Hamlet - Truth Behind a Veil of Falsities Hamlet, an extremely famous play by William Shakespeare, is an ever challenging piece that begs the fatal question of truth or lies. Shakespeare's characters constantly shift from sanity to insanity and good to evil. By creating shuffling characters, Shakespeare is able to keep his audience thinking until the very last moment of the play, when most of the veils are lifted. The theme of appearance versus reality …showed first 75 words of 612 total…

…showed last 75 words of 612 total…was eventually poisoned, but never revealed his true face to the world. Appearance and reality, as demonstrated by Shakespeare, is a very effective technique, when properly used, to keep the audience on the edge of their seats and the characters interesting. Appearance and .reality, as a theme, is the cause for every character in Hamlet to act in the way that they did, giving a shape to the play that would otherwise be left unseen.