Metadrama > The metadrama is a drama inside the drama - misogenist - revenge plays - melanchony - the focus is all the thoughts of hamlet, hamlet's mind. (in fact the revenge is very delayed) - "to be or not to be?" - existentialist questions (about the meaning of life) - Hamlet: character -> direction - he search for the truth and find difficult to distinguish - realty: is changable (there is not one truth like the religion) - appearence - it's a modern tragic hero ("religion is not the solution") - search for a solution inside his mind - Claudius: actor -> spectator