views from a certain character, in order to display the positives, and the faults in their way of life. Characters do not exist in vacuums, in which only their actions are examined. In all works there are multiple characters to be inspected, and each of them provide insight into characters other than themselves. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet there is an abundance of characters going through relatively similar trials and tribulations as the main character, Hamlet. The characters of Laertes, Claudius
Throughout the entirety of Hamlet the ghost of King Hamlet is an entity which seems to elude both the reader and Hamlet himself. Many readers ponder the question of whether or not the ghost is a figment of Hamlet’s imagination or if Shakespeare intended the ghost to be an actual entity in the play that does not merely dwell in the mind of Hamlet. Various sources of evidence within the play itself appear at a first glance to support the idea that because the ghost only speaks to Hamlet that he has been driven