This above all, to thine own self be true: Truth versus Self in Hamle

Truth versus egotism in village by William ShakespeareThis above all, to thine own self be true (Act I scene 3 line 78) as express in Shakespeares critical point, Prince of Denmark is a philosophical idea that strips away moral standards, accountability, and that selflessness is evidence of true love, as taught by Jesus Christ. Professor Sir Walter Murdoch writes in The Policy of Polonius, As a matter of fact, of course, the lines are nonsense, and Shakespeare was well cognizant that they are nonsense he puts them in the mouth of a chatty old gentleman who spends most of his time talking nonsense *http//home.pacific.net.au/morrisqc/Murdoch/Polonius.htm*. The roughages of Hamlet and Laertes live by this faulty philosophy and form defective character traits that ultimately claim them to death. The homogeneous can be said for Alfred in ONeills Before Breakfast, he follows a different path using the same philosophical ideals and ultimately ends up serving the same self conc entrate on desire. The assertion that somehow this philosophy can become stable with a sound individual falls short because it is without objective measurable standard. left(p) to our own self to decide what is good get out always lead to a pantheistic view one without hope, self-serving and motivated to carry through any desire that we say is correct. Successful living depends on an realised guide of moral standards, accountability, and selflessness. Hamlet, Laertes, and Alfred have set their hearts and minds to do further as they please without regard how their actions affect others and without regard to moral standards. Hamlet and Laertes have settled in their own mind that the way to understand peace is through the death of the person that murdered their fathers.... ... revenge. The meek inherit the land (Leithart). To thine own self be true? I think not. Be true to God and His commandments, His judgment, and the philosophy that I must bewilder down my life if I w ant to find it. Jesus said, or so assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the launch and dies, it remains alone but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will affirm it for eternal life (John 1224-25 NKJ).BibliographyEliot, T.S., The Sacred Wood Essays on poesy and Criticism. Hamlet and His Problems Home rascal 19 Nov. 2000.Leithart, Peter J. The Serpent instantly Wears the Crown A Typological Reading of Hamlet. Contra Mundum No. 11 Home Page 19 Nov. 2000.Murdoch, Walter. The Policy of Polonius. The Shakespeare Essays. Home Page 19 Nov. 2000.