August Wilhelm Von Schlegel talks mostly about Hamlets personality. He tells the reader how Hamlets personality can't be explained by him on one sentences as Goethe does. He reflects oh Hamlets personality as a man that is, "open in the highest degree to an enthusiastic admiration of that excellence in others of which he himself is deficient" his wise words open a new perspective about Hamlet. He doesn't see excellence in himself the way he sees it in others. The way he is crazy can be equaled by no one. His intelligence is big and he uses almost any method to keep his cover. From challenging them to telling them lies. Also he mentions that Hamlet's weakness is too apparent.
His craziness starts to gain power and seem more real when he starts thinking about sceptical doubts. He starts to believe in the ghost only when it is seen and when it disappears it "appears to him almost in the light of a deception".
Augusts Wilhelm summarizes Hamlets personality ans shows us how troubled his mind is with quotes like,"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so", this shows to us that Hamlet has started to think of everything in a very deep way. Questioning his thoughts and always thinking about thinking.
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