Although contextual values change, the basic human desire to seek answers to the fundamental questions of life has not, causing Shakespeare's play to speak in different ways. ... " Hamlet's desires to derive answers prevent him from questioning the ghost's motives or the authenticity of the ghost's identity. ... This theme of verisimilitude is enhanced by Hamlet's desires to find truth in lies, "But I have hat within which asses show, These but the trapping and the suits of woe". ... This chaos strips away the appearances, established by the rapid action...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate