Bristol’s article, he talks about what he thinks the black suit that Hamlet wears represents and the bad habits in the play. He suggests that the suit is a bad habit and describes it as customary. It is customary because it is the color of mourning and of melancholy. Melancholy seems to appear in many of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet seems to be a very poorly dressed person. Here, the author uses an anecdote to compare it to Hamlet’s bad habits. He says that his son’s ripped jeans are like Hamlet’s black suit. By using the anecdote he can relate to the play. Bristol doesn’t like the character of Hamlet, because of his bad habits. Bristol takes lines from the play having to do with custom and examines them carefully. The customs which he describes according to him, “recognize that accomplishing dharma is not the same thing as mass conformity” (74). This article focuses mainly on the character of Hamlet and his customs which come about from his black
Bristol’s article, he talks about what he thinks the black suit that Hamlet wears represents and the bad habits in the play. He suggests that the suit is a bad habit and describes it as customary. It is customary because it is the color of mourning and of melancholy. Melancholy seems to appear in many of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet seems to be a very poorly dressed person. Here, the author uses an anecdote to compare it to Hamlet’s bad habits. He says that his son’s ripped jeans are like Hamlet’s black suit. By using the anecdote he can relate to the play. Bristol doesn’t like the character of Hamlet, because of his bad habits. Bristol takes lines from the play having to do with custom and examines them carefully. The customs which he describes according to him, “recognize that accomplishing dharma is not the same thing as mass conformity” (74). This article focuses mainly on the character of Hamlet and his customs which come about from his black