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Even Shakespeare Knew Children Need Fathers

Even Shakespeare Knew Children Need Fathers

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Sean Kullman
Sep 29, 2022
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One of the eeriest scenes in all of Shakespeare is the moment Hamlet sees and speaks with the ghost of his father. The scene is partly about the longing for the father and the father’s longing to aid his son whose descent into redress produces such maladies that the young, isolated Hamlet is both obsessive and manic …

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