The Cost of Doubt: ‘Hamlet’ and the Role of Doubt in the Destruction of Western Values

In the mousetrap scene, Hamlet discerns from his uncle's expression guilt when actors reenact the murder of Hamlet's father. Kean Collection/Getty Images

What was once a giant but is now a dwarf?

The answer awaits in the drama we could least do without, as English-writer Anthony Burgess once referenced “Hamlet.”