"Conscience in Hamlet and Claudius" 
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo359/
Author:
	Held, Joshua R.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 62, no. 2 (2022): 301–21.
DOI:
	10.1353/sel.2024.a927932
Annotation:
	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.
Language:
	English
Keywords:
	soliloquy
Tags:
	Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Summer 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo359