- not about a man who could not make up his mind, Hamlet made up his mind when he encountered the ghost
- confused how to commit duty of revenge, "cognitive paralysis"
- Hamlet is able to speak, but not to do. Frustrated because he seems others "doing"
Performative Ability of Language:
- locutionary force...ability of language to deliver a message
- illocutionary force...what is done in being said, such as denying a request, giving an order
- perlocutionary force...what is achieved by being said, the consequences of one's utterances
- performative language connects words and reality
- Hamlet's characters develop through self-overhearing; hear themselves speaking and then gain self-knowledge
- Is this self-realization or self-creation?
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