Of all of Shakespeare's characters that I have studied thus far, Hamlet is an enigmatic standout. The complexity of so intriguing a character as Hamlet commends the immense skill of Shakespeare to create characters that seem almost more real and believable than people we meet daily. It is doubtful that many others could combine the eloquence and wit that emanates from the character of Hamlet, who captivates his audience with such charming presence. In a grand display of his linguistic capabilities, Hamlet delivers the passage:
             I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation
             prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the
             King and Queen molt no feather. I have of late, but
             Wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all
             Custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily
             With my disposition that this goodly from, the
             Earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most
             Excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave
             O'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted
             With golden fire: why, it appeareth nothing to me
             But a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
             What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason,
             How infinite in faculties, in form and moving how
             Express and admirable, in action how like an angel,
             In apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the
             World, the paragon of animals; and yet to me, what
             Is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me;
             Nor woman neither, though by your smiling you
             Seem to say so. (II. ii. 301-319).
            
             Wrapped up in this passage is a complete portrayal of the intimate machinations that are contained in Hamlet's person. The passage portrays an intimidating and real Hamlet who is passionate and intelligent, thinks deeply on serious matters, and can, in a seemingly simple speech, sum up the circumstances that affect him in the whole of the play.
             Firstly, the quoted passage reveals a Hamlet that rises as an intimidating figure whose high level ...