How does the play Hamlet demonstrate this idea from Martin Buber?

[lift4life17]

"There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and and my fellow-men is that i do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say."

[JBI]

Take an example - one thinks about an assigned question, one talks about an assigned question, and then one answers it.

So thus does Hamlet deal with the situation, and so thus does the schoolboy deal with his homework. The key principle though, is in the action - notice the key word "I" in that it is the I who does the action, the speech, and the thinking, and not somebody else.

[myrna22]

"There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and and my fellow-men is that i do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say."

"How does the play Hamlet demonstrate this idea from Martin Buber?"

I don't think there is direct parallel to the play Hamlet and this statement of Buber's. The three principles in Buber's statement are thought, speech, and action. In Hamlet, it amounts to thought and action. He doesn't "talk" with anyone about his uncertainity, his inability to act. He does express those things in soliloquies, but soliloquies are not 'talking,' they are thinking, a dramatic, theatrical device used to allow the audience to know what an actor is thinking. Interpreting the content of a soliloquy as 'talking' would be misunderstanding the purpose of a soliloquy. Hamlet is frustrated with himself and he does not share that frustration with anyone else. Throughout the play, in asides and soliloquies, he expresses his thoughts; this is not the same as 'speaking,' though as it is a play, and for the audience to know what he's thinking, he must speak out loud, they are thoughts, not speech.

Thus, I see little correlation between Buber's statement and the play Hamlet. I don't think the play demonstrates the three principles in Buber's statement, though it is concerned with thought and action. As well, I don't think the play or the conflicts in Hamlet have anything to do with "I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say." These are not concepts that the play deals with.

[prendrelemick]

Perhaps you are meant to consider how Hamlet appears to himself, the audience, and to the other characters in the play

[Kafka's Crow]

Take an example - one thinks about an assigned question, one talks about an assigned question, and then one answers it.

So thus does Hamlet deal with the situation, and so thus does the schoolboy deal with his homework. The key principle though, is in the action - notice the key word "I" in that it is the I who does the action, the speech, and the thinking, and not somebody else.

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[LitNetIsGreat]

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