Word: orphelia
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...This is not wonderful, for the work is a melodrama pure and simple. It is a "tragedy of blood," and is a play in which action is the predominant feature. The plots and conspiracies; the play within a play; Hamlet's journey to England and return; the madness of Orphelia; all are full of action, and form a potent attraction for the popular mind. Throughout the play there is a bleak, cold humor, which never fails to amuse an audience. Hamlet himself is thoughtful and philosophic. With his friends he is pathetic, with his enemies bitterly humorous, and eloquent...
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