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Interpreting Hamlet's Irrational Decision To Trust The Ghost

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Hamlet Behavior I believe that behavioral economics can be used to understand Hamlet’s irrational decision to trust the ghost. The books blink by Malcolm Gladwell and predictably irrational Dan Ariely, can help explain this. Behavioral economics from both of these book show this. Hamlet’s quick decision trusting the ghost can be explained in many ways. Hamlet decides to follow the ghost, which was beckoning him to follow in Act 1.4. Hamlet didn’t know at this point if the ghost meant well or if it really was what it said it was. Shakespeare writes “Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned”(1.4.44).Hamlet made a snap decision to follow the ghost. This decision was made between two choices.

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