An analysis of Shakespeare's Hamlet through Goffman's theories

I have tried to present a different approach to the literature based on the analysis with the use of theories developed in other areas.I chose as a parameter the theory of Erving Goffman and his dramaturgical model because it allowed me to analyze the characters not only as simple roles within the work but as individuals with social characteristics common to those of human beings. I tried to analyze the most important scenes of Hamlet and its characters by offering an interpretation of the same under a Goffmanian perspective, often resorting to examples proposed by the sociologist himself and that were well integrated with the story narrated by Shakespeare. For the sake of completeness, I decided to also include theories developed starting from dheim involving large crowds those of Goffman and that have in those of the Canadian sociologist their fulcrum. I preferred to use in my work those of Goffman, to those of, for example, Emile Durkheim becaus I wanted to examine those social mechanics that are aimed at small groups of people (the so-called microritual) while those of Durkheim involved large numbers of people (macrorituals). To conclude, I would like to propose alternative thoughts to that of Goffman, scholars and specialists who, without diminishing the importance of Goffmanian theories, have expressed critical issues on the thought of the same, emphasizing gaps or errors in the development of some theories.