Hamlet’s Exclusive Solitariness: Born Existentially

Abstract

The present paper attempts to study Hamlet, the masterpiece of Shakespeare in the light of existentialism. The key features of existentialism, dread, anxiety, alienation, undecidability- are to be found in the play in abundance. The play poses many fundamental questions such as what is man, what is the meaning of human life, what is death and so on. The protagonist is tossed in the most complicated situation having lost his father, mother and the crown. His encounter with the spirit of his father intensifies his trouble. The existential philosophers like Sartre and Albert Camus have shown their interest in the role of   mysterious working of the forces of the nature in human life that decides the course of existence. Hamlet in many ways exhibits the predicament of human life and depicts the universal human dilemma.