Modernism

I probably would guess that Shakespeare was not a modernist. For one, his play is under control to a degree. I mean it could be worse, what if the second Hamlet saw the ghost he went Steven Seagal on the whole kingdom. That would have been entertaining and chaotic, but that is not Shakespeare. Anyway, you could make a case that everyone is going crazy and on the other hand they could just be faking; so I can not make an accurate judgment on the chaos within the play. Also, if Shakespeare wanted to make the play more chaotic, he would have had more dynamic characters. Like R and G would have been stoners who decide to lead a revolt, Gertrude would have had an affair going on while she was married to Claudius, Ophelia would have been whoring and Polonius would have been gay- Claudius and him were good friends. Anyway, that's all I got to say... not really, but I'll give it a rest for a while.