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‘Hamlet has been read by critics as dramatically presenting a misfit in a politically treacherous world or a weak revenger’
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'Hamlet has been read by critics as dramatically presenting a misfit in a politically treacherous world or a weak revenger' In the light of this statement, and using the soliloquies as a starting point, examine how an Elizabethan audience might have understood him and how this compares with your reading. When first introduced to Hamlet he is a character full of pain and confusion, still mourning his father's death, 'But two months dead-nay, not so much, not two'.1 The punctuation here highlights Hamlet's anguish. Significantly, Hamlet is already portrayed as a misfit, as no one else within the court but Hamlet is wearing mourning clothes; in Shakespeare's time it would have been worn for at least a year following the death of a king. This gives an immediate and striking indication of the character's isolation, his alienation and the power Claudius has already obtained within the court. The rhythm of Hamlet's words...
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