The character of Prince Hamlet, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, displays many strong yet justified emotions. For instance, the "To be or Not To Be" soliloquy, perhaps one of the most well known quotes in the English language, Hamlet actually debates suicide. His despair, sorrow, anger, and inner peace are all justifiable emotions for this troubled character. Hamlet's feeling of despair towards his life and to the world develops as the play moves on. In Hamlet's first …
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…will have to disguise himself and his real motives and goals in order to attain them-this is why he fakes his ma! dness. It is not until he picks up Yorick's skull in the beginning of Act V that he finds out what is real and what is not. In the end, when the truth is revealed and everyone's "masks" are removed, death is all that is to be found. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Hamlet - Shakespeare