"Hamlet and the Ghost: A Joint Sense of Time"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc465/
Author:
	DeCarlo, John F.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Philosophy and Literature 37, no.  1 (2013): 1–19.
Annotation:
	Deconstructs Hamlet's ontological metaphor "the time is out of joint" to show that Shakespeare implicitly commits to a Kantian conception of time in that Hamlet temporarily identifies with the Ghost's temporal-categorical mind-set but uncharacteristically loses track of time during the prayer and closet scenes. Concludes that Hamlet's identification with the Ghost's categorical sense of what is possible or impossible in accordance with the passage of outer time leads to the prince's inaction.
Language:
	English
Keywords:
	Hamlet; ontology; time; Ghost (Hamlet)
Tags:
	Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Fall 2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc465