Thursday, May 20, 2021

Identity and the Self in ‘Hamlet’

Marilyn Simon at Quillette.

"'Who’s there?' These are the two words that begin Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It is primarily this question, and not 'To be or not to be?' with which Hamlet wrestles throughout the play. ..."

See Shakespeare, Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumes 26-27, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volumes 24-25.

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