The Story of Hamlet

William Shakespeare emerged as a champion of dramatic art in his brilliant tragedies. Hamlet stands as a touchstone of his creative opus owing to its manifold themes and depiction of human conscience at work. The story of the tragic prince of Denmark is very enigmatic in nature. His is the saga of a creative and philosophic genius who had to undergo deeper pains to justify his existence in the not so sensitive world. That he wanted his story to be known to the posterity in its logical form and that he beseeched his confidante Horatio to live to narrate it so that he might not be misunderstood and misquoted, makes this drama more significant in the analysis of human nature trying to cope up with the ways of destiny. It was due to Hamlet’s nobility of thought, his stoic ability of endurance amidst wounded circumstances that make his story the most touching portrayal of human nature in conflict with the societal forces.