What’s The Hurry? Hamlet could possibly be the most popular of William Shakespeare’s series of tragedies. The main character, Hamlet, may be the most complex and controversial character any playwright has ever created. His erratic behavior poses multiple questions. Is he being rational in his acts and sacrificing himself for the greater good or is he simply insane? How and why does Hamlet continually move from one state of mind to the other? …showed first 75 words of 1553 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1553 total…be no intensity, and the play may have only lasted 20 minutes. But with his ongoing struggle there is the desire to know what he will decide. As readers we need to step back and think about what we would do if put in this position, and be sensitive to his prediciment, because with the emphasis that Shakespeare placed on Hamlet’s moral struggle it becomes questionable as to if maybe Hamlet was a real person.