Interpreting Shakespeare: Hamlet A breakdown in layman's terms of 5 important soliloquoys contained in Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) is probably the most famous English playwright and poet whose life has been open to interpretation almost as much as his works. However, interpreting his works proves to be a very complicated and time-consuming process. Many scholars have devoted their entire lives to reading and understanding Shakespeare's works and educating others as to how to decipher the 16th century writer's enigmatic style of writing. Here is an attempt to do just that, …

…and having a certain level of patience can allow one to thoroughly enjoy and understand even the most difficult passages. Over time, one even begins to be able to construe Shakespeare on his/her own, without any secondary resources to aid in interpretation. This is when the true literary genius of William Shakespeare shines through, and one can commence reading his prose the way it was meant to be read, as a work of art.