a proposito di amleto

giorni fa mi è stato chiesto cosa fosse per me il narcisismo. ho risposto: amleto. e pensavo a turgenev che in un saggio scrisse di come amleto e don chisciotte fossero antitetici (uno ama solo se stesso e l'altro ama solo gli altri - nessuno dei due conosce né puo conoscere altre forme di amore). adesso ho trovato questo, che è joyce intervistato nel 1934:

Hamlet is a human being, but he is a son only. Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all. Don't forget that he was a war dodger who tried to evade military service by simulating madness. He might never have taken up arms and gone to Troy, but the Greek recruiting sergeant was too clever for him and, while he was ploughing the sands, placed young Telemachus in front of his plough. But once at the war the conscientious objector became a jusqu'auboutist. When the others wanted to abandon the siege he insisted on staying till Troy should fall.