Stuck Between Synapses: Hamlet's Unfiltered Mind

Our minds are unbelievably complex in their capability to process information and then render it into a purposeful action. As human beings we are not fully capable of understanding what ideas go on in ones mind; yet, what we can derive from ones actions offers some analysis to the motives of others, but not enough to create a detailed perspective of ones thought process. Shakespeare's Hamlet is perceived to be complex, but it is too often that Hamlet's mind and actions are misinterpreted as the same thing. Shakespeare has done us the impossible; he has given us a front row seat into a beautifully troubled mind, allowing Hamlet to be explored to depths like no other. The tragedy is that Shakespeare's gift is so utterly abused, allowing Hamlet to be considered as the most complex characters ever created, when the result of his cognition is that of one distinct action. His unfiltered thought process is mistakenly interpreted as the structure of his character, disregarding the fact that this is how our minds work. Thus Shakespeare's greatest creation is not the intricate character that he is esteemed to be, rather we the audience are privileged with viewing the raw processing power of Hamlet's mind and the construction of an idea into an action.