Hamlet's fear, separation, and mistrust form him into a typical malcontent character. ... "Shakespeare represents Hamlet's melancholy as genuine rather than stereotypical."5 Shakespeare did not attempt to have Hamlet conform to any criteria of the time, and with his non-conformity Hamlet appears as a true character and not someone who has been forced to be a certain way in order to generate a fixed response from the audience. ... Equal to other malcontent characters of the age, "Hamlet [...] is a bitter critic of the society in the midst of which he is placed."9 As other malcontents...

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We can see this through the character Hamlet. Hamlet's character is not one dimensional; there are numerous sides to his personality. ... Just in the monologues, we have the capacity to see the genuine side of Hamlet, and we start to create a superior understanding of his complex character. A monologue is a discourse in which a character (for this situation Hamlet) uncovers to audience his thoughts and feelings which he is not able to express to different characters in the play. ... This is the reason soliloquies are so important, on the grounds that a character can express his most inwar...

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Claudius and Hamlet Claudius & Hamlet, would the inhumane and sick character please step forth. ... He is overly concerned with his mother's relationship with Claudius, and this is just a part of his complex sickness. ...

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