catches on and once again he is masked. Another way he keeps his emotions hidden is through his soliloquy’s. He keeps his “To be or not to be”(III,i,64) suicidal thoughts in his head. We get to witness these words and see that he keeps his pain and anger hidden in his own mind. There are also some encounters which Hamlet must keep to himself : the appearance of the ghost and the near death of his uncle in the church.When the ghost first appears to Hamlet he is with others. When he actually speaks to the figure though, he is alone. He learns of the source of his fathers death and that he alone must seek revenge upon the accused. Hamlet must keep what he learned a secret for two reasons. The first is that it is doubtful anyone would believe him and he would lose his credibility within the State. The second is he cannot go about his plans for retribution if anyone has the knowledge he has. So in this way, it is not that the ghost appears only to Hamlet but that Hamlet himself must keep the ghost from everyone else. Not only does the Prince hide others, he hides himself too.Near the beginning of this piece, Hamlet is confronted with a problem. This question is whether or not to kill the King in the church or to wait until he will go to hell. But, when Hamlet walks into the church he walks into a secret confession by the King. Hamlet draws his sword, gets ready to strike and then puts it way and slowly and leaves the temple. The idea I was confused about was how the King never heard Hamlet. Churches are quiet, and for Claudius not to hear Hamlets entrance, exit or the drawing of the sword you can see there must be a higher force concealing the truth. Hamlet is once again obscured to Claudius in that church.You can now see that there are so many hidden elements in Hamlet. These are only the concealed events of one character, Hamlet. Shakespeare is trying to get you to look deeper into this play and explore...
