Enjoy, I busted my ass for this one. Best of class Hamlet: Many Interpretations Although many students of Shakespeare believe that Hamlet, among all the plays in the Shakespearean canon, best reflects the universality of the poet-dramatist's genius, it remains an enigmatical work, what has been called a "grand poetical puzzle." no artist can control the use to which his insights are put by posterity, and this dictum is especially true of Shakespeare, whose Hamlet …showed first 75 words of 394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 394 total…Therefore, when appropriate, passages which seem to lend support to a given theory will be called to the reader's attention. But always one must ask himself whether or not the entire play urges the acceptance of such a theory; ultimately, major themes emerge from the entire plot, not from isolated episodes or passages. In conclusion, one must see Hamlet throughout the entire play in order to get a true sense of what he stands for.