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Hamlet part 2: Hamlet, Laertes, Introspection, and Drama

Published: Feb. 27, 2010, 6:27 a.m.

A continuation of the analysis of Hamlet, both character and play.\xa0 What is the nature of Hamlet's interiority?\xa0 What relation does it have to his being a character in a drama?\xa0 How does he parallel, and how diverge, from Laertes?\xa0 The possibility that Claudius is Hamlet's father is treated, with respect to what this would mean from the point of view of the ghost.\xa0 The disappearance of the ghost in Act V is noted and considered.\xa0 Preferences among preferences or second order desires are introduced.