A Literature Scrutiny of Hamlet - William Shakespeare. This is a literature scrutiny of a very eminent play, "Hamlet". The paper discusses the line taken from the Scene 1 Act V, which is "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio". The main principle of the paper is to discuss that to what extent would you consent death is a major obsession in Hamlet and why would this theme have been of special interest to Elizabethan and later audiences? Pages: 8 Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed Filename: 18624 Hamlet William Shakespeare.doc Price: 71.60