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action of the play. however, none of the characters in the play have this viewpoint; Hamlet's first person narration gives him latitude to explore what he has witnessed, what he thinks about what he has seen, and what actions he should or shouldn't take, as exemplified in the famous "to be or not" soliloquy. Claudius also has a moment of self-revelation while praying when he considers what he has done to become king.” (Hamlet Point of View). Hamlet cannot be limited point of view because limited point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one person in the novel or story. Omniscient is when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of everybody in the novel/story and not just one person. That is one good reason …show more content…
Because of soliloquies, readers see much more what is going on in Hamlet's very complicated mind. He is wrestling with his father's death, a fact that the other characters know. What they do not know is that Hamlet suspects his uncle murdered his father and will do whatever it takes to find out the truth. This also creates dramatic irony in the story as what Hamlet says and does contradict what the reader knows to be his true feelings.” (Study.com.). When you look at Omniscient and you look at Limited, then look at the novel Hamlet, you can tell that Hamlet is written in Omniscient third person point of view and not limited. Limited is more of a short definition and more like “a certain amount” as in not as much. Omniscient is the word you’re looking for when it comes down to finding out information about Hamlet and trying to find out which point of view Hamlet is written in. Hamlet is written in third person because he wants to tell more about other people and tell their life style and story and not his life style and story, so he makes Hamlet up and basically tells everything through Hamlet, so he wouldn’t have to tell all of his business. In Hamlet he tells a lot about his feelings and his feelings towards this girl and his father’s marriage because he probably wants everyone to know how love is and how parents shouldn’t …show more content…
Shakespeare's first plays were written in the conventional style. In some of his works, he added punctuation at the end of every line to tighten the rhythm that he wrote. Shakespeare language and style helps him get his message across because he understands his language more than anybody. He writes in a good style because if anyone doesn’t understand what he’s saying they are going to look up what he’s saying and keep reading his books and plays until they understand his language. Shakespeare makes sure his novel or plays are more “proper” or more suitable for people to read. He makes sure his message is a good message and understandable, so when he goes back and reread them all he can feel comfortable while he’s reading them. He makes his novels harder for people to read so it’ll be more interesting and people would want to read more with a cleaner version. The style Shakespeare uses is unthinkable and will have you thinking he misspelling words but that’s just the way he writes and talks because Shakespeare is more of an older person and he is smart so his style and language is more harder tougher to understand for a reason. His style helps get his message across because he creates it different from any other novel out in the world. Shakespeare is an intelligent person so he writes and types his novels and plays in a certain way, so he can show that he’s different from

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