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This paper is part of a forthcoming study on two incidents of psychotherapy in Goethe's life. Factors in the universal appeal of the play are examined. Justification is given before treating the play as one would treat the manifest content of a dream.
Hamlet, it is suggested, is not an adult neurotic, but the soul of a child with the intellect and body of an adult. His procrastination is the expression
of his oedipal conflict, and the play portrays his gradual emotional development. The paper is continued in the following number of Samiska.