Dat T Critical/Analytical Response Where does one’s purpose lead them when the presence of motivation is absent? Motivation is what brings forth change within individuals to pursue what they desire most, it is what defines their purpose within a society and makes them who they are. William Shakespeare in the play, Hamlet, develops the idea that without the nature of motivations expressed upon an individual, they become blinded of their own self-worth as well as their purpose towards their ambitions, which will therefore influence their future actions. When individuals are presented with ambitions that they must fulfill but not what they themselves personally desire, it binds them of moving forward. Individuals having a purpose leads them into change, often times for the better; however, when someone else’s purpose is enforced upon an …show more content…
When one cannot express their own purpose, they will lack motivation in pursuing that purpose that is held upon them by someone else and that will eventually lead to the individual living a false life by being completely fixated on what they deem they so must accomplish. In the absence of motivation, purpose leads to a reality that is not of your own and causes the addiction of completing your so called ambitions to stagger no matter the eternity until it is achieved. When Individuals are given an ambition that they must fulfill, however not of their choice they become decrepit in moving forward to carry out those actions leading to that ambition. Hamlet even after knowing that his father had been killed by his uncle, King Claudius, still makes no action of his own but continues to mourn for his