Psychoanalysis & Narrative
Why Theory
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Hamlet's Abjaya
The abjaya is Hamlet's own delay, right? Like his inability to act. And obviously there's a million theories about that. But I think for us, the delay itself is what makes the whole act of like, so, abjaya are what makes the object of desirable desirable. So it's both a barrier and obstacle and an impetus toward that object.
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