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Hamlet, I'm Following My Desire

Ryan: I think there is a tension between following ordesil, who is like another expert. That's and that is so crucial, because it's precisely gale's recognition that gets him caught. Mike: Maybe hamlet actually is too close to actually saying that i'm following my desire. He says the very thing that trips him up is this betrayal of the ethic of desire. Ryan: If you take lacan's notion that the only thing we can be guilty of is having given ground relative to our desire, then he is precisely made guilty by the one moment when he seeks out the other's recognition.

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