The actor John Gielgud believed that of all Shakespeare's characters Hamlet is probably the one most like Shakespeare himself–since, of all Shakespeare's characters, only Hamlet can be imagined to have written all the Shakespearean plays. How good an understanding of Hamlet's character does Gielgud's belief reflect? 3 Is it true that the U.S. needs to eliminate its national debt? 4 The question of altruism: Can a person be motivated by desires that are not–ultimately–selfish? 5 Various impairments of the mind are commonly associated with old age. To what extent are these biological in origin? To what extent, social in origin? 6 Why does nodding of the head signify Yes and shaking of the head No? 7 Why does music written in a minor key sound "sad" or "downbeat," while music in a major key sounds "happy" or "upbeat"? 8 Discuss the belief that great literature of the twentieth century lacks protagonists who qualify as heroes. (Among the works you discuss, include at least two by the following authors: Anton Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Amy Tan, Chinua Achebe.) 9 Your summer vacation–what was it really like? 10 Is our adversarial legal system–in which an attorney dwells just on the facts that support the side by which he or she is paid–the system likeliest to achieve justice? 11 The U.S. Constitution makes no mention of a right to privacy. Should it be amended to affir
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The main reason 19th century writers saw Hamlet in Shakespeare was that they saw Hamlet in themselves. Keats and Coleridge wanted to link themselves with Shakespeare, and if Hamlet was melancholic, well, so were they sometimes, and so was Shakespeare, probably, at some point in his life. The biggest proponent of Hamlet-as-Shakespeare is Freud, and if that doesn't set off alarm bells I don’t know what to tell you.
Other answers are correct in noting that Oxfordians are the people most likely to claim a connection between Hamlet and Shakespeare. Oxford's father died and his mother remarried, and he was captured by pirates, which is “compelling" evidence for that affinity, if you believe it. Gielgud was cagey about his true loyalties, but he did lend his name to several Oxfordian groups, if not his support. In that case, his theory of Hamlet as Shakespeare takes on a different shade.
If Shakespeare saw himself in Hamlet, surely he would have played Hamlet on the stage. But all we know of his acting is that he played some “kingly parts," which makes the ghost
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