In the play Hamlet, Shakespeare attempted to manifest the emotions often connected with the uneas iness of living for the unknowable future. Most can agree that the world is a troubling place, not to mention the personal faults each of us must bear. The vocabulary and interactions between the characters and the inner turmoil experienced by the archetypical Hamlet reflect both the societal bounds of Shakespeare’s time and the metaphysical struggles that dominate our l ives. Though Shakespeare wrote of th ese dynamic s especially well, he would not be the last to capture the attitude portrayed by the younger Hamlet. Contemporary figures include Franz Kafka and Ernest Hemingway. To begin with, e ach writer grew disillusioned with