Carolyn Hurley Mrs. Cronan Masterpieces Hamlet: Character Analysis In the beginning of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet, the protagonist, could not be more well-off. Not only is he the son of the king, he is young and educated as well. One would look at him and perceive him to be very emotionally stable. Things drastically begin to change as soon as he learns of his father’s death. All of his great achievements as a scholar …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 682 total…to all those around him. He feels that he cannot trust those once loved and respected. This is a result of the lies that he is surrounded by. To top things off, Hamlet learns that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been spying on him as by order of King Claudius. “What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason... an dyet to me, what is the quintessence of dust? Man delights not me...(103).”