This kind of analysis sounds a lot like the moralizing lens Shakespeare's plays were put through in the 19th century, which led to a lot of balderization. Judgi

This kind of analysis sounds a lot like the moralizing lens Shakespeare's plays were put through in the 19th century, which led to a lot of balderization. Judging all these acts exclusively through a 21st-century lens is pretty reductive. Saying "Hamlet sexually harassed Opheilia" is fine, as far as it goes, which isn't very far. It's a tragedy, and he's the protagonist of a tragedy, not a hero. His becoming obsessed with the unjust death of his father and fucking everything up is the whole point. Saying he's acting like an ass is both obvious and a distraction from the main event, which is to see a great man brought low by his flaws, and to contemplate fate, the human condition, or whatever else you can take away from the play.