A Truant Disposition: Discovering the Tragedy of Hamlet through the Role of Horatio

Shakespeare’s Hamlet has intrigued scholarly critics as well as casual playgoers and has led to more debate than any other play. Is Hamlet mad or just pretending? Why do the guards, Horatio, and Hamlet see the ghost, but Gertrude not see it? Are the characters of Fortinbras, Reynaldo, and Voltemand superfl uous to the play? What is Horatio‘s place in Elsinore? Starting from the spoken lines, explanations for these and other questions are offered in this book. Encouraged here are staged interpretations of Hamlet that more adequately imagine stage directions and character development. This readable book is equally for those with casual, scholarly or professional interests in Hamlet.