DANNA E.

HAMLET: THE INDECISION OF BEING

"To be, or not to be, that is the question..."

Hamlet has entered so much into the imagination of modern Men - and Women - that he has given rise to the now proverbial expression "Hamletic doubt".

More often than not, this great not-only-Hamletic doubt does not concern anything in particular, but involves the whole of Human Existence, the why of things and the true essence of reality. All characters are devoid of certainty, for everyone there is a mistery in reality that is difficult to grasp.

I chose to deal with Hamlet because this work is a strange kind of tragedy, given the absence of sudden violence or poignant love stories that characterize other Shakespeare's plays of the same type. On the contrary, the protagonists indecision and the tragic consequences it causes are explored here. The revelation of the ghost presents Hamlet with a series of dilemmas: what should he do? Who can you trust? And what can his role be in the course of justice? These questions are complicated by an intricate web of characters that forces Hamlet to negotiate with friends, family, court advisors and love interests, many of whom have ulterior motives.

In conclusion I would say that for this reason Hamletics doubt calls us to reflect because it speaks to the most hidden part of ourselves, that universal part which, beyond time and space, remains the same and which (like Hamlet) asks the same questions.