Abstract:
Shakespeare’s Hamlet has intrigued scholarly critics and casual playgoers and has led to more debate than any other play. Is Hamlet mad or just pretending? Why do the guards, Horatio, and Hamlet see the ghost, but Gertrude not see it? Are the characters of Fortinbras, Reynaldo, and Voltemand superfluous to the play? What is Horatio‘s place in Elsinore? Starting from the spoken lines, explanations for these and other questions are offered in this book. This readable book is equally for those with casual, scholarly or professional interest in Hamlet.