is a horrible thing to do. Even if the person your patient wants to kill is a murderer, said murderer should be taken to the proper authorities.
ReplyDeleteHow would murder ever be justifiable? Any and every child would be devastated to lose a parent - obviously Hamlet was very close to his father for their to be such passionate hate for his uncle. There were also some issues with his mother in the same way - he wanted to hate her for "getting over" his father so quickly. I think Hamlet definitely needs some psychotherapy and perhaps a medication to slow his brain down - he was thinking (maybe over thinking) so many things, that he could probably use some rest and relaxation and someone to help him cope better with his father's death. But to kill his uncle for justification of a crime that a ghost says he did - I don't think that will fly in the courtroom.
ReplyDeleteHow did you contact Hamlet. What did he or anyone else say about the situation. The Freudian concept of the Oedipus complex is what i got out of your patient's case. I would like to know more.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that being a Psychologist you would have said murder would have been one of the ways for him to get over that situation. Im guessing that this is in a personal journal therefore it is for your eyes and that would be your opinion.
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