Hamlet - The imbalance of the idealistic mind and human nature We often hear: Nobody is perfect. This phrase is often used to rationalize senseless human errors that could have been avoided. But this statement has a much deeper meaning. It contains an important lesson that guides or rather should guide people throughout life. By admitting that no one is perfect, the individual demonstrates a deeper understanding of human nature and their inner self. This knowledge is essential to creating healthy relationships between the individual and their environment. Because, as Robert A. Johnson states in his book He, “perfection or a good score is not required; but consciousness is” (76). In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the main character experiences enormous inner turmoil, as he fails to recognize the human tendency toward imperfection, nor to emphasize more strongly the human propensity toward error. With his idealistic view of the world crushed by the death of his father and the incestuous remarriage of his glorified mother, Hamlet unconsciously throws himself into a reality in which he develops a deep resentment towards humanity, and especially towards his mother, the Queen Gertrude. His frustrating disorientation and incomprehension of his situation are not caused by the repressed sexual desires taking control of Hamlet's mind, as Sigmund Freud would have it (119), but perhaps it is necessity that forces you to abandon your security. this causes Hamlet to be paralyzed in his “meditation of inward thoughts” (Coleridge 95), thus preventing him from acting on his deepest desire to avenge wrongs. When King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet's father, was still alive, the prince. ..... middle of paper ...... now; if not now/and yet it will come – preparation is everything. Since no man, of all that he leaves, knows what must not be left in time, so be it" (5, II, 202-206), Hamlet demonstrates that he has recently found understanding as well as contentment with himself, as he came to accept the non-idealistic world and achieved "tao, the middle way" (Johnson 38). of the entire universe, the prince has stopped trying to find its place for everything, but instead allows the natural order to occur. As a result, he is able to reason and act in harmony with it. his spirit, because he has reached the Grail Castle, the "inner reality, a vision, a poetry, a mystical experience, and it cannot be found in any external place" (Johnson 56). . Works Cited: Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. David Bevington. New York: Longman,1997.