Hamlet 6

Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet is the protagonist of the play and is portrayed as a very emotional soul, a daring, brave character who has a bad and violent temper. Hamlet is a very emotional young man. As we all know, his father's death was a shock for him and he could not get over it. Claudius mentions that Hamlet was taking the mourning of his father's death to extremes: To …

…or set up "The Mousetrap", the play would not have been where it is now since he wouldn't know what happened to his father. REFERENCES Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, 1958. NOTES 1William Shakespeare, Hamlet (U.S.A.: Washington Square Press, 1958), I.ii.94-98. 2Ibid., IV.iv.58-59. 3Ibid., I.ii.162-165. 4Ibid., I.ii.267-269. 5Ibid., I.iv.69-71. 6Ibid., II.ii.612-613. 7Ibid., III.i.154-156. 8Ibid., III.iv.74-77.