Hamlet: Many Interpretations

Enjoy, I busted my ass for this one. Best of class Hamlet: Many Interpretations Although many students of Shakespeare believe that Hamlet, among all the plays in the Shakespearean canon, best reflects the universality of the poet-dramatist's genius, it remains an enigmatical work, what has been called a "grand poetical puzzle." no artist can control the use to which his insights are put by posterity, and this dictum is especially true of Shakespeare, whose Hamlet …

…Therefore, when appropriate, passages which seem to lend support to a given theory will be called to the reader's attention. But always one must ask himself whether or not the entire play urges the acceptance of such a theory; ultimately, major themes emerge from the entire plot, not from isolated episodes or passages. In conclusion, one must see Hamlet throughout the entire play in order to get a true sense of what he stands for.