Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 62 IS - 2 T2 - SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 SP - 301-21 ID - bbbo359 T1 - "Conscience in Hamlet and Claudius"  AU - Held, Joshua R PY - 2022 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1353/sel.2024.a927932 KW - soliloquy LA - English AB - Suggests it is not only Hamlet who has a fascination with conscience, but also Claudius. Describes Claudius's conscience as unrepetentant and Hamlet's as vengeful, using soliloquys as window into their interiorities. Sees conscience as "a political tool."  English summary, 301. ER -