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Hamlet
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... 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare is a play in which the eponymous prince may be considered naïve. His unfortunate naivety helps to convey the major themes of revenge, misogyny and appearance versus reality. It also helps to evoke sympathy from the audience and directs the audience to where Shakespeare wants their allegiances should lie for the climax of the play. In the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare, the audience may perceive the main player to be naïve and sympathise with him due to this shortcoming. For example, at the beginning of the play, Hamlet loved and trusted the 'fair Ophelia'. In return for his trust, she betrayed him to Claudius, Hamlet's arch enemy by agreeing to the spying of a conversation between Hamlet and herself. As a result of being naïve in his trust for Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius, he was betrayed and left genuinely disturbed: 'God hath given you














