. "(Contact the author, Ray Eston Smith Jr, at thyorison@yahoo.com) (This article was written in response to a question from Kitty Purr.) Hamlet's father had a serious flaw - he valued dirt over people (as in a graveyard). Hamlet, when he was himself, did not share that flaw, however Hamlet was metaphorically and psychologically possessed by his father's spirit. His fundamental dilemma was whether to be true to himself or \"to be or not to be\"... \"so like the king that was and is the question of these wars.\""@en . "To Be Or Not to Be So Like the King"@en . "(Contact the author, Ray Eston Smith Jr, at thyorison@yahoo.com) (This article was written in response to a question from Kitty Purr.) Hamlet's father had a serious flaw - he valued dirt over people (as in a graveyard). Hamlet, when he was himself, did not share that flaw, however Hamlet was metaphorically and psychologically possessed by his father's spirit. His fundamental dilemma was whether to be true to himself or \"to be or not to be\"... \"so like the king that was and is the question of these wars.\""@en .