Hamlet II

Prince Hamlet, whose father was killed, is exactly that. As a character, Hamlet has not yet shown any characteristics that define him nor anything to separate him from the mold of a mourning prince with a complicated love life and family issues. By 21st standards, the only standards I admittedly only know, Hamlet is, so far at least, rather two dimensional and does not have the feel of an actual person. He is introduced while still in the throes of grief of his father's untimely death. His next appearance is the inciting incident of the meeting with the ghost of his father, immediately following onto the path of finding his uncle's guilt and then confronting him. This path is rather narrow and by the end of Act II, very little character development is evident. The characters are all the same people from beginning to end.