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No one who can truly understand Shakespeare can be shocked because everything we want and everything we do not want is contained within; it is man’s ultimate truth. Shakespeare’s work is the ultimate truth for mankind. “No utter surprise can come to him who reaches Shakespeare’s core; that which we seek and shun is there--man’s final lore.” H. Melville was saying that Shakespeare contains the best and the worst in man …showed first 75 words of 471 total…

…showed last 75 words of 471 total…the courtiers in the castle toward Claudius. The show respect to his face but in reality, they truly dislike the King. In addition, the numerous scenes of spying and eavesdropping help strengthen this theme. The quote from Melville and the underlying theme of Hamlet only begin to explain the ultimate truth that Shakespeare wrote. This truth is the best and the worst of mankind. This cannot surprise anyone who truly understands the meaning of Shakespeare.