Daniel Webster once stated, “The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.” In other words, much of what goes on in the world is due to what people think rather than what actually is; therefore, the only thing one must do is present himself in the way he wants others to believe he truly is. The play Hamlet …showed first 75 words of 1201 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1201 total…his play-within-a-play, as well as let him offer an excuse to his evil behavior at times. Also, the appearances of Claudius in the beginning made it very difficult for Hamlet to uncover the truth, making him doubt what the ghost had revealed to him. Overall, Hamlet has caused the reader to question many things in life. What is genuinely “real?” What is mere “appearance,” and not real? To these questions, we may never find answers.