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How effective is Shakespeare's Portrayal of Hamlet in this extract and throughout the play? To begin with, the extract shows Hamlets gradual increase in anxiety through his vicious words aimed toward himself when he entitles himself as a "rogue" and "peasant slave" at the beginning of the extract, showing what little positive remarks he has for his persona and purpose in life. Shakespeare also portrays Hamlet as a rather mentally-unstable, infuriated, frenetic character as the opening of the extract reveals that, throughout Hamlets distressing speech; he is "alone", therefore talking to himself in a peculiar manner. Shakespeare then decreases the level of negativity when the reader is drawn to the rhetorical questions posed by Hamlet. "What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion that I have?" Readers will automatically label Hamlet as a scheming character for his unneeded observation. Hamlet's insanity act backfires unintentionally when...

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